February 2007 Archives

Programming websites

• [hanselman.com]
• [larkware.com]
• [codinghorror.com]
• [joelonsoftware.com]
• [scottwater.com]
• [asp.net]

Resumes: you've got 30 seconds to make an impression on me. Maybe less.
[Glimpse and a hook]

[15 ways you can help your career]
[Tips on Negotiating a Great Work Contract]

ILMerge is a utility that can be used to merge multiple .NET assemblies into a single assembly.

*Survey monkey SurveyMonkey has a single purpose: to enable anyone to create professional online surveys quickly and easily. http://www.surveymonkey.com/home.asp

*Advanced google searches http://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators_reference.html

AbeBooks is the best place to buy Wallace Tripp books. The books are out of print but worth looking for. You can get a sense for them from Amazon.[1] [2] You can see the reviews but not the artwork. This site has the artwork. These are the best books:

• Sir Toby Jingle's beastly journey
• A Great Big Ugly Man Came Up and Tied His Horse to Me
• Granfa' Grig Had a Pig

*Microsoft errorwear http://www.errorwear.com/shirts-microsoft.html

*Measuring Cramer's performance http://game.marketwatch.com/Competitions/CompetitionMembers.asp?mname=billrillio&ShortName=0wned&mode=2&LoginName=billrillio&IDPortfolioHeader=945528

*The Life and Times of Milton Friedman Remembering the 20th century's most influential libertarian. http://www.reason.com/news/show/118494.html

*SQL Compact http://www.microsoft.com/sql/editions/compact/sscecomparison.mspx http://www.microsoft.com/sql/editions/compact/default.mspx

Screen capture software

• [hyperionics.com]
• [wincapture.com]
• [techsmith.com]

*Log4Net viewing application http://www.log4view.com/us.html

*Wallpaper changer http://jamesgart.com/wallpaperchanger/

Perl experts were astounded by the results. "I was amazed that none of the students were able to read this simple sentence:

$_='while(read+STDIN,$_,2048){$a=29;$c=142;if((@a=unx"C*",$_)
[20]&48){$h=5;$_=unxb24,join"",@b=map{xB8,unxb8,chr($_^$a[--$h+84])}
@ARGV;s/...$/1$&/;$d=unxV,xb25,$_;$b=73;$e=256|(ord$b[4])<<9|ord$b[3];
$d=$d>>8^($f=($t=255)&($d>>12^$d>>4^$d^$d/8))<<17,$e=$e>>8^($t&
($g=($q=$e>>14&7^$e)^$q*8^$q<<6))<<9,$_=(map{$_%16or$t^=$c^=
($m=(11,10,116,100,11,122,20,100)[$_/16%8])&110;$t^=(72,@z=(64,72,$a^
=12*($_%16-2?0:$m&17)),$b^=$_%64?12:0,@z)[$_%8]}(16..271))[$_]^
(($h>>=8)+=$f+(~$g&$t))for@a[128..$#a]}print+x"C*",@a}';s/x/pack+/g;eval

I mean, come on, that's so easy," said Paul Chen, Chairman of the Learn Perl or Die Association, which administered the test nationwide. "Teachers need to start with simple phrases like $RF=~tr/A-Z/a-z/; and work up from there. We really need to start teaching this in first grade if kids are ever going to understand this by high school."

These applications take periodic screen shots during computer use
[Camtasia]
[TimeSnapper]