May 2008 - Posts

31 May 2008
Amy "what a waste" Winehouse
Yesterday I saw one of the worst live performances I can remember. Amy Winehouse has a fantastic voice, but if she keeps doing this she will disappear from scene within the next six months. As if starting the concert 45 minutes after time wasn't bad enough, she appeared completely drunk (and, dare... Read More...
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30 May 2008
Using Postsharp for solving the inexisting multi-inheritance problem
Well, not really... As you surely know, you cannot have mutiple inheritance in .NET. That really sucks. Yes, I agree that multiple inheritance might bring several problems but when applied correctly, it really helps. Don't believe me? Ok, take a look at WTL . Back to .NET...Since we can't use... Read More...
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29 May 2008
F# first impressions
Well, I should really say: first and last impressions! I've read about 200-230 pages of the Expert F# book and I think I've had enough. Ok, functional languages have really cool concepts like patterns, asynchronous workflows, first class support for functions, etc, BUT...the damn thing is simply... Read More...
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27 May 2008
ASP.NET MVC Preview 3 is out
As always, Scott Guthrie has announced it on his blog (let's see if I can keep up with all the work the ASP.NET team has been releasing and if I can finally start looking at these new platforms...) Read More...
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26 May 2008
SVN strategies
I've been using SVN as my source control provider for some time now. I've been trying several approaches with it on these last months and to me, the best approach is to use a sheme based on trunk + branches + tags. I've been writing down several notes while trying to put a post about this... Read More...
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26 May 2008
Postsharp RC 3.0 released
Just a quick post to remind everyone that uses it that Postsharp RC 3.0 is out . Read More...
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26 May 2008
New Envy Code R preview available
If like me you're a programmer, I'm sure that we both agree when I say that having a decent font for working is a must! Damien Guard has released another preview of his Envy Code R monospaced font . I'm already using it and I think that you should at least check it out. Read More...
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24 May 2008
xobni: improving your Outlook usage
After reading Paulo's post on xobni , I've decided to give it a go. And guess what? It's really amazing! Go get it here ! Read More...
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22 May 2008
Resharper 4.0 goes beta
Check it out on the Jetbrain's Resharper page . Read More...
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20 May 2008
Steve Ballmer and eggs
Well, see it for yourself :) Read More...
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20 May 2008
S#arp Architecture: first impressions
Today I've finally got some time to take a look at Billy McCafferty's S#arp Architecture . Comparing with the old NHibernate best practices project, I think it's fair to say that there are several important improvements. For instance, there's no longer a Load method that takes an instance... Read More...
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19 May 2008
Jon Skeet on the Mandelbrot benchmark
Man, you gotta love Jon Skeet ! Just read this post on a benchmark he performed on the generation of the Mandelbrot set between several single threaded and multithreaded approaches. Cool stuff! Read More...
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19 May 2008
Is EF really the best thing that happened in these last years?
Well, I'm still skeptic about it...and it seems like Frans Bouma decided to comment Danny Simmons post . I believe this is my favorite quote: "I'm sure the Entity Framework is build by competent people, who are very smart and know what O/R mapping is. What I'm not sure about is if these... Read More...
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18 May 2008
S#arp Architecture
I've just noticed that Billy McCafferty has (well known for his great NHibernate ASP.NET best practice article ) published a new project on codeplex called S#arp Architecture which, as he says, is "(...) a solid architectural foundation for rapidly building maintainable web applications leveraging... Read More...
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18 May 2008
Book review: The Mythical Man-Month
This book is a classic! It's one of those books that simply doesn't get outdated! I'm not sure if this is such a good thing. After all, the book has more than 20 years now and if we still keep doing the same mistakes, then something is really wrong with us :) Anyway, the book is great, has... Read More...
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18 May 2008
LINQ To XML resume
I've thought it would be good to post an entry which aggregates all my LINQ To XML entries for future reference: LINQ To XML: I'm hooked! LINQ To XML: building documents with a functional approach LINQ To XML: working with documents LINQ To XML: navigating through the axis LINQ To XML: using... Read More...
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18 May 2008
LINQ To XML: applying LINQ expressions
Now that we know the basics, it's time to see how we can use this new API with LINQ. In this post, we'll start by seeing how we can filter an XML document and then we'll how easy it is to transform an existing XML tree into a different one. Lets start by defining an existing XML tree (we'll... Read More...
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15 May 2008
HTC has done it again
For some time now, I've been a proud owner of an HTC touch and I'm really happy with it. Anyway, I've just noticed that they've just released a new model: HTC Touch Diamond . It looks just great! Well, I guess that now I can say that I regret having bought an HTC touch... Read More...
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12 May 2008
.NET 3.5 and VS SP beta1 goodies
You can get them from here (VS) and here (.NET). I'm reading what's new on Brad Abrams post and I'm really digging the new features:) For instance, having the format option working with JS code is simply cool! Another cool thing: the ScriptManager is able to combine scripts so there's... Read More...
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10 May 2008
Book review: Release it!
After seeing several positive reviews about Release it !, I've finally decided to buy it and read it. Wow! what a great book! Even though most of the stories happen in the "Java World", the main ideas presented by the book are applicable if you're in software developer and you do want... Read More...
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