The other day, I learned a new term, and it was great. I enjoyed this so much because it was a term for a concept I was familiar with but for I had never had a word. I haven’t been this satisfied with a new word since “taking pleasure in seeing bad things happen to…
Lately, I’ve been watching a lot of “How the Universe Works” and other similar shows about astronomy. I’ve been watching them a lot, as in, I think I have some kind of problem. I want to watch them and find them fascinating and engaging and yet I also seem suddenly to be unable to fall…
I remember having a discussion with a more tenured coworker, with the subject being the impending departure of another coworker. I said, “man, it’s going to be rough when he leaves, considering how much he’s done for us over the last several years.” The person I was talking to replied in a way that perplexed…
Back in September, I announced the Expert Beginner e-book. In that same post, I promised to publish the conclusion to the series around year-end, so I’m now going to make good on that promise. If you like these posts, you should definitely give the e-book a look, though. It’s more than just the posts strung…
Entity Framework Backstory In the last year or so, I’ve been using Entity Framework in the new web-based .NET solutions for which I am the architect. I’ve had some experience with different ORMs on different technology stacks, including some roll your own ones, but I have to say that Entity Framework and its integration with…
