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When I am finally starting to get a handle on Monads...
05 April 08 11:59 PM | MattManela | 0 Comments   
When I am finally starting to get a handle on Monads I discovered Arrows and I am thrown back into confusion. At least that is how it feels. In my exploration of Haskell I have spent a good deal of time trying to completely grasp and understand Monads. Read More...
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The best game EVER
08 March 08 04:53 PM | MattManela | 1 Comments   
Note: This post may be subject to gross use of hyperbole. By far the best game in the history of man is: Fuel Pipe on Skype Skype has a bunch of built in games which you can play with the person to whom you are talking. These games are good since they Read More...
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I was on DotNetRocks!!!
20 February 08 11:32 AM | MattManela | 2 Comments   
A couple week ago I had an interview with the DotNetRocks folks.  In this interview I discussed the MSDN Code Gallery and I also discuss ed my time as an intern at Microsoft.  It was really fun recording this and my interviewers Carl and Richard Read More...
My attempt at a web comic
08 December 07 08:35 AM | MattManela | 1 Comments   
Last year my girlfriend Mallory Emerson drew my attention to a web comic called Dinosaur Comics . It is really funny and inspired me to try to make my own. So while I was in class one day (not the most interesting Information Retrieval lecture) I drew Read More...
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Windows Media Player Problem AND Solution
05 October 07 09:33 AM | MattManela | 1 Comments   
I am the proud owner of a iriver clix portable media player. I have had it for about a year now and I have had no complaints. It works beautifully. When I first got it I had some concerns about using Windows Media Player. The clix is made to work best Read More...
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Things I have learnt about Seattle...
21 August 07 10:20 PM | MattManela | 1 Comments   
At the beginning of August I moved out to Seattle from New York and since then I have learned some things about this city: People in Seattle dislike Starbucks but are inexorably drawn to constantly go there. Everyone complains how Starbucks sold out and Read More...
First Post!
17 August 07 07:32 PM | MattManela | 1 Comments   
Welcome to my first blog post as a Microsoft employee. I work for a team who is truly focused on building a better community around Microsoft developer technologies and tools. I hope I can use this blog to spread information, tips and maybe a few funny Read More...
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