Michael SladeCommenting on trends in the software industry(Untitled)- July 23, 2003 After viewing the devastation from the flooding resulting from Monday&8217;s 5 inches of rain in four hours, Beth and I consider ourselves very lucky and very thankful. The raging stream in our backyard was gone by 11:30 PM on Monday night. A few hundred feet downstream, the stream empties into Tinkers Creek. Just a couple of miles north, a number of homes in northern Twinsburg were flooded when Tinkers Creek overflowed its banks. Just a couple of miles southwest in...http://www.mslade.com/2003/07/23.html#a24 (Untitled)- July 22, 2003 After yesterday&146;s attempt at taking down an American Elm tree (see Misc Home Projects), I figured nothing could top it. Today, we had nearly 5 inches of rain in just a few hours. This caused our neighbor&146;s pond to overflow, plus water was coming down the driveway, swept past the garage, and down the hill. The pond normally drains through 50 feet of tile underground in the middle of the back yard. The overflow from the driveway and the pond combined, and the drain.http://www.mslade.com/2003/07/21.html#a23 (Untitled)- July 21, 2003 Yesterday, I started cutting down some dead trees in my back yard. The first, a wild cherry tree, came down perfectly. Today, I attempted to cut down the second, an American Elm. Unfortunately, it did not come down as planned. As it fell, it came off the stump, spun 90 degrees and then fell backward and wedged itself on another tree. It will take some time to cut down the tree, four feet at a time, before it will slide down the tree it is wedged against. ...http://www.mslade.com/2003/07/20.html#a22 (Untitled)- July 20, 2003 Last night, actually very early this morning, I added a section, Software Projects, to the website which details the work that I am doing on the various software projects. This section will contain screen shots, sample code, and other project related materials. Now Playing: David Lanz - Cristofori's Dream - Free Fall (04:23)http://www.mslade.com/2003/07/20.html#a21 (Untitled)- July 20, 2003 Last night, actually very early this morning, I added a section, Home Projects, to the website which details the work that I am doing on the various home projects. On the Misc Home Projects page check out the picture of the bee swarm. In one picture you can actually see four or five in the air. Now Playing: David Lanz - Cristofori's Dream - Spiral Dance (06:18)http://www.mslade.com/2003/07/20.html#a20 (Untitled)- July 20, 2003 Yesterday, I worked in the yard by doing some cleanup, before I start some major projects. A few weeks ago, my wife Beth was surprised by a fawn that was hiding under the old deck. This meant that I needed to clean out all of the stuff that was being stored under the deck. After removing the components from the pool, including the filter, liner, and frame, I was left with an old riding lawn mower. This lawn mower was too big to be set out by the street. So,..http://www.mslade.com/2003/07/20.html#a19 (Untitled)- July 18, 2003 The latest thing that I am working on at work is a best practices document for one of our products. This document will ship with the next release of the product. This got me to thinking. Best practices are the best ways to design, install, deploy, configure, and maintain an application for optimum performance. I look at this as this is the way the product was intended to be run. The old saying &147;when all else fails, read the directions&148; comes to mind. .http://www.mslade.com/2003/07/17.html#a18 (Untitled)- July 16, 2003 There has been a lot of talk about the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC) and its cost. Robert Scoble has two posts: one describing the cost of putting on a conference, and one on the value of attending. It is time that I added my 2 cents worth. I have been attending the PDC since 1996. Some have been good, one had its outdoor party washed out by a Pacific hurricane, and one was barely fair. I also attended Microsoft&146;s TechEd 2001 conference as...http://www.mslade.com/2003/07/16.html#a17 |