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Media Pessimism

Jim wrote a post entitled Are People Inherently Pessimests? I think the answer is no, most of the...

Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 05/12/2005

Make your customers the marketing department

I've been reading GapingVoid for a few months now. Hugh has some very interesting insights, and...

Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 05/09/2005

TopoUSA 5.0 Western Edition

I've been riding a lot of hills recently, getting ready for the 7 Hills of Kirkland on Memorial Day,...

Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 05/06/2005

Original Hitchhiker's Guide To the Galaxy Radio Program

Yesterday, I managed to find the original Hitchhiker's radio series in an archive from KCRW, an NPR...

Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 05/03/2005

C# bugs through MSDN Feedback

Rusty, the C# QA Manager, writes about the fate of bugs reported through MSDN feedback. Please let...

Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 05/02/2005

Hitchhikers Redux

Rory posted an interesting counterpoint to my review. Rory has some good points - I agree that you...

Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 05/02/2005

Headphone amplifier?

Some of the CDs that I own are from the early days of CDs, the days when recording engineers were...

Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 04/28/2005

You're getting very sleepy

You're getting very sleepy Requires shockwave

Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 04/28/2005

TestDriven.NET...

I came across a link to TestDriven.NET today. Given that I'm not as plugged into the C# space as I...

Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 04/28/2005

BWM 3 series tires...

I bought some new tires for my 328i a few weeks ago. I've had lots of good luck with Michelin tires...

Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 04/28/2005

Serenity the Movie

The trailer for Serenity was released today. I really enjoyed Firefly a bunch - it had a different...

Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 04/27/2005

What's wrong with this code #6? (Discussion)

Thanks for all the comments on my recent post. I have one more that I'll do in the next couple of...

Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 04/25/2005

Visual Studio Debugging Slowness - Solved

My debugger had gotten slow recently. Really slow. Slow as in the "takes 20 seconds to hit a...

Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 04/22/2005

What's wrong with this code - #6

After a long hiatus, here's the next entry in my...

Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 04/22/2005

IR Extenders

Barry asked me how my components worked inside of the new stereo cabinet. I started to post a...

Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 04/22/2005

Solving a problem

For quite some time, I've had a problem. You may have the same problem. It looks like this: I've had...

Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 04/22/2005

Slacker Astronomy

I've been listening to the Slacker Astronomy podcast for a few weeks now. It's really nice to have...

Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 04/19/2005

Silent Bob Speaks - An Evening with Kevin Smith

Last week, two DVDs showed up from Netflix. Because of the speed at which we've recently gone...

Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 04/18/2005

PIC Programming Help?

I've come up with a project for next year's holiday display, and I think I might want to build 7 or...

Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 04/15/2005

Deep Windows - Inside the NT Kernel with Dave Probert

I spent part of this morning watching/listening to a series of interviews with Dave Probert, an...

Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 04/14/2005

37 galaxies per hour

[Update: Fixed BigPhotoHelp link] A Hubble image showing some 10,000 galaxies, created from a total...

Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 04/13/2005

Windows Media Dev Center Launches

I've spent some time working with Windows Media SDK (s) in the past, and had some trouble finding...

Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 04/13/2005

Who says the arts are dead for the younger generation?

Who says the arts are dead for the younger generation? Most of these are after my time, but I did...

Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 04/13/2005

More information on web forums

Josh Ledgard pointed me to this introductory post about the the new web forums...

Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 04/11/2005

Go ahead and panic...

I wrote earlier about some misgivings about the upcoming Hitchhiker's Movie. Okay, I blew one issue...

Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 04/11/2005

Cleanliness is important

Cleanliness is important

Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 04/11/2005

Web Forums 1.1 now available...

Web Forums 1.1, the new place to ask questions around Whidbey beta 2 and related technology. I hope...

Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 04/08/2005

Product feedback and language design

I got an email today with a suggestion for a C# language enhancement, and I pointed the person to...

Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 04/08/2005

Design question

You need to design the outside of a fish. What is the first thing you do? You build a scale model.

Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 04/08/2005

I need handheld advice...

My 10-year-old daughter has asked for a portable game system for her birthday, and my ignorance in...

Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 04/07/2005

C# and Windows Forms Europe and Africa Tour

C# and Windows Forms Europe and Africa Tour

Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 04/07/2005

Chris Flaat and Scrum

Adding an overdue link. I don't think I've linked to Chris' blog before. I worked with Chris in my...

Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 04/07/2005

Anders TechEd Preview

A short Channel 9 interview with Anders, with some ideas on what he'll be doing at TechEd. Mostly...

Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 04/06/2005

From the woodshop to the operating room

Last night, my wife and I were watching an episode of "Discoveries this Week", on The Science...

Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 04/04/2005

So you want to write a computer book?

I've gotten asked a bunch of times about writing a book, so I decided to write a short article about...

Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 03/31/2005

One more weekend of skiing

It's been cold and rainy the last week or so here, and our mountain snowpack has increased by a...

Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 03/31/2005

Book Review: Take Back Your Life!

Last spring I had the opportunity to take a class single-day class named "Take Back Your Life -...

Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 03/28/2005

C# language forum...

Some of the people on the C# Language Forum suggested that I post a link, since it's been quite a...

Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 03/27/2005

Question

Who makes sure that all the cows' wishes come true? The Dairy Godmother

Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 03/24/2005

Design for Performance vs. Tune for performance

A question related to performance came up today on a mailing list that I'm on, and I stated that the...

Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 03/23/2005

Eric Rudder chat transcript

Lots of good information about Whidbey and other stuff.

Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 03/22/2005

Turn around bright eyes

George is a PM (and friend) who used to be on the C# team (among others) - like me - but (unlike me)...

Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 03/18/2005

Profilers for the CLR

Once again, a nice resource post from Brad: Profilers for the CLR

Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 03/18/2005

Waterfalls of the Pacific Northwest

One of the cool things about the internet has always been the ability of people who are really into...

Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 03/17/2005

TechEd 2005...

After a few years of constant attendance at TechEd, this year I'm going to be working back in...

Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 03/16/2005

Still waiting on HD...

I've had an HD-ready TV for about 3 years now, but I have no HD sources. Initially, it was because...

Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 03/15/2005

An Icon Speaks...

Back in 1984, I was in an algorithms class, using Sedgewick's excellent text entitled simply,...

Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 03/15/2005

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