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01 June 2010 00:37

The enemy within. A bleak view into the lack of regulation in the IT industry.

“I value simplicity over everything; I always look for simplicity.” Anders Hejlsberg quote As a programmer I love writing code. Make no mistake. I love flexing my mind and seeing if I can find a short and elegant route to the solution required to resolve...
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19 March 2010 01:47

Superman's alter ego - Quintin Tarantino's analogy

Here is a small section of the Kill Bill script that I enjoyed very much. In true Tarantino story telling style, Tarantino analyses superman's alter ego and makes a few interesting deductions. "...l'm quite keen on comic books. Especially...
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23 November 2009 23:46

Work in progress...

A few pet projects I have on the go... 1. I am building a 3-tier WPF application that implements CRUD against the Northwind database. The middle tier include the WCF layer and the business layer and will leverage the Entity Framework to expose IQueryable...
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17 April 2009 07:52

Terminator Salvation : Understanding the human conciousness.

"I think therefore I am". Or am I? Does the fact that I am concious and have some kind of "experience" of what is around me, mean that I actually exist? A robot can have an "experience", but at what point would you say the...
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13 February 2009 07:32

Why Windows Sucks

I've been working with Microsoft "Technologies" now for over 10 years, and the idea of moving over to Apple OS / Java has crossed my mind quite a few times. During those times I felt that if I managed to escape the Windows environment the...
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10 February 2009 01:19

Maintaining Consistency

Another long awaited, highly anticipated blog post. I realised something yesterday evening while I sat on the bicycle machine at gym preparing myself for the mental trauma of forcing myself through an hour and a half of mindless weight pushing ... I realised...
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24 September 2008 17:48

"Nice to have" VS "Must Have"

Programmers enjoy writing code. As long as we are not under too much preassure, its always fun to add those features into the system that are "nice to have" rather than critical or "must have" features. We have become "Code Addicts"...
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07 July 2008 06:37

The Matrix - "Temet Nosce"

I'd say I'm one of those people with an ingrained skeptical view of "societies view of what is write and wrong". My skepticism is also based on the idea that most authority figures are not necessarily basing their decisions on what they...
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02 May 2008 18:31

Lessons from the Dark Side of Life

This is a way overdue blog post, but one that I will enjoy writing. I have learned much from my past work and social experiences here in the UK. One thing I don't have(fortunately) are regrets. All my decisions have paid off so far and I now sit in...
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11 August 2007 02:02

The relevance of relativity

Hey .... not that anybody reads my blog... but who cares... I thought I would mention that there has been something bothering me for a while now. People tend to hand pick reasons in a biased fashion from their basket of reasoning to facilitate their personal...
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11 August 2007 00:28

The importance of simplicity and common sense.

It's about time for another blog entry... I find that the two most coveted attributes in a programmer is the appreciation for simple elegant solutions and plain common sense. It seems as though there are too many of us that enjoy making life unnecessarily...
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