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- The Dark River (Fourth Realm Trilogy, Book 2) by John Twelve Hawks
- A Rulebook for Arguments by Anthony Weston
- Feed (Newsflesh, Book 1) by Mira Grant
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Recent books:
- Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks
- Dune, 40th Anniversary Edition (Dune Chronicles, Book 1) by Frank Herbert
- The Copywriter’s Handbook, Third Edition: A Step-By-Step Guide To Writing Copy That Sells by Robert W. Bly
- The Traveler (Fourth Realm Trilogy, Book 1) by John Twelve Hawks
- Jonathan Strange by Susanna Clarke
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Tag Archives: Programming
You Too Can Make XBox 360 Games
Anyone using Visual C# 2005, Express Edition can now make games for the XBox 360! There is a small licensing fee to pay per year, $99. I am [..]
Program Now At Beta 2
My What Time Do I Leave Friday program is now in it’s second beta. I added the ability to put in a lunch and to change the standard [..]
My First Semi-Practical C# Program
I made my first semi-practical C# program over the last couple of days. I probably would have had it done in less then one day had I the [..]
More PHP Editing
I edited the PHP on the WP-Amazon Plugin for WordPress. I wanted to achieve two things. One, when adding an image, I wanted the text to follow it. [..]
Refactoring Rocks
I just did the first part of Exercise 6-1 in Murach’s C# 2005, and while I had read the part earlier about Refactoring, it didn’t hit me at [..]
Why Didn’t I Remember or Think of That?
I was working on Exercise 4-2 in Murach’s C# 2005 which at one point has you figure out how to display the largest, smallest and mid point of [..]
Murach’s C# 2005
You may have noticed on the Now Reading list in the sidebar that I am reading Murach’s C# 2005, an update on their older C# book. I got [..]
More Editing Now Reading Code
With the theme I am using, the sidebar got stuck below the content. Now the sidebar is aligned along the top with the content. I also had to [..]
Fixing Now Reading
As I mentioned before I use the Now Reading plugin for WordPress here. However, it has a small anoyance. It linked to the “You may also be interested [..]
Operator Overloading
While reading the chapter that covers operator overloading in Murach’s C#, I got confused on a rather simple question that I would have expected to be covered. I [..]
Todays C# Lesson
I was working on Exercise 12-1 in Murach’s C# book and learned a few things: You will get a warning if you have an & in the XML [..]
I Modified GeSHi’s C# File
As noted before, to post code in WordPress, I use the ig:Syntax Hiliter plugin. It uses the GeSHi engine. I recently decided to modify the way it colors [..]
Murach’s C# (2002/2003 Edition) Exercise 9-2
I was working on Exercise 9-2 in Murach’s C# and came across a problem that may be beyond the scope of what they wanted solved. The idea was [..]
Readonly vs. Const
I recently learned about the readonly keyword for C# and had problems understanding the differance between that and const with which I was already familure. Then I found [..]
MSDN Webcasts
Microsoft offers a cool resource. This MSDN Webcasts page offers webcasts geared to Hobbyist Developers. Older webcasts are offered via a video download. They offer webcasts for a [..]
Murach’s C# 2005 Does Cover Generics
I posted a while ago I wasn’t sure if Murach’s C# 2005 covered generics with the other 2005 improvements to C#. I guess had I looked at their [..]
My Ideal Laptop
While the Lenovo Z61m is probably my preferred choice at the moment, here is what features I want in a laptop. Some of which are available on the [..]
Murach’s C# Book to be Updated June 1st
I just noticed that Murach’s C# 2005 is due to be out June 1st. This will be a very needed update to the current great book Murach’s C#. [..]
Birthday Wishes
I previously talked about some DVD box sets I wanted, but more then that I would want cash. Cash to get either Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2005 Upgrade [..]
Lean SQL Server
One of the important things to learn with programming is good database design and implementation. To that end Microsoft has released some videos recently to learn SQL Server. [..]

