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Dominic Morris

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• Back to MSFT == new laptop

  Posted: 31 Aug 2005 at 10:31 by d0m1

  In keeping with posts about lovely laptops, I'll be buying this today: Beautiful... 200GB of RAID0 @ 7200RPM... =) My productivity has really suffered in the last few months, and crazy as it might sound, I'm sure it's because my current antiquated machine is just too slow: P4M 1.7Ghz (one of th

• Back to MSFT == new laptop

  Posted: 31 Aug 2005 at 10:31 by d0m1

  In keeping with posts about lovely laptops, I'll be buying this today: Beautiful... 200GB of RAID0 @ 7200RPM... =) My productivity has really suffered in the last few months, and crazy as it might sound, I'm sure it's because my current antiquated machine is just too slow: P4M 1.7Ghz (one of th

• So, so funny...

  Posted: 25 Aug 2005 at 17:09 by d0m1

  http://www.livejournal.com/users/fabulist/342936.html (via http://blog.donnael.com/2005/08/how-to-deal-with-bill-collectors-when.html)  

• So, so funny...

  Posted: 25 Aug 2005 at 17:09 by d0m1

  http://www.livejournal.com/users/fabulist/342936.html (via http://blog.donnael.com/2005/08/how-to-deal-with-bill-collectors-when.html)  

• What is happening re. spam?

  Posted: 15 Jun 2005 at 13:17 by d0m1

  How did the migration on SQLJ go? When is DNJ going to be migrated? Why is it not possible to totally disable comments during the transition? In the last week I've received several hundred spam. They're winning, and as far as I'm concerned, we're just letting them. It's shameful if the community at

• What is happening re. spam?

  Posted: 15 Jun 2005 at 13:17 by d0m1

  How did the migration on SQLJ go? When is DNJ going to be migrated? Why is it not possible to totally disable comments during the transition? In the last week I've received several hundred spam. They're winning, and as far as I'm concerned, we're just letting them. It's shameful if the community at

• aC

  Posted: 03 Jun 2005 at 18:17 by d0m1

  STABALIZATION STABALIZATION STABALIZATION After having re-visited the IFX layer of autoCode, I realize that I must put feature-development on hold, yet again. This code is horribly broken at the moment. If anybody has any bug reports re. the SQL Server compatibility, then I'd also like to know. Than

• aC

  Posted: 03 Jun 2005 at 18:17 by d0m1

  STABALIZATION STABALIZATION STABALIZATION After having re-visited the IFX layer of autoCode, I realize that I must put feature-development on hold, yet again. This code is horribly broken at the moment. If anybody has any bug reports re. the SQL Server compatibility, then I'd also like to know. Than

• Biz

  Posted: 02 Jun 2005 at 18:23 by d0m1

  Now that autoCode is out of the door, I'm entering a rigourous feature cycle: up to this point, I've been focussed soley on getting released. Now that we're there, the focus switches back to the users: to their feedback and their feature-requests. So, please download it and tell me what feature

• Biz

  Posted: 02 Jun 2005 at 18:23 by d0m1

  Now that autoCode is out of the door, I'm entering a rigourous feature cycle: up to this point, I've been focussed soley on getting released. Now that we're there, the focus switches back to the users: to their feedback and their feature-requests. So, please download it and tell me what feature

• PCs Affecting the Mind

  Posted: 27 May 2005 at 20:06 by d0m1

  A couple of random observations about excessive PC use: 1. When I have lots of text on the clipboard that I haven't got saved elsewhere, I have a "feeling". It's almost physical like the text is being preciously kept in some secret compartment of my brain which only the magic left hand keypress sequ

• PCs Affecting the Mind

  Posted: 27 May 2005 at 20:06 by d0m1

  A couple of random observations about excessive PC use: 1. When I have lots of text on the clipboard that I haven't got saved elsewhere, I have a "feeling". It's almost physical like the text is being preciously kept in some secret compartment of my brain which only the magic left hand keypress sequ

• bMSDN_Search.Good == (1 == 0);

  Posted: 27 May 2005 at 19:58 by d0m1

  Saw some feedback on one of Raymond's posts that really struck a chord with me: If I google for DisplayIcon on the web I get Raymond's page as the top link! If I search MSDN (or MSDN online) I get *nothing*. If it wasn't for third party sites offering registry tips how would you ever know what some

• bMSDN_Search.Good == (1 == 0);

  Posted: 27 May 2005 at 19:58 by d0m1

  Saw some feedback on one of Raymond's posts that really struck a chord with me: If I google for DisplayIcon on the web I get Raymond's page as the top link! If I search MSDN (or MSDN online) I get *nothing*. If it wasn't for third party sites offering registry tips how would you ever know what some

• Software like icecream

  Posted: 10 May 2005 at 19:47 by d0m1

  Just read Benjamin's spirited post regarding software quality at msft. I'm engaged in a bug-fixing cycle in autoCode at the moment, and let me tell you: it's hard. Very difficult indeed to write even moderately complex software that functions according to the users' expectations all of the time

• Software like icecream

  Posted: 10 May 2005 at 19:47 by d0m1

  Just read Benjamin's spirited post regarding software quality at msft. I'm engaged in a bug-fixing cycle in autoCode at the moment, and let me tell you: it's hard. Very difficult indeed to write even moderately complex software that functions according to the users' expectations all of the time

• Business is Hard

  Posted: 04 May 2005 at 15:44 by d0m1

  More good stuff from The Business of Software. There are several comments on that thread that struck a chord with me. In particular, the mentallity of the typical software developer is such that they tend to focus on the details that are required in order to write code. But the business of shipping

• Business is Hard

  Posted: 04 May 2005 at 15:44 by d0m1

  More good stuff from The Business of Software. There are several comments on that thread that struck a chord with me. In particular, the mentallity of the typical software developer is such that they tend to focus on the details that are required in order to write code. But the business of shipping

• Virtual Dev

  Posted: 03 May 2005 at 12:55 by d0m1

  Joel reiterates how crucial VMWare / VitualPC is to efficient software development. +1. I remember when I got hold of VirtualPC and had a play with it. I'd been told it was good, but I was always very sceptical about emulating a machine on my desktop; I thought that it would be slow, and that t

• Virtual Dev

  Posted: 03 May 2005 at 12:55 by d0m1

  Joel reiterates how crucial VMWare / VitualPC is to efficient software development. +1. I remember when I got hold of VirtualPC and had a play with it. I'd been told it was good, but I was always very sceptical about emulating a machine on my desktop; I thought that it would be slow, and that t