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Junk mail… what’s wrong with this picture?
Argh!!! I hadn’t checked my mailbox for about 1 1/2 weeks. It’s crazy. So much wasted paper. In this entire pile of paper, there was only one letter in which I could perhaps be interested (and even that is debatable since it’s from the ProClub). I really need to have a word with the Post…
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Devices are getting smaller…
… so, one would think that they are easier to carry, right? I must be doing something wrong because I find myself carrying all three: Laptop, Surface, and a phone. If you add my MacBook Pro + all cables & power supplies to the list, it’s no wonder my bag weighs a ton these days…
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It’s a celebration of democracy
Earlier tonight I dropped off my ballot. Every time I participate in a voting process, I feel that I celebrate the memory of the ancient Greeks who coined the idea that people can have a say in the running of their country’s affairs. I celebrate the memory of all of those who fought, even sacrificed…
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Using a Lambda to Dynamically Create an IComparer
Just recording the following for those lost coding souls like me who are trying to find a solution on the web 🙂 I needed to instantiate a SortedSet for a WinRT application that I am writing. I didn’t want to create a new class that implements an IComparer (just being lazy). I thought that a…
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Automation… Laugh or cry more?
I opened my Facebook stream of updates this morning to find this notice amongst others… Sigh! 🙁 BTW… One of the many, I am sure, gatherings of friends for drinks took place yesterday! (Thanks to Kendra for the photo)
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RIP my friend – Lee Dirks
People started posting their condolences on Lee’s Facebook timeline so I guess it’s ok to post this note now. Earlier this morning I received the sad news that my good friend and colleague at Microsoft, Lee Dirks, and his wife, Judy, were killed in a tragic accident in Peru. Their two daughters were in Seattle.…
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SSDL.org contents online again
A recent question at the REST in Practice discussion group, reminded me of the research work that Jim and I did on the SOAP Service Description Language (SSDL). It was an active time of discussions with the Web Services community. We really disliked WSDL and we really liked REST. We had come up with an…
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Zoom buttons for the Google Maps control on the iPhone
It took me few hours, spread over a number of weekends, to figure out the solution to the following problem so I am recording it in case it’s useful to someone else out there. I am using PhoneGap, jQuery Mobile, and the Google Maps control for a mobile app I am building. While I was…
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Some photos from our recent trip
We spent 5 days on the road. Mary, Tini, Nuno, and I went to Zion and Bryce canyons in Utah. We flew to Las Vegas, stayed for a night, got our rental, and then drove by lake Mead and Hoover Dam, before settling at Ponderosa ranch for few days. The landscape was absolutely amazing. The…