Archive for February, 2008
Friday, February 29th, 2008
CruiseControl.NET and CI
The GA release that I have been working towards is so close to shipping that I can now look towards the next big push. One of the benefits of shipping a release is that there is a free up of time that isn’t constant coding. This is the time when you work on those extracurricular […]
No Comments » - Posted in Continuous Integration by Duvall Buck
Sunday, February 17th, 2008
Wake on LAN
One of the task I have is to work with Intel’s vPro technology. One of the many capabilities is to turn on, off or reset computers. The ability to remotely turn on a computer has been the Watch on LAN,WOL, found on some computers. While the vPro technology provides the power management functionality, WOL only […]
2 Comments » - Posted in Power management by Duvall Buck
Sunday, February 10th, 2008
My approach to a new solution
I’m starting a new project and I am refining my approach to solution development. The tools I mainly use are: VS 2005, NAnt, NUnit, Rhino Mocks and ReSharper 3.0. My design methodology is domain driven implemented by Test Driven Development. I’m not an Agile developer but I am TDD developer.
The first thing I do is […]
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Monday, February 4th, 2008
What got done
The last three months have been working in crunch mode. November was mainly spent working on core components. Getting NHibernate into the core and having two features using it. NHibernate wasn’t the only data access capability because there still is a need for ADO. I personally prefer not having to write SQL statements but then […]
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Monday, February 4th, 2008
Virtual company - remote development
While I’m not working from home I do interact with other company members via remote enabling applications like Skype and GoToMeeting. I have to interact with developers in four different locations and the developers in the office. There are about 100 employees literally scattered around the planet. HR/Payroll is in an east coast location. Support […]
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Friday, February 1st, 2008
Requiem for an Assassin
Requiem for an Assassin written by Barry Eisler is about a former operative who wants to get out of the business but is drawn back in when his only friend is kidnapped by Jim Hilger. Dox is captured and used to force John Rain to kill three people so that his friend will live. […]
No Comments » - Posted in Audible books by Duvall Buck
Friday, February 1st, 2008
His Dark Materials
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman was a book that I wasn’t interested in until all of the controversy over the movie. It was a kid’s book in my mind. However, this was one of the best audio books that I have ever listened to. It had a full cast of readers that added […]
No Comments » - Posted in Audible books by Duvall Buck
Friday, February 1st, 2008
I’m back from marching towards Beta…
It sometimes is terrible in the software industry when you’re on a death march to beta. It has been very intense the last couple of months. The demo’s are not working. The code is not ready but the expectations continue to grow.
My deliverables are about 95% complete but I still have the testing and tweaking […]