Marquee de Sells: Chris's insight outletThoughts that Chris Sells has about whatever interests him that dayThe Annotated Turing!- (Found July 15, 2008 ) I just saw that Mr. Petzold is re-publishing the paper that started computer science and annotating it so that even I can understand it. I can't wait!http://www.sellsbrothers.com/news/showTopic.aspx?ixTopic=2163 Bridging object models: the faux-object idiom- (Found July 15, 2008 ) My 1997 master's thesis came online today (he says, trying not to flinch). Here's the abstract: Microsoft's Component Object Model (COM) is the dominant object model for the Microsoft Windows family of operating systems. COM encourages each object to support several views of itself, i.e. interfaces. Each interface represents a collection of logically related functions. A COM object is not allowed to expose multiple interfaces using multiple inheritance, however, as some languages do not...http://www.sellsbrothers.com/news/showTopic.aspx?ixTopic=2170 Programming WPF enters 2nd printing!- (Found July 15, 2008 ) Wahoo! You love us, you really love us! : ) When a book goes to another printing, 100% of the time, there's a list of "errata" (aka "mistakes") that are fixed in the new printing. In this case, neither Ian nor I have any fixes to apply. So, it's official -- the book is perfect! : ) Thanks for reading.http://www.sellsbrothers.com/news/showTopic.aspx?ixTopic=2171 Programming WPF: "Programming Book of the Decade"- (Found July 15, 2008 ) blushhttp://www.sellsbrothers.com/news/showTopic.aspx?ixTopic=2172 My Favorite Blog: Scott's computerzen.com- (Found July 15, 2008 ) If I have time to read the web, I go to digg.com first, computerzen.com second and very little after that. Just this morning, I enjoyed Six Months in the Inside - Am I evil yet, Amazon Kindle and LINQ to Everything - LINQ to XSD adds more LINQiness. The Kindle review was especially enlightening because it was the first one I've read that actually a) covered the stuff I care about and b) pushed me off the fence about whether I want one (I do!).http://www.sellsbrothers.com/news/showTopic.aspx?ixTopic=2173 On Beyond Unit Testing- (Found July 15, 2008 ) Quetzal Bradley is a software development engineer (SDE) on my team with tons of experience in all manner of infrastructure stuff including the requirements of real-world software testing from the trenches at Microsoft. Q gave a talk about what comes after unit testing to my team and I was blown away, so I sent him to tell Scott about it so that you could hear it, too. Enjoy.http://www.sellsbrothers.com/news/showTopic.aspx?ixTopic=2174 Do you want to host the WF workflow and rules designer- (Found July 15, 2008 ) If so, fill in this survey and tell the WF team what you want. They really want to know.http://www.sellsbrothers.com/news/showTopic.aspx?ixTopic=2175 Anyone know anyone in the TV industry- (Found July 15, 2008 ) Don turned me onto the Walking Dead series of "graphic novels" (I'm too proud to call them "comic books!") and I loved them. I read volumes 1-4 in one day when I should've been doing other things. Don thinks that they're good enough for a Lost-esque style 10pm cable TV show and I agree. The interplay of characters and watching them fall apart under the pressure is fascinating. The zombies are there, but it's mostly a background thing, like IRS agents when you forget to include the check (I...http://www.sellsbrothers.com/news/showTopic.aspx?ixTopic=2176 Losing weight the old fashioned way: tonsilectomy- (Found July 15, 2008 ) Today is my last day of time off work from a tonsillectomy a week ago Thursday. I'm down to about 20mg of OxyContinday (from 60mg) and hope to have that down to nothing by Monday (although I still have half a jug for my next party : ). Why would a grown man fresh off two SDRs and a BillG review feel the need to have his tonsils pulled Well, I've been trying to talk someone into taking them for a coupla years now, even since the recurring strep throat started, but no luck. This time it was...http://www.sellsbrothers.com/news/showTopic.aspx?ixTopic=2182 Bill's Last Review- (Found July 15, 2008 ) The last coupla months have been crazy. We've been warming up our PDC message with a series of SDR (Software Design Reviews) where we invite folks from the community, influencers, important customers, etc, to come and hear what we think the story is for our new technology before we blow it in front of a live PDC audience. There's a ton of prep to make sure we're as polished and as thought through as possible and that we're presenting as well possible, so there's been a ton of work on what the...http://www.sellsbrothers.com/news/showTopic.aspx?ixTopic=2181 |