What’s Wrong with Code Contracts?!? Let me start out by saying that I really see nothing wrong with code contracts, and what I’m offering is not intended as any kind of replacement for them in the slightest. Rather, I’m offering a solution for a situation where contracts are not available to you. This might occur…
This is going here for my own sake as much as anything. I’ve been banging my head against a wall for a bit now, trying to figure out why I can’t get a scheduled task to run properly in Windows 7. Two things were going wrong. The first one was that I couldn’t get the…
Mea Culpa As is alluded to once or twice on my sight, my main area of interest is in home automation. I’ve been somewhat mum about this interest in the blog, as my time over the last year has been spent refining this site, working on some open source tools, completing my MS degree, and,…
How-To In a bit of a reversal, I’m going to cut right to the chase and post my solution, followed by the back-story for those interested. I’m posting it right at the top because this would have saved me an hour or so had I stumbled across it last night, and I’m hoping it helps…
What is SOPA? For anyone not familiar with the Stop Online Piracy (SOPA) act, a brief primer on it can be found on wikipedia. It is an act being considered by the United States Congress that would allow websites accused (not found guilty of, but accused) of engaging in piracy, promoting piracy, or simply creating…
