A couple months ago I purchased a new color scanner (thanks, Vista) - a Canon LiDE70. I noticed a few weeks ago that I was having problems scanning color images, and it popped up again this weekend. I would get these very odd colored, horizontal lines through the image, most visible on black and dark … Continue reading Scanner
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On Windows Vista
As I've mentioned on here before and I'm sure you're aware, I've been running Vista since around January. I've been running it on my desktop and laptop at home but haven't made the cut-over at work yet. For the most part, the first impressions are gone; although I'm always running into new things with it … Continue reading On Windows Vista
Technology Books I’m Currently Reading
I'm currently reading a couple of very good books (tech books of course): Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art by Steve McConnell - At work we're running into a very concrete need for better and more realistic estimates, so I figured I'd do a little reading. Once I get done with this I may pull … Continue reading Technology Books I’m Currently Reading
Note to self: Another Software Idea
In the same vain as another post, I or someone needs to write a Visual Studio 2005 add-in for managing the Break on Exception feature. Specifically, be able to create profiles that can easily be switched between during debugging sessions that would enable/disable breaking into the deubber on certain types of exceptions but not other. … Continue reading Note to self: Another Software Idea
Error Reporting
Version 1.1 of Chef included a new feature for submitting crash reports if they happen in the wild. When one happens, the user has the option to send one in along with any comments and their email address (optional). It has always sounded like a good feature to have, but it took me some time … Continue reading Error Reporting
Scaled Recipes
The dilemma is over, thanks to a few suggestions from David. Here's the result:
Naming Dilemma
I need your help. I'm implementing something in Chef and cannot come up with a good term for it. It's the ability to scale a recipe (double, triple, halve, etc.). I have it implemented in such a way that you basically get a temporary, non-editable, non-savable version of the recipe with the amounts changed as … Continue reading Naming Dilemma
