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December 2007 - Jimmy Bogard

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  • Upgrading to Windows XP SP2

    After months of soul-searching, I made the gut-wrenching decision today to upgrade my home PC to Windows XP SP2. Upgrade from Vista, that is. I'm completely convinced that Vista is not designed to run on single-core/processor machines. I've run...
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  • Extension methods and primitive obsession

    In another water-cooler argument today, a couple of coworkers didn't like my extension method example . One main problem is that it violates instance semantics, where you expect that a method call off an instance won't work if the instance is...
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  • Dead Google Calendar gadget

    This morning I received an interesting yet disturbing message on the Google Calendar gadget on my iGoogle home page: Great gadget that it was, I think I might be a little more discerning about what gadgets I put on the home page. Word of warning, you...
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  • ALT.NET summary blog

    If the ALT.NET mailing list is too much to keep up with, as it is the Mother of All Firehoses (MOAF), several folks have pointed out a nice summary blog: Alt.Net Pursefight! It keeps a nice daily ego check and blow-by-blow commentary of some of the more...
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  • Ruby-style Array methods in C# 3.0

    A while back I played with Ruby-style loops in C# 3.0 . This sparked my jealousy of other fun Ruby constructs that I couldn't find in C#, and a couple of them are the "each" and "each_with_index" methods for arrays. Here's...
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  • Decomposing a book club

    Book clubs can be a great way to foster learning and encourage growth on a team. They aren't always the best avenue for training, which might include: Formal training Industry events Presentations Brown bag lunches etc. I always enjoyed book clubs...
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  • Don't hide the ugly

    I wanted to take some time to highlight the difference between encapsulation and subterfuge. Just so we're on the same page: Encapsulation : The ability to provide users with a well-defined interface to a set of functions in a way which hides their...
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  • Dealing with primitive obsession

    One code smell I tend to miss a lot is primitive obsession . Primitives are the building blocks of data in any programming language, such as strings, numbers, booleans, and so on. Many times, primitives have special meaning, such as phone numbers, zip...
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  • Time is running out

    I popped open Windows Live Writer today and got a fun message: I thought this product was free, and I never paid for anything, so I'm a little confused how a free product can expire. Live Writer isn't supported on Server 2003, which is what I...
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