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May 2004 - Posts

The Inside Track

By now you’ve heard it all, seen all the slides, attended all the talks, and acquired as much swag as you could. You’re tired, fed up, over stimulated and ready to collapse. But there’s one thing keeping you going. There is one thing Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 27, 2004 10:55 AM by mattwar | 1 Comments
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ObjectSpaces: Requiem

We are gathered here today to give our final respects to good bit of OOP that has now been taken on a different path through life and the beyond. Like its father before it, and its father, and so on, ad nauseum, the little OR map that could, young Cheops Read More...
Posted Tuesday, May 25, 2004 10:20 AM by mattwar | 9 Comments
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Fiction: The Trap

Here's another story for you to read instead of getting your work done. The Trap It felt as though my stomach had been pulled up into my throat as the floor dropped away from my feet. The prickling sensation in my skin was a wonder in the brief moment Read More...
Posted Monday, May 24, 2004 10:09 AM by mattwar | 2 Comments
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Code Farmers

I’m over the hump now. I can see the work for what it is. I’ve read all that I can. I’ve uncovered the truth. I’ve seen how it functions. I’ve learned what it says. Now I have to formulate a plan, a plan of attack, because Read More...
Posted Monday, May 24, 2004 10:03 AM by mattwar | 0 Comments
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Truth about TechEd

TechEd is coming. That’s one of those conference thingy-ma-bobs that some of you attend to find out what I’ve been working on for the last year. Let’s admit it. It’s all about me. And I mean the collective ‘me’ for Read More...
Posted Friday, May 21, 2004 10:56 AM by mattwar | 3 Comments
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Programming in the Brain

I’m staring at source code again. This time it’s not mine. I’m not looking for a flaw. I’m not trying to fix something. I’m just trying to understand; hundreds of files, thousands of functions, millions of lines. I stare Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 20, 2004 10:09 AM by mattwar | 17 Comments
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Nobody Trusts a Paladin

What happens when a defender of the faith teams up with three notorious thieves? Can anyone be truly honest? Read the Story! Nobody Trusts a Paladin A man stood in the doorway, tall with dark hair and neatly trimmed beard. Nora recognized his shiny plate Read More...
Posted Tuesday, May 18, 2004 11:06 AM by mattwar | 2 Comments
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Justice League

The cat is finally out of the bag. I know, I know, with my posts it seems like every other one has some animal jumping out of some type of enclosure. If it's not a bag then its some box filled with radioactive isotopes. Maybe its just that it happens Read More...
Posted Tuesday, May 18, 2004 11:01 AM by mattwar | 3 Comments
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Aloha Oy

Nothing says summer (or spring) like a good vacation. While everyone else around here is nose to the grindstone, layered in meeting after meeting, preparing the product for beta and getting all their ducks in a row for TechED, I'm going to be relaxing Read More...
Posted Tuesday, May 18, 2004 9:53 AM by mattwar | 2 Comments

Groping in the Dark

Groping around in the dark, that’s where I am today. The lights are on, but there is not much to see. At least that’s the way it feels when I’m debugging this nasty piece of spaghetti. There’s no one to blame but myself. I rolled Read More...
Posted Wednesday, May 12, 2004 3:19 PM by mattwar | 11 Comments
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Late to the Fight

This story comes in answer to a challenge today to explain why trades via mail should be sent quickly. If you are not a collector of miniature wargame figures or an avid player of roleplaying games then you might miss some of the humor. Well, most of Read More...
Posted Tuesday, May 11, 2004 7:41 PM by mattwar | 0 Comments
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First rule of Fan Club

Okay folks, after a lot of requests from the readers I've decided to go ahead and kick off the offiicial Wayward Fan Club. No, you don't need to buy anything or send me money. At least, not according to the new WFC by-laws. Members of the WFC will receive Read More...
Posted Tuesday, May 11, 2004 10:57 AM by mattwar | 1 Comments

Second Best

There is actually more to life than writing code. Some of us even have hobbies. It is certainly strange to take on a sport like scuba diving in Seattle, where the water is always dark and cold. It's even stranger to discover an abundance of like-minded Read More...
Posted Monday, May 10, 2004 12:30 PM by mattwar | 0 Comments
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Field of Dreams

All my really good post ideas come from dreams I had the morning before writing them. Dreams are funny beasts. Someone told me long ago that dreams are just the side effect of your brain analyzing events from the days before, and it’s the emotions Read More...
Posted Monday, May 10, 2004 10:28 AM by mattwar | 3 Comments
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The Ultimate Service

It seems like every workday starts out pretty much the same as every other workday. The alarm goes off. I get out of bed. I stumble into the shower. My mind fogs over as quickly as the mirrors. And then, somehow, I arrive at work. Every Day! Now I don't Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 06, 2004 2:32 PM by mattwar | 3 Comments
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The most popular topic in the blogosphere

Sometimes, when I'm not too busy working, eating, sleeping, playing, and cutting my toenails, I take a few moments to read what's on the web. Some of it is directed at my favorite news sites, some of it at bloggers I know and some of it at random stuff Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 06, 2004 11:16 AM by mattwar | 7 Comments
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Insecurity Training

I spent most of the day yesterday in a conference room with about a thousand other co-workers of mine. I know them all personally. You should have seen the size of the table! But seriously, it was a mandatory training session for the likes of us unruly Read More...
Posted Tuesday, May 04, 2004 10:18 AM by mattwar | 8 Comments
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Quaking in my boots

first half of 10.5 last night. I'm not going to start ranting over how much they got 'technically wrong.' The only reason I watched the thing was to see what they got wrong. I did not even know anything about the show, or even that is was being aired. Read More...
Posted Monday, May 03, 2004 10:04 AM by mattwar | 1 Comments
 
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