Archive for March 2006

March Eastside Weblog Meetup

Almost everyone else has posted a note about the meetup last night (Anita, Jack, Dennis, and Ram – but not Alex), so I’m a bit behind. We somehow manage to spend little of our time talking about blogging at these meetups but we still enjoy ourselves immensely. I’m disappointed that Anita (and Jack, I presume, [...]

New version of Paint.NET and a handy tip for using it

Version 2.6 of Paint.NET was released a few days ago. It’s not a replacement for Photoshop — nor is it meant to be — but it’s a quick little tool, it’s free, and it’s written in managed code and the full source is available.
When I embed screenshots on a page, I like to surround them with [...]

Strong typing epiphany

It has nothing to do with skills at the keyboard, but with programming languages and environments. For the first time ever, while working on a small, self-contained script, I missed having static typing and a compiler to help verify what I was doing. I almost fell off my chair when I realized it.
Let’s back up [...]

Giving up impatience for Lent

What are you giving up for Lent? Me? I’m giving up impatience.
I know this is supposed to be a season of penance rather than an indulgence in self-improvement. But then I’m not Catholic and impatience must be one of my pleasures since I’ve indulged in it for so long.
I don’t like to wait in line — [...]