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Articles - 2008

• December
  • “The Ruins” - 12.22.2008 07:28:31 PM CST
  • Refining Dynamic - 12.22.2008 10:50:55 AM CST
  • Watching the Weather - 12.22.2008 09:57:16 AM CST
  • DynamicProxies, C# 4.0 Keywords, and Cecil: A Vision - 12.21.2008 02:42:51 PM CST
  • Updating Exception Handling in FileGenerator - 12.18.2008 08:41:56 AM CST
  • “House of Sand and Fog” - 12.17.2008 10:03:46 PM CST
  • “Beyond AI” - 12.17.2008 09:58:31 PM CST
  • Wisdom Teeth are Going - 12.17.2008 09:56:09 PM CST
  • Opinionated Code - 12.17.2008 08:55:31 AM CST
  • An Open-Source .NET Decompiler - 12.16.2008 12:25:26 PM CST
  • Genetic Vectorizing My High School Hair Picture - 12.12.2008 07:47:23 PM CST
  • Coding? What’s That? - 12.12.2008 03:34:36 PM CST
  • The Car Bailout Failure - 12.12.2008 07:42:58 AM CST
  • “Gears of War” - 12.07.2008 10:17:21 AM CST
  • Scientific American and Auras - 12.07.2008 10:10:09 AM CST
  • ScopedEventHandler - 12.02.2008 11:23:50 AM CST
• November
  • “I Am Legend” - 11.25.2008 07:49:39 AM CST
  • Family Update - 11.25.2008 07:23:11 AM CST
  • Check Out My XBox Avatar - 11.21.2008 10:07:24 AM CST
  • Netflix On-Demand == Complete Suckage - 11.21.2008 08:26:13 AM CST
  • The New Twitter Fail - 11.18.2008 10:29:24 AM CST
  • Getting Around Static Classes and Generic Arguments - 11.18.2008 07:15:28 AM CST
  • One of the Oddest APIs I’ve Encountered in .NET - 11.17.2008 09:07:54 PM CST
  • “You kill the joe, you make some mo’!” - 11.13.2008 08:34:39 AM CST
  • Why So Many Overloads for StringBuilder’s Append? - 11.11.2008 07:47:29 AM CST
  • “To Hold Infinity” - 11.09.2008 09:50:01 PM CST
  • Iowa Code Camp 2 - 11.09.2008 09:34:46 PM CST
  • WPF and Background Workers - 11.08.2008 03:51:43 PM CST
  • 8 Years At Magenic - 11.06.2008 07:32:58 AM CST
  • Automatic Properties and Values Types Don’t Mix - 11.05.2008 02:54:40 PM CST
  • Cecil Can Be Maddening - 11.05.2008 12:11:29 PM CST
  • Playing With LINQ Expressions - 11.05.2008 10:14:46 AM CST
  • Codifying Design Guidelines - 11.04.2008 03:44:25 PM CST
  • I Voted - 11.04.2008 11:22:29 AM CST
  • Unit Testing Finalize - 11.03.2008 09:55:03 AM CST
  • CodeAnalysis in VS2010 - 11.03.2008 09:31:30 AM CST
  • A Bit of Syntatic Sugar for C# Please - 11.03.2008 08:38:30 AM CST
• October
  • Ever Wonder Why You Never Get Full Code Coverage? - 10.30.2008 02:06:16 PM CST
  • More Awesome Republicans - 10.27.2008 01:24:08 PM CST
  • The Stupid Just Never Goes Away - 10.22.2008 08:32:39 AM CST
  • ExplicitThis and Emitting Code - 10.21.2008 10:53:37 AM CST
  • Another (Small) Reason to Have Cecil-Like Functionality in the BCL - 10.20.2008 10:37:07 AM CST
  • The Voices of Republicans - 10.13.2008 01:05:22 PM CST
  • ExceptionFinder, Opcodes, and Exceptions - 10.13.2008 11:09:01 AM CST
  • Annoying Cats - 10.06.2008 04:31:29 PM CST
  • Exception Inconsistencies - 10.03.2008 01:09:50 PM CST
  • One Thing I Don’t Like About Automatic Properties - 10.03.2008 07:37:02 AM CST
  • Fast Multiplication - 10.02.2008 12:27:47 PM CST
  • “The End of Faith” - 10.02.2008 07:03:37 AM CST
  • iPhone Deployment == SUCKAGE - 10.01.2008 12:35:04 PM CST
• September
  • No Unit Testing for iPhone Applications - 09.26.2008 09:48:45 AM CST
  • iPhone Deployment - Yuck - 09.24.2008 09:21:23 AM CST
  • Day 8 as a iPhone/Mac Developer - 09.22.2008 05:43:14 PM CST
  • Day 7 as a iPhone/Mac Developer - 09.18.2008 01:29:03 PM CST
  • “The Mystic Rose” - 09.18.2008 07:32:11 AM CST
  • Vintage Keyboard: Roland Juno 60 - 09.17.2008 07:55:53 PM CST
  • Day 6 as a iPhone/Mac Developer - 09.17.2008 03:51:24 PM CST
  • Codeapalooza Podcast at the Bar - 09.15.2008 12:58:30 PM CST
  • Day 4 as a iPhone/Mac Developer - 09.15.2008 08:23:03 AM CST
  • Day 3 as a iPhone/Mac Developer - 09.12.2008 02:31:59 PM CST
  • Day 2 as a iPhone/Mac Developer - 09.11.2008 03:19:52 PM CST
  • Day 1 as a iPhone/Mac Developer - 09.10.2008 12:46:21 PM CST
  • Back to Basics: Learning Objective-C - 09.09.2008 02:49:54 PM CST
• August
  • Unused Method Arguments - 08.29.2008 03:49:23 PM CST
  • Lessons Learned From ExceptionFinder - 08.27.2008 02:34:29 PM CST
  • A Typo From 11 Years Ago - 08.27.2008 10:48:04 AM CST
  • i_dont_like_underscores_in_code - 08.27.2008 08:12:49 AM CST
  • The Small Things - 08.26.2008 11:38:26 PM CST
  • Why Do People Call My Wife “Lisa”? - 08.25.2008 12:06:03 PM CST
  • A Subtle Difference in Catch Blocks - 08.22.2008 03:42:43 PM CST
  • “Code Leader” - 08.21.2008 10:33:42 AM CST
  • Dispose Method to Null - 08.19.2008 10:26:11 AM CST
  • Worthless Abstractions - 08.19.2008 09:19:44 AM CST
  • Constrained Generics and Return Values - 08.18.2008 02:25:43 PM CST
  • “Nothing But Tears” Shampoo - 08.15.2008 11:11:32 AM CST
  • Fault Blocks Can’t Be Emitted Via DynamicMethod Using ILGenerator - 08.14.2008 10:41:13 AM CST
  • The Rest of the Picture - 08.13.2008 08:11:00 AM CST
  • How Did I Get Started in Software Development? - 08.11.2008 01:40:07 PM CST
  • “Diary” - 08.11.2008 07:36:42 AM CST
  • Failure Should Be An Option - 08.11.2008 07:30:45 AM CST
  • “The Dark Knight” - 08.11.2008 07:18:47 AM CST
  • Enduring Without Faith - 08.07.2008 10:33:31 AM CST
  • Coming Back From Iowa - 08.05.2008 02:48:12 PM CST
  • No More Gym Membership - 08.04.2008 08:47:44 AM CST
  • ScopeSwitcher - 08.01.2008 01:51:05 PM CST
• July
  • 6 Hours for a Build - 07.30.2008 07:01:45 PM CST
  • Laughing - 07.28.2008 01:48:07 PM CST
  • Randy Pausch, RIP - 07.25.2008 12:33:02 PM CST
  • Great Commentary on Comments - 07.25.2008 08:37:27 AM CST
  • “Exception Handling in .NET” - Status Update - 07.24.2008 08:09:21 AM CST
  • Dynamic Languages - 07.23.2008 02:35:22 PM CST
  • C# Compiler Error CS0718 and VB Compiler Error BC30371 - This Feels So … Odd - 07.23.2008 09:26:39 AM CST
  • Being Evil With a DynamicMethod, Class Internals, and Unsafe Code - 07.17.2008 04:45:20 PM CST
  • I Am So Tempted to Write the “Exception Handling in .NET” E-Book - 07.16.2008 01:09:25 PM CST
  • Why I Add Context To Members - 07.16.2008 10:09:12 AM CST
  • Golfing in Three Hours - 07.15.2008 10:37:22 PM CST
  • Loving my New Phone - 07.14.2008 08:16:31 AM CST
  • Kindness at the Airport - 07.14.2008 08:07:43 AM CST
  • “Hellboy II - The Golden Army” - 07.14.2008 08:01:46 AM CST
  • Officially a Bachelor for a Week - 07.14.2008 07:58:20 AM CST
  • Very Odd Book Recommendation - 07.14.2008 07:57:23 AM CST
  • Easy Code Execution Timing - 07.11.2008 07:47:22 AM CST
  • More DynamicMethod Fun: Easy DBCommand Parameter Creation - 07.09.2008 03:26:47 PM CST
  • Feeling Naked Without a Cell Phone - 07.09.2008 07:26:34 AM CST
  • “Independence Day” - 07.07.2008 12:05:58 PM CST
  • “The Future of the Universe” - 07.07.2008 08:53:39 AM CST
  • Down With Regions…And Comments - 07.07.2008 07:44:43 AM CST
  • Tell Me Why This Is Necessary - 07.02.2008 08:27:47 AM CST
  • Great Discussion on Paint.NET 4.0 - 07.01.2008 10:41:02 PM CST
  • Adding Tasks for Dynamic Proxies 3.0 - 07.01.2008 10:14:29 PM CST
  • MVP - Round 2 (Officially) - 07.01.2008 10:38:09 AM CST
  • XNA Podcast - 07.01.2008 08:40:58 AM CST
• June
  • Vacationing in the Mosquito-Infested Land Mass Known As “Wisconsin” - 06.26.2008 10:29:01 PM CST
  • “Death By Black Hole” - 06.23.2008 01:10:24 PM CST
  • “Resolution” - 06.17.2008 09:19:09 AM CST
  • Getting on a Gig - 06.14.2008 08:21:09 AM CST
  • Mittens Update - 06.13.2008 09:31:11 AM CST
  • I Got a Bike - 06.13.2008 09:15:29 AM CST
  • Different Workout Today - 06.10.2008 11:37:43 AM CST
  • Deleting Blog Posts Means Nothing - 06.09.2008 10:04:24 AM CST
  • Misuse of Implicit Conversion - 06.09.2008 09:55:43 AM CST
  • More Summer of 2008 Projects Progress - 06.09.2008 07:27:28 AM CST
  • “The Black Rood” - 06.05.2008 09:03:06 AM CST
  • Another Gig Has Ended - 06.05.2008 08:54:47 AM CST
  • Mittens Picture - 06.04.2008 02:37:58 PM CST
  • Obama - 06.04.2008 08:58:58 AM CST
  • Summer of 2008, Table and Chairs for the Deck are Done - 06.03.2008 09:40:09 AM CST
  • More Summer of 2008 Project Addressed - 06.01.2008 08:39:53 PM CST
• May
  • Is There Any Hope For .NET and XML Comments? - 05.28.2008 10:06:24 AM CST
  • What I Did This Memorial Day Weekend - 05.27.2008 08:18:00 AM CST
  • Get a Real Guitar - 05.22.2008 10:43:07 AM CST
  • Summer of 2008 Is the Summer Of Home Projects - 05.21.2008 11:35:18 PM CST
  • Should I Worry About These 2 Blocks? - 05.20.2008 05:56:53 PM CST
  • My Scar Story - 05.20.2008 07:41:28 AM CST
  • Oh Yeah, Rush Is in St. Paul On Thursday - 05.19.2008 07:41:54 AM CST
  • I Fought the Weeds, and the … Weeds Won - 05.15.2008 07:29:37 AM CST
  • Fortunate - 05.14.2008 08:41:47 AM CST
  • Implicit Conversion - 05.12.2008 01:13:20 PM CST
  • Henry Rollins on America - 05.12.2008 09:32:42 AM CST
  • The History of the Intellivision - 05.09.2008 08:53:07 AM CST
  • Dealing With the Monster API - 05.08.2008 08:29:00 AM CST
  • Staying Motivated - 05.06.2008 06:58:18 AM CST
  • I Love This Picture - 05.05.2008 08:17:18 AM CST
  • Heading Down to Iowa Code Camp Today - 05.02.2008 08:32:25 AM CST
  • A Simple Mistake Can Cost You - 05.01.2008 08:29:34 AM CST
  • “Context” - 05.01.2008 07:19:35 AM CST
• April
  • The Monster API - 04.24.2008 01:30:52 PM CST
  • ALT.NET. Meh. - 04.22.2008 11:32:41 PM CST
  • With Logic Like This, You Can’t Go Wrong - 04.22.2008 09:49:36 AM CST
  • Has Anyone Modded the 360 - 04.22.2008 08:54:53 AM CST
  • New Cell Phone - 04.22.2008 08:38:22 AM CST
  • Dragonlance Movie on DVD - 04.22.2008 08:33:09 AM CST
  • “The Iron Lance” - 04.21.2008 12:38:59 PM CST
  • Reflector Stress Test - 04.21.2008 07:50:50 AM CST
  • I Have Some Work To Do - 04.19.2008 09:15:17 PM CST
  • My MVP Summit Fun - 04.19.2008 01:34:12 PM CST
  • Interesting Exception Results: Throwing Exceptions From the Finally Block - 04.18.2008 12:44:28 AM CST
  • MVP Summit - Day 3 and 4 - 04.17.2008 04:03:47 PM CST
  • MVP Summit - Day 2 - 04.16.2008 12:24:55 AM CST
  • MVP Summit - Day 1 - 04.15.2008 09:07:26 AM CST
  • So Long, Tut - 04.13.2008 05:17:59 PM CST
  • “Paradox” - 04.11.2008 07:34:00 AM CST
  • Working From Home - 04.10.2008 08:54:32 AM CST
  • Very Weird Testing Error - 04.09.2008 01:45:16 PM CST
  • Reflector, Add-Ins, and Unit Testing - 04.09.2008 09:02:41 AM CST
  • Events, Tests, and Code Coverage - 04.08.2008 08:54:44 AM CST
  • Code Camp 4 Recap - 04.07.2008 08:03:19 AM CST
• March
  • Writing Custom Rules for VS 2008 Code Analysis - What a Pain! - 03.30.2008 03:28:53 PM CST
  • Do You Dare Click On A URL These Days? - 03.27.2008 04:35:07 PM CST
  • Less is More, Get Rid Of Crap - 03.27.2008 10:18:38 AM CST
  • Twitter? Meh - 03.27.2008 10:18:38 AM CST
  • My Tests Are NOT Ignored! - 03.24.2008 10:10:57 AM CST
  • No More Notebooks - 03.24.2008 08:26:52 AM CST
  • If I Wrote One More Book … - 03.17.2008 10:23:42 PM CST
  • “Doomsday” - 03.17.2008 07:19:51 AM CST
  • “The Bourne Ultimatum” - 03.16.2008 01:08:48 PM CST
  • CA2000 Is No Longer in VS2008 - 03.16.2008 10:38:56 AM CST
  • C# 3.0 Impressions - 03.16.2008 09:05:59 AM CST
  • Relaxing and Decompressing - 03.16.2008 09:05:51 AM CST
  • A Review of SharePoint - 03.14.2008 02:50:14 PM CST
  • One Thing I’ve Always Wondered About the “Cars” Movie - 03.14.2008 02:19:54 PM CST
  • Is It “It’s”, or “Its”? - 03.13.2008 08:50:01 PM CST
  • When Using Isn’t Enough For Code Analysis … And When You Don’t Need It (?) - 03.12.2008 07:46:21 PM CST
  • Vanishing America - 03.05.2008 10:19:18 AM CST
  • My 1d20 Just Rolled a Zero - 03.04.2008 02:31:49 PM CST
  • Working From Home, Here I Come - 03.04.2008 10:57:44 AM CST
• February
  • “Beautiful Code” - 02.28.2008 08:56:02 PM CST
  • The Global Telescope - 02.28.2008 01:03:21 PM CST
  • FileInfo Doesn’t Override Equals - 02.25.2008 04:02:27 PM CST
  • Other Assertions in MSTest - 02.25.2008 07:52:42 AM CST
  • Disposable Object, ObjectDisposedException, and Sharing Disposable Objects - 02.22.2008 07:30:53 AM CST
  • Electric Razors - 02.22.2008 07:19:00 AM CST
  • Why Consistency Is Important - 02.21.2008 08:30:34 AM CST
  • Creating a Read-Only Collection From a HashSet - 02.14.2008 08:23:32 AM CST
  • XBox is Definitely Bricked - 02.13.2008 07:29:46 PM CST
  • Huh, The New Terminator Movie Series Is Really Shaping Up - 02.13.2008 02:50:18 PM CST
  • Macho Movie Night: “Rambo” - 02.13.2008 07:26:57 AM CST
  • I Got The RROD, But Am I Bricked? - 02.11.2008 07:21:23 AM CST
  • “Revenant” - 02.07.2008 05:04:45 PM CST
  • Prime Number Goodness - 02.06.2008 01:14:26 PM CST
  • YACR (Yet Another CIL Reader) - 02.04.2008 07:52:57 PM CST
• January
  • “The Rosetta Codex” - 01.28.2008 11:13:57 AM CST
  • “Imitation of Life” - 01.28.2008 11:04:35 AM CST
  • When I Turn 44… - 01.25.2008 01:46:01 PM CST
  • Trying To Optimize IL - 01.25.2008 12:53:20 PM CST
  • “The Names of the Dead” - 01.25.2008 07:48:18 AM CST
  • Beer As Motivation - 01.24.2008 07:32:12 PM CST
  • Check Out My Grill - 01.21.2008 09:24:37 AM CST
  • Sorting Sections of a List - 01.17.2008 02:06:52 PM CST
  • Awesome Exception Message - 01.16.2008 07:59:53 PM CST
  • Perspective - 01.16.2008 07:47:24 AM CST
  • A Class Name for Folks In Wisconsin - 01.15.2008 02:29:36 PM CST
  • Back Status - 01.15.2008 10:04:23 AM CST
  • What’s the Magic Behind Extension Methods? - 01.14.2008 07:58:58 AM CST
  • Squeezing Out More Code Coverage During Tests - 01.11.2008 10:37:27 AM CST
  • A General, Dynamic ToString() Implementation - 01.10.2008 12:56:24 PM CST
  • My Pwned Tattoo - 01.08.2008 08:16:22 PM CST
  • AVP:R - 01.08.2008 07:46:05 PM CST
  • Code Analysis and Phoenix - 01.07.2008 01:55:39 PM CST
  • “Up Through The Water” - 01.07.2008 08:49:59 AM CST
  • Family - 01.04.2008 03:19:10 PM CST
  • When to Use InternalsVisibleTo - 01.03.2008 07:57:04 AM CST
  • Constructors, Virtual Members, and Initialization - 01.02.2008 01:49:40 PM CST

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