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Repost: Technology vs Sexism: I’m reposting about the original that can be found here. Since I’m reposting it, I obviously agree with it, but let me add my own spin/rant to the whole thing. To repeat something I posted previously: “If you are a woman in any industry, and you find yourself going to meetings where the first comment you hear is “Hey babe, nice tits”, run, don’t walk to your HR department. “ Since that could be read as being flippant, let me make clear how serious I was. Like racism, sexism takes different forms. Not every form is...; posted @ Thursday, May 24, 2012 8:57 PM | Feedback (0)

If you are in the far left lane on an expressway…: and there are cars lined up behind you, and multiple other cars diving into the next lane on the right who pass you and move back in front of you, please move the f%^& over. Besides being annoying, you are actually a safety hazard to the drivers around you. Thanks.; posted @ Monday, April 30, 2012 7:04 PM | Feedback (1)

Free TekPub Episode – Why you should care about ASP.NET MVC 2.0: Rob Conery has announced the free availability of a webcast on TekPub. I have not yet watched the entire thing, but since it is done by Scott Sanderson and Rob, it is undoubtedly a good thing to watch. And, did I mention it is free? Rob lucky bastard starts it off while sitting on the beach in Hawaii.; posted @ Tuesday, April 03, 2012 9:02 PM | Feedback (0)

I understand how he feels: Microsoft has decided to accept contributions to a wide range of their asp.net stack. Scott Guthrie (among others) describes this decision here. Rob Conery has a post wherein he describes an attempt on his part to setup a repository on GitHub that could tie into the CodePlex respository (see details in his post). There was apparently some blowback on this, and so he reversed course. Rob laments this: “So, when I blasted out my little announcement, people (I spose fairly) thought I was being a jerk (again). Some venom filled my timeline and I even had a...; posted @ Wednesday, March 28, 2012 8:55 PM | Feedback (0)

The sort of thing about ESPN that can drive you nuts: Obviously, this doesn’t just apply to ESPN, but since they hold the monopoly…. The Chicago Bears put the franchise tag on Matt Forte, and then signed Reggie Bush. Forte took to Twitter to talk about being disrespected, yada yada yada. This is right in ESPN’s wheelhouse. Let’s discuss athletes, disrespect, money, break!!!! Anyway, on whichever ESPN radio show which I was listening to while driving home, Three-Time Super Bowl Winner Mark Schlereth decided to weigh in on the matter. I call him “Three-Time Super Bowl Winner Mark Schlereth” because, without prompting, he inevitably brings up the...; posted @ Saturday, March 24, 2012 10:27 PM | Feedback (0)

Harden the f%&k up: So, apparently there is some Interweb controversy about something called Geekli.st. Scott Hanselman blogs about it here. As far as I can tell, the issue can be summarized as: A woman created some marketing copy for a company that another woman found offensive, and the owners/executives/whatever of said company handled it on Twitter in a way that other people found unsatisfactory, and then the owners/executives/whatever of said company apologized for handling it in a way that other people found unsatisfactory and that they really didn’t mean to handle it in a way that other people found unsatisfactory. ...; posted @ Saturday, March 24, 2012 9:49 PM | Feedback (0)

I’m so old….: ….that I remember when MTV actually played music videos and ESPN didn’t completely suck. The only thing they missed is that if a SportsCenter host snapped like that, it would be sponsored by Coors Light.; posted @ Sunday, March 18, 2012 8:30 PM | Feedback (0)

Windows 8 Consumer Preview on a Macbook Air: It was probably not the smartest thing to do to upgrade my Windows 7 BootCamp partition the second it came out. It was probably also not the smartest thing to do this a couple of hours before leaving on a multi-week trip. Two major issues faced immediately: Touchpad not recognized. The drivers don’t work and Touchpad++ doesn’t help either. I’m guessing I’m about the only person in the world currently using a USB mouse on an MBA. On the bright side, I don’t have to worry about the ridiculous over-sensitivity of the thing when in...; posted @ Thursday, March 01, 2012 3:40 PM | Feedback (2)

Running Windows 7 on a MacBook Air using Boot Camp: In previous posts, I talked about some of the annoying issues I’ve had with trying to use a MacBook Air due to its sleep issues. However, besides the sleep stuff, the main issue I’ve run into is that it is hard to try and ‘replace’ my main development machine due to the lack of memory you can get installed on an MBA. 4 GB max, which means 2 GB (more or less) for Windows 7. For normal non-development work, 2 GB would actually be fine, but I tend to like to have multiple Visual Studio instances open, 30-50 browser...; posted @ Sunday, February 12, 2012 7:37 PM | Feedback (0)

Okay, maybe not: Recurring Macbook Air Sleep Problems: I had previously posted about how setting a startup disk seemed to prevent a recurring problem with my MacBook Air being unable to wake up from sleep. I didn’t understand why it would work, but it appeared to. Looks like that was premature, as the problem has occurred twice the last two days, and the startup disk is still set. Back to the drawing board.; posted @ Tuesday, January 31, 2012 4:50 PM | Feedback (0)

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