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[Solemnibus II] But it’s very frustrating to not have the resources to complete the task - to develop both the software and opportunities we need in order to stay ahead of the game and produce something ground-breakingly cool - before everyone else catches up and sweeps on by.

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[Procrastination] Blog Interview Meme: During our high school and college years, we used to live in the same town. Amber was a classmate of my sister. I knew about her when she started going to the same college in which I was studying. We took the same college bus and there were only about 5-6 girls from our town in our college (the female population among the students at the college was 5-10%.) We first met when Amber visited our home some time in spring of her freshman year.

[Tales of the Forbidden Dreamer] For your eyes: We all have the capacity for deep and inclusive love, but through conflict and false relationship, sensation and habit, we destroy its beauty. Through possessiveness with its many cruelties, through all the ugliness of reciprocal exploitation, we slowly extinguish the flame of love. We cannot artificially keep the flame alive, but we can awaken intelligence, love, through constant discernment of the many illusions and limitations which now dominate our mind&'64979;heart, our whole being. So, what we have to understand is not what kind of restrictions, scientific or religious, should be placed on wants and sensations, but how to bring about deep and enduring fulfillment.

[moxygen] Permanent Link: I’m not mean … am I?: I am still just not happy with the overall look of the site. I started on another skin last night to keep my mind off from more baby news (James’ brother & sis in law are expecting #2) but in the end I got frustrated, gave up, and broke down.

[Mr. E. Poet] A Few Requests Fulfilled: s design work over at Foxfire Eclectia. Comments (0) Filed under: My Current... these things so personally. Comments (0) 11/2/2004 Filed under: Blogging Mirth I

Sara Ford's WebLog : Miscellaneous:  We go around and the schools I hear are, “MIT”, “Notre Dame”, “UCLA”, etc.  Finally it is my turn, and I hear myself say, “<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Mississippi</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>”¦”  I’m thinking, “why did I get here so early?”  Xbox didn’t come out for another 6 months. <o:p> </o:p> My interview with the recruiter was really short.  It was the first time I heard what teams I would be interviewing with.  When I heard “Visual Studio” I about stood up with excitement.  I had used Visual J++ every single day for almost 1.5 years in college working on <a href="http://webtop.msstate.edu/">WebTOP</a>.  I couldn’t wait to meet people on the Visual Studio team. <o:p> </o:p> Dazed and confused, I interviewed with Exchange that morning.  I had no prior testing experience, but I caught on quickly what they were looking for as a tester.  I was really rusty with the coding questions, mostly because I was so nervous.  I don’t think I did very well.  I think I was still overwhelmed.  Fortunately, I had a really good lunch interviewer who allowed me to eat (Thank you! Thank you!  Thank you!), so I was in really good shape, by this I mean I had a chance to eat food, when it was time to interview with the Visual Studio team that afternoon. <o:p> </o:p> I think I did a really good job with the first interviewer.  He asked me about WebTOP, and I explained to him that I had put together the Reflection and Refraction module that demos in VRML (virtual reality for web) how the angle of incidence equals the angle of reflection and all that jazz (which means good stuff Jeremy, all good stuff).  For example, say you’re swimming underwater.  If you’re at a certain depth you can still see people standing alongside the pool, but the deeper you get, the less you can see of the surface.  After I explain how I put the module together based on the professor’s specification, he says, “yep, Snell’s law.”  I looked at him like “How did you know that.”  He says, “I’m a physics major.”  I said, “Oh man, I can’t believe I just forced you to listen to all of that.”  He says, “well, you got it right.”  I replied laughing, “I better have gotten it right, or I might not have a job when i get back to campus.”  <grins> <o:p> </o:p> The second interview I thought I didn’t do so well.  I got caught-up on some stupid Math problem because I was taking an Advanced Calculus course (where it’s all proofs and no numbers) and I tried to write the proof that a number n cannot be divisible by any number greater than n divided by 2.  As soon as I started writing, “For every epsilon in the set of R, there exists”¦”, i think it was over.  Advanced calculus really messed with my head that semester.  I think the interviewer was surprised that I challenged his assumption about a number n not being divisible by a number greater than n/2. <o:p> </o:p> Finally, I had my last interview with the test manager.

JimGries's WebLog: 91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:730232004-02-14T13:25:00ZIn the past, we have relied on internal dogfooding, external alphas and betas, and usability studies of work-in-progress to get feedback that can be used to improve the feature before being released to the public.  We are still doing that more than ever.  However, blogging has opened up a new channel of feedback that I'd like to take advantage of.  As you may or may not know, I am a developer for the Visual Studio debugger, with a strong emphasis on the user-interface the debugger presents.   That being the case, I am keenly interested in hearing about what you love about the debugger, what you hate about it, and/or ways you think it can be improved or changed to better meet your debugging needs. As posts are made, I will not only note the feedback and try to address it in future versions, but I (and others who read this) will be sure to post guidance and/or tips to help address your needs with existing versions of the product. To get you started thinking about it, I'll pose a few questions: <UL> <LI>Which form of variable inspection do you find yourself making the most use of?  Datatips?  the Watch Window(s), the Autos Window?, the Locals Window?  Why? <LI>How do you set and unset a breakpoint? <LI>What feature are we completely missing?</LI></UL> And here are a few usability tips: <UL> <LI>Did you know you can edit many values in the watch, locals, or autos window?  Just click on the item, then click on it's value.  If the value can be edited, it will become editable. <LI>Did you know you can drag a deeply nested watch, local or autos, item to a top level of the watch item?

JoeN's Blog: The method is actually part of an interface definition (let's ignore the fact that we currently don't have a way to indicate that the method is part of an interface). There are several ways to interpret renaming this method. Our current implementation does this: <OL> <LI>Changes the name of the method in the class that you are editing (this is where you kicked the rename off)</LI> <LI>We detect that the method is part of an interface declaration so we change the interface to match the new name.</LI> <LI>We then detect all other implementations of the interface and change the methods in those types to match the new name.</LI></OL> I'm a little concerned that this is a little too “easy” and may cause more changes than a developer was expecting. We have a number of ways to fix this (inform the user that this is happening, come up with a way of selectively choosing which replacements to make via the preview dialog) but I'm inclined to perhaps simply restrict this so that you can only rename an interface methods from the interface itself so it's a much more deliberate action. We are still tossing this around but I'd love to get your feedback on what you would expect.<img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=151440" width="1" height="1">14http://blogs.msdn.com/joen/commentrss.aspx?PostID=151440

Peter Stern's WebLog: The effect is intensified when I apply them to the latest technology. Like my <A href="http://petersterndesign.com/longhorn.htm">hand-drawn playing cards</A> in XAML. I start with pen on paper, crazy I know, but it’s fast and I can do it anywhere. After scanning them …I sometimes paint them digitally <A title=http://petersterndesign.com/images/syndication.gif href="http://petersterndesign.com/images/syndication.gif">http://petersterndesign.com/images/syndication.gif</A> Sometimes I just use markers (fancy, expensive markers) <A title=http://petersterndesign.com/images/tech_articles_sm.jpg href="http://petersterndesign.com/images/tech_articles_sm.jpg">http://petersterndesign.com/images/tech_articles_sm.jpg</A> I use a pen because it’s fast, but it’s not as fast when you need to manipulate a lot of text. So… I made a font from my handwriting for jobs like this: <A title=http://petersterndesign.com/images/library_tier1.jpg href="http://petersterndesign.com/images/library_tier1.jpg">http://petersterndesign.com/images/library_tier1.jpg</A>  It was a bit tedious to create, but has saved me lots o’ time. I have traditionally used PhotoShop for a final rendering like this: <A title=http://petersterndesign.com/images/Lib_skinned.png href="http://petersterndesign.com/images/Lib_skinned.png">http://petersterndesign.com/images/Lib_skinned.png</A>  I'm starting to design using vectors (Illustrator) so I can generate XAML. To see a real bad-ass with markers check out <A href="http://www.chipfoose.com/detail.aspx?CatID=24&id=54">Chip Foose</A>.  <img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=201052" width="1" height="1">11http://blogs.msdn.com/peterstern/commentrss.aspx?PostID=201052

Sara Ford's WebLog : Miscellaneous: ... so they can run out and buy a copy, but I’m failing miserably.  At least now I know my mom has discovered my blog. ...

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