Living in the US, Canada, or even much of Europe you’d be excused for thinking the story about electric vehicles (EVs) is largely about passenger cars. Our media seems to promote this belief, publishing mostly stories about automakers and passenger cars. This enthusiasm is well placed, of course, as in 2022 Bloomberg NEF estimated the …
I found the following conversation online today. For non-technical readers, it boils down to something like this: c# guy: “Hey, here’s a simple way to do something that is sometimes a gotcha.” Pierre, confused c++ reader: “That can never work! While the code you wrote looks nice and simple, it actually has lots of hidden … Continue reading
First of all, from what I’ve heard from my international West Coast super secret technology spies, the Nexus One is very cool. Fast processor, great OS, shiny, tiny all that great stuff. I do want one, and though I’m miffed that it won’t work with Rogers 3G network here in the frozen North, if they … Continue reading
Quick list of geeky activities performed over the holiday break Continue reading
Our home has a brand new Asus EEE PC 1005HA kicking around now, and I have to say I’m really happy with it. Its tiny, its fun, its fast. The only thing I even vaguely miss is the CDROM drive, but not really. Nice things to say about the Asus: You can upgrade the RAM … Continue reading
See this is what I mean about Gmail. How is this helpful? Why did we hide the text of all of the messages, and show instead only a screenshot of the attachment? Labels I love. Filters I love. No folders, excellent search: I’m on board! But the Gmail thread view is a bad idea patiently … Continue reading
According to Microsoft: Windows Communication Foundation is… a part of the .NET Framework that provides a unified programming model for rapidly building service-oriented applications that communicate across the web and the enterprise. If you’ve talked to me about technology or read my blog, you’ll know I’m a big fan of asynchronous, queue based messaging architectures. … Continue reading
The promise of LINQ is that beautiful, expressive syntax once you have your tables nestled away in the ORM. Instead of queries being, essentially strings- dead, lifeless offerings that need to be burned on the SqlClient altar in hopes that they reach the far away distant ears of the SQL Server gods, queries are alive … Continue reading
As far as technology fans go, I like to think of myself as healthily skeptical. Sure, I can love Open Source while seeing that until Ubuntu it did not have a viable option for the client. I can hate Microsoft licensing and still think SQL Server is an excellent platform. I can love Apple and … Continue reading
The beginning of a software project can be a great time to look at your tools with fresh eyes. Sure, you’ve been doing just fine all along with Visual Studio 2005 for years, but all right, fine now that 2010 is in beta it’s probably time to take a hard look at Visual Studio 2008. … Continue reading
The comparative merits of asynchronous messaging Continue reading
Kyle Hodgson 