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Sep 30, 2011
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Dictionaries, Reflection, Private Fields, and Me...

Tao Te Ka-Ching ― Hello. So the other day at work I was confronted with a problem.  A particular class we use extensively throughout an enterprise solution was using OO to hide a Dictionary<string, object> from me...BUT ALL FOR NAUGHT! Said class has a... (More)
Posted on Sep 30th, 2011
Jun 20, 2011
ZagNut posted a new topic.
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MongoDB and Me…

Tao Te Ka-Ching ― Quick post here as a reference both for you and me. I’ve been doing a lot of with lately with PHP and MongoDB using a VirtualBox build for development.  A big PITA is when, say, the power goes out or Windows restarts computer at night from... (More)
Posted on Jun 20th, 2011
Jun 5, 2011
ZagNut posted a new topic.
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Graduate School Philosophy Ethics Dilemma and Me

Tao Te Ka-Ching ― Ok, true story as of maybe 30 minutes ago… I would like it known that names have been changed to protect the innocent.  I’d also like it to be known that I was at home watching the children, so I was not involved. During grocery shopping, a... (More)
Posted on Jun 5th, 2011
Feb 28, 2011
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69

jQuery, Ajax, onload, and Me...

Tao Te Ka-Ching ― Greetings... So, lemme describe a little pickle that I am sure is not new in the web development world. Problem: I inherit an ASP.NET MVC web application at work.  That, in itself, is always a problem.  However, the application does the... (More)
Posted on Feb 28th, 2011
Jan 3, 2011
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Programming the Atari 2600, and Me - Part 7

Tao Te Ka-Ching ― The last post promised a discussion of collision detection.  Well, actually the last Atari-based post was regarding a portable Windows solution for 2600 development.  The Atari-centric post before that was a script for setting up a Linux-based 2600... (More)
Programming the Atari 2600, and Me - Part 7
Posted on Jan 3rd, 2011
Dec 26, 2010
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Typing Speed, Coding Horror, Gawker, Lava Lamps, Centrifuges, and Me…

Tao Te Ka-Ching ― While sifting through my ginormously swollen list of unread articles on Google Reader, I read a Slashdot post on whether typing speed really matters, which references Jeff Atwood’s rant on slow-typing programmers (of which said author here is sadly... (More)
Posted on Dec 26th, 2010
Oct 9, 2010
ZagNut posted a new topic.
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Programming the Atari 2600 and Me – Linux IDE

Tao Te Ka-Ching ― Greetings! I’ve seen some activity on AtariAge re: wanting a Linux IDE.  I’ve scripted the setup for my first post to work currently under Ubuntu.  You can get the script here. Run the script as follows: sudo scriptname $USER The script... (More)
Programming the Atari 2600 and Me – Linux IDE
Posted on Oct 9th, 2010
Sep 18, 2010
ZagNut posted a new topic.
70

Foot Surgery and Me - One Year Later

Tao Te Ka-Ching ― So it has been a year since undergoing reconstructive foot surgery on both my left and right feet.  Over the last year I have seen the amount of search requests that have led to my foot posts, and therefore have decided to do an all-inclusive... (More)
Foot Surgery and Me - One Year Later
Posted on Sep 18th, 2010
Sep 4, 2010
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Google Maps and Me...

Tao Te Ka-Ching ― Greetings. I’ve been messing around with the Google Maps API v.3 for a client of mine.  I figure I would share my initial findings: The “app” is ASP.NET 3.5, but really it’s a bunch of auto-generated JavaScript.  The big map layout has... (More)
Google Maps and Me...
Posted on Sep 4th, 2010
Aug 29, 2010
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Programming the Atari 2600, and Me – Part 6

Tao Te Ka-Ching ― I think it's safe to say that you, I, and everyone else on the planet is now sick of talking about cycle counting.  We've already looked a little into coloring the background by setting the COLUBK address before a scanline is drawn.  But what about... (More)
Programming the Atari 2600, and Me – Part 6
Posted on Aug 29th, 2010
Aug 15, 2010
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Programming the Atari 2600, and Me – Part 5

Tao Te Ka-Ching ― So, the last post was pretty long, running through basic kernels practically line-by-line to see how the 6507 instructs the TIA to do great things with our TV.  The remainder of our posts really, then, have to do simply with performing various... (More)
Programming the Atari 2600, and Me – Part 5
Posted on Aug 15th, 2010
Aug 5, 2010
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Programming the Atari 2600, and Me – Part 4

Tao Te Ka-Ching ― Ok, our last post showed us our first piece of Atari 2600 code: the “kernel” – what the Stella guide calls the main display loop.  In this post we’ll examine our initial kernel code and the modifications we made at the end of the last post,... (More)
Programming the Atari 2600, and Me – Part 4
Posted on Aug 5th, 2010
Jul 12, 2010
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Programming the Atari 2600, and Me – Part 2

Tao Te Ka-Ching ― Greetings. Now that we have an IDE set up for creating our 2600 game, we need to know what we’re actually having to program.  Here’s a breakdown of (what I’ve garnered is) the core of the Atari 2600 architecture: We have a game cartridge ... (More)
Programming the Atari 2600, and Me – Part 2
Posted on Jul 12th, 2010
Jul 27, 2010
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Posted on Jul 27th, 2010
Jul 24, 2010
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Programming the Atari 2600, and Me – Part 3

Tao Te Ka-Ching ― In our previous post in this series, we went over the environment within which our 2600 game must live.  It is a harsh, barren environment by today’s standards, which makes this all the more bitchin’.  Anyway, let’s take a quick look at what... (More)
Programming the Atari 2600, and Me – Part 3
Posted on Jul 24th, 2010
Jul 23, 2010
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How Does One Acquire That Skill, and Me…

Tao Te Ka-Ching ― On my Dice.com jobs feed today.  I didn’t realize there’s more than one: ~ZagNut congo,cognos,dice.com,wtf (More)
How Does One Acquire That Skill, and Me…
Posted on Jul 23rd, 2010
May 18, 2009
ZagNut posted a new topic.
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A New Home…And Me

Tao Te Ka-Ching ― To all subscribers (I think there’s 2 of you), I am now at: http://www.taotekaching.com Thank you,~ZagNut (More)
Posted on May 18th, 2009
May 8, 2009
ZagNut posted a new topic.
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My Foot Surgery, Pooping, and Me…End of Week 3

Tao Te Ka-Ching ― WARNING!  HOT ACTION GRUESOME SURGERY PICS BELOW!!! So my last, long post was a detailed recap of that first week: the surgery process, some minor tidbits about home, having cast put on, etc.  A whole lot of nothing has happened during... (More)
My Foot Surgery, Pooping, and Me…End of Week 3
Posted on May 8th, 2009
Apr 26, 2009
ZagNut posted a new topic.
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Foot Surgery and Me…Week 1 finale, and week 2 begins!

Tao Te Ka-Ching ― WARNING!  HOT ACTION GRUESOME SURGERY PICS BELOW!!!Greetings!  Now that I’m much more coherent, I’m going to start off week 2 with a recap of week 1.  This will be a rather long post, and is meant for people like me who searched... (More)
Foot Surgery and Me…Week 1 finale, and week 2 begins!
Posted on Apr 26th, 2009
Apr 23, 2009
ZagNut posted a new topic.
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Finally, a clue, and Me…

Tao Te Ka-Ching ― So these past three days have been something else, I’ll tell you!  First of all, I quit smoking, so I was going through some sort of withdrawals there.  The pain at times was extraordinary, leaving me incredibly exhausted pretty much all... (More)
Posted on Apr 23rd, 2009
Apr 22, 2009
ZagNut posted a new topic.
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My Left Foot, Extreme Pain, and Me…

Tao Te Ka-Ching ― So I believe in my last entry I said I couldn’t wait for my surgery, cause I had such a bad ass media center setup and games and and and…First of all, if they suggest you stay an extra night, stay the extra night.  Most likely it’s because... (More)
My Left Foot, Extreme Pain, and Me…
Posted on Apr 22nd, 2009
Apr 18, 2009
ZagNut posted a new topic.
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Proper Preparation for Surgery, and Me…

Tao Te Ka-Ching ― Well folks, I am perhaps a little over a day away from major surgery.  And I can’t wait...Why?That’s why…With my wife’s full blessings, I have, at the foot of my bed:a 32” HDTV PlayStation 3 Fresh, unopened copy of Fallout 3... (More)
Proper Preparation for Surgery, and Me…
Posted on Apr 18th, 2009
Mar 25, 2009
ZagNut posted a new topic.
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A Stupid Anonymous Thread Trick, and Me…

Tao Te Ka-Ching ― Ok, the storyline:  A web site creates a temporary file to work with, then is supposed to delete it, because maybe space is low on the drive or whatever.  There are times where the file will still be locked from our work when we try to... (More)
Posted on Mar 25th, 2009
Mar 17, 2009
ZagNut posted a new topic.
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Copying tables from one database to another, and me…

Tao Te Ka-Ching ― So, lately I had the dilemma of having done a bunch of preliminary SQL work in 2008 Express, then needing to port my results over to a staging SQL 2005 server at work.  I casually backed up the 2008 database and lo and behold, couldn’t restore... (More)
Posted on Mar 17th, 2009
Mar 7, 2009
ZagNut posted a new topic.
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Duplicate Files, Hash Codes, SQLite, and Me…

Tao Te Ka-Ching ― My wife’s been getting on my case about having a gazillion different hard drives with everything and our mothers on them all around the house.  I mean, come on everybody, she just wants her pictures in one @%$!# spot!  She also “misused... (More)
Duplicate Files, Hash Codes, SQLite, and Me…
Posted on Mar 7th, 2009
Feb 24, 2009
ZagNut posted a new topic.
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Binary Data Transforms, Hex Editing, Design Patterns, and Me…

Tao Te Ka-Ching ― Lately for work I have been responsible for developing a .NET layer to read from and write to an existing application's binary data files.  The task has proven tedious, but not necessarily boring, as I've discovered some invaluable tools and... (More)
Binary Data Transforms, Hex Editing, Design Patterns, and Me…
Posted on Feb 24th, 2009
Feb 10, 2009
ZagNut posted a new topic.
8

Baby Toys, Potty Words, SQL, and Me...

Tao Te Ka-Ching ― So little Liam just had his first birthday last Thursday.  Among the plethora of toys dumped on him is an incredibly annoying, er, wonderful alphabet speaking caterpillar:There’s a small yellow bow switch just below the head with three... (More)
Baby Toys, Potty Words, SQL, and Me...
Posted on Feb 10th, 2009
Feb 3, 2009
ZagNut posted a new topic.
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Visual Studio Extensions, C++ Debugging, and Me…

Tao Te Ka-Ching ― So, I am lazy, as I believe most programmers are.  I follow Bill Cosby’s sage advice to work hard to keep from working.At work I’d “inherited” a code-complete medium-sized application in C++ that requires somewhat extensive feature... (More)
Posted on Feb 3rd, 2009
Jan 20, 2009
ZagNut posted a new topic.
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In the name of Science, and Me…

Tao Te Ka-Ching ― All programmers, at one point or another, have dreamt of this:Of course, you know what this is, right? It’s a file. Duh, you say? No, you don’t understand. Each pixel represents 4 bytes of a file. I used the first two pixels to “store”... (More)
In the name of Science, and Me…
Posted on Jan 20th, 2009
Jan 8, 2009
ZagNut posted a new topic.
10

Device Independent Bitmaps, C#, and Me…REDUX!

Tao Te Ka-Ching ― Well, after using the previously posted code in some projects at work, some limitations arose quickly.  The two biggest were support for 8-bit bitmaps, and support for both 5-5-5 and 5-6-5 16-bit bitmaps.The new code looks like the following: ... (More)
Posted on Jan 8th, 2009

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