[I started this as a comment on Don's blog and decided it was getting too lengthy for a comment] Don, [Let me switch on my Religion Degree Hat... Unnhhh... Ok... I think it's on... do you see the light?? No... Nuts... Ahhh... the switch... bzzzt!] AMEN!!!!!!!!! In the past this type of post would have...

So a co-worker (Scott H.) sent me some code that is purely fictional (but a sick part of me wishes I had actually found it in the wild). Here's the code - Public Function IsNotFalse( ByRef Value As Boolean ) As Boolean IsNotFalse = False If Value = True Then IsNotFalse = True Else IsNotFalse = False...

I have decided to spend sometime learning Python. I may actually have a small amount of time to do so over the next month. The main reason is this article by Darrell. My hopes are that maybe I can write some Python for a quick problem solving session, and then use the code to write a design or whatever...

This is a quick personal (kind of) post. I just wanted my regular readers to stay tuned. I will be back (am back). I've had an extremely busy couple of weeks. I'm writing a guide for the How TO Select Guides on Internet E-mail components, have been extremely busy at work, and tie down pretty heavy by...

Yesterday, Raymond pointed me to a post where someone was less than happy with me (no, I'm not going to link and I'm not going to explain any more than this). Also, Darrell also told us all on the CodeBetter Blogger's mailing list that someone argued with him about a post he made (I'm also not gonna...

I made an interesting discovery at work today. I finally had to work on a piece of code that I have always found ways to hand off to someone else. It was written by a former colleague who absolutely loved JavaScript and Remote Scripting (aka AJAX... don't argue with me they are the same thing more or...

I had a conversation with a friend this morning that somewhat scared me. This friend has been the biggest VB.Net proponent I have ever met. His stance is what has inspired to stand up to " stupid language bigotry " (BTW, this ended in a truce). I have hated how the C# crowd (and other language proponents...