As Program Manager at myList, part of my job is to evaluate all new devices that may support my application, see how it works, and determine what, if any, changes need to be made to my platform to support the new device. To that end, I was excited and had high expectations when I walked into the […]
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How Advanced is Binarybiker.com?
October 7, 2011 
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Google has a feature that allows you to show the reading level of a website as a filter in advanced search results. There are three categories, Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced. You can use it to rate the overall level of material on any given site. This is a quick way to see what the reading […]
Continue reading The Problem with Super-hero Developers
September 27, 2011 3 Comments
Throughout my career I have worked with some extremely talented and intelligent developers. I have also, unfortunately, worked with some boneheaded developers who were barely able to create “Hello World” applications. I have worked with all kinds of developers. There are pure developers who have no skills at analysis. There are analysts who tinker enough to be considered programmers. There […]
Continue reading Password Validation Class Using RegEx in C-Sharp
August 30, 2011 0 Comments
I have a client that recently asked me to add password validation on a web application. Their existing application had no password validation and users could enter any password into the system with no regards to how secure it was. I was asked to implement the following password constraints: Passwords must be at least 8 […]
Continue reading How a Video Game – Wii’s “Animal Crossing” – Helped me Cope with Cancer
August 6, 2011 4 Comments
I was home alone every day with a deadly disease ravaging my body and trying to take my life from me. My children were in school, my disabled parents were unable to visit me, my wife was at work – providing me the insurance that was saving my life, my brother was working every day, […]
Continue reading Why StumbleUpon Paid Discovery Sucks
August 1, 2011 7 Comments
I love using StumbleUpon. You’ve seen the cartoons on the Internet where StumbleUpon kills productivity and is the anathema of sleep. I agree with it 100% – it’s addicting. You select your interests, press Stumble, and viola! A page relevant to you pops up. I wanted to drive Stumblers to this blog, so I tried […]
Continue reading Windows 7 “Command Prompt Here”
July 14, 2011 0 Comments
Before Windows 7, I had to muck with the registry to get right-click context in Windows Explorer to open a DOS prompt in the folder I was viewing. Windows 7 does it for free. Simple hold SHIFT and RIGHT CLICK within Windows Explorer to view the option to open a command prompt in that folder.
Continue reading How to View Hulu through your Google TV
July 10, 2011 14 Comments
You may remember that last year I blogged about how I ditched my cable company. I got rid of all cable services and watch 100% of my television streamed to my tv via the Internet and a little program called “PlayOn.” It’s been well over a year and I am EXTREMELY pleased with it. I […]
Continue reading STS-135: End of an Era
July 8, 2011 1 Comment
As I type this, Atlantis is travelling over 15,000 miles an hour at the 8-minute mark of the historic last flight of the Space Shuttle program. The space shuttle engine just cut off – and will never fire again. I view this launch with mixed feelings, as I am sure most of America and the […]
Continue reading Running SQL Server Management Studio Aliased as a Different User
July 6, 2011 0 Comments
I connect to a client VPN often to work on their servers, their code, and their databases. My development machine is not a part of their domain, although I do have a domain account on their VPN. My problem; when I connect SQL Server Management Studio to a client database on their domain I cannot […]
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