Think back to being a kid, and you can probably remember a rather dubious rite of passage that occurred when you figured out that you weren’t going to be a sports player, lead singer, or Hollywood star. You probably felt sad, but your parents and older siblings likely breathed sighs of relief that you’d never be…
I got an email from a recruiter not too long ago. I suppose that’s not a surprise, given how I’ve made my living, but what might surprise you is that I usually respond to recruiters, and politely at that. They’re human beings, trying to earn a living in a way that I don’t envy. These…
Julius Caesar, Mark Antony, and Cassius walk into a bar, and the bartender asks them what they’ll have. “3 beers!” Caesar proclaims. “2 beers,” whispers Cassius. Because I’m not a historian, I have the luxury of making spurious historical arguments that suit my purpose. I can even bring in Star Wars if I…
Editorial Note: Since writing this post a couple of years ago, Dave has created a site in pursuit of his goal. He also interviewed me for it. I had an interesting exchange on Twitter a couple of days ago with Dave Schinkel. Here’s the most salient tweet: @daedtech thx, Good to know. I’m actually building…
public ActiveProduct(Product product, StringVersion driver, Side es) { Side = es; try { if (product == null) throw new Exception(“Can’t create an active product from a null product”); Logger.LogTimeStudyStart(“ActiveProduct create”); if (driver.IsEmpty()) CurrentDriver = product.Driver; else CurrentDriver = driver; _Device = Session.Instance.DeviceManager.CreateHI(es, CurrentDriver.ToString()); _Device.ConnectionStatus += Device_ConnectionStatus; _Device.BatteryStatus += Device_BatteryStatus; } catch (Exception ex) { ExceptionHandler.HandleException(ex);…
