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Adios, Netflix profiles

It was a good run. But it looks like your creators are giving you the axe, judging by the email I received today: We wanted to let you know we will be eliminating Profiles, the feature that allowed you to set up separate DVD Queues under one account, effective September 1, 2008. Each additional Profile...

Posted to GrabBag<T> (Weblog) by bogardj on 06-18-2008
A pointless exercise

I caught this last night from Scott Hanselman on Twitter: http://www.betterwebapp.com/drupal/?q=screencasts It's a side-by-side comparison of the time to create a simple web app for: Ruby Perl ASP.NET Java The website compares a few other frameworks to compare which languages and frameworks are the...

Posted to GrabBag<T> (Weblog) by bogardj on 05-05-2008
Dear software tool vendors, RE: I'm breaking up with you

Dear software tool vendors, Reading Chad's ReSharper love letter reminded me we need to talk. I'm breaking up with you. Your solutions seemed so enticing. It seemed my excitement had no bounds, as I waited longingly for each press release and blog post detailing your new features. How did I ever...

Posted to GrabBag<T> (Weblog) by bogardj on 04-08-2008
Moving past stored procedures

On Chad's recent SQL-assembly comparison post , a few interesting comments caught my eye proclaiming the glory of stored procedures. From tom (no link): [Stored procedures] are not only useful for speed but also for ACID and to keep business logic in a central place. (Business logic in clients is...

Posted to GrabBag<T> (Weblog) by bogardj on 02-22-2008
Stop the Flash insanity

More and more it seems high-profile websites are using Flash as a mechanism to deliver essential content. In extreme cases, such as mycokerewards , the entire site is built on Flash. Ads in websites, which you used to be able to ignore, now use Flash to replace the entire screen contents, screaming at...

Posted to GrabBag<T> (Weblog) by bogardj on 01-10-2008
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 Vista on work machines without any hiccups, with...

Posted to GrabBag<T> (Weblog) by bogardj on 12-20-2007
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 probably don't want to google "donkey-punching"...

Posted to GrabBag<T> (Weblog) by bogardj on 12-18-2007
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 use, so I have to jump through 80 or so hoops to get...

Posted to GrabBag<T> (Weblog) by bogardj on 12-03-2007
SharePoint 2007 Wiki - not a fan

This post was originally published here . Now that I've written a couple large-ish wiki entries on our team's SharePoint 2007 wiki, I can reasonably say I'm not too impressed with the wiki offerings from MOSS 2007. A few complaints so far: No apparent wiki markup language No documentation...

Posted to GrabBag<T> (Weblog) by bogardj on 09-24-2007
Short path to failure

This post was originally published here . In three easy steps: Separate those making decisions from those affected by the decisions Remove accountability from the decision makers for the decisions made Rinse, repeat After going to the inaugural Agile Austin group meeting last night , I'm convinced...

Posted to GrabBag<T> (Weblog) by bogardj on 09-05-2007

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