Mental Calisthenics http://bradhuffman.com/wordpress Like jumping jacks for my brain... Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:07:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Tiff manipulation in .Net http://bradhuffman.com/wordpress/2011/10/18/tiff-manipulation-in-net/ http://bradhuffman.com/wordpress/2011/10/18/tiff-manipulation-in-net/#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 22:01:21 +0000 Brad http://bradhuffman.com/wordpress/?p=145 I’ve got a bunch of multi-page Tiffs that I need to split/sort. Just bookmarking a post that has some info on the subject I want to check out. http://kodesharp.blogspot.com/2007/12/c-class-for-tiff-manipulation.html

]]> http://bradhuffman.com/wordpress/2011/10/18/tiff-manipulation-in-net/feed/ 0 Reading Make Magazine on an iPad http://bradhuffman.com/wordpress/2011/10/17/reading-make-magazine-on-an-ipad/ http://bradhuffman.com/wordpress/2011/10/17/reading-make-magazine-on-an-ipad/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 22:14:29 +0000 Brad http://bradhuffman.com/wordpress/?p=142 Continue reading →]]> I haven’t had a chance to try this yet, but I wanted to keep it in front of me to remind me to give it a go. http://blog.pulletsforever.com/2010/08/19/make-rss-feed-generator/ Obviously, it’s a little bit older, so the hole that this uses may have been filled. Also, I’m in no way condoning piracy. What I am condoning is availability of something that you may have a license for on a device that you might not typically be able to use it on. I’ll post an update if I get around to trying it.

]]> http://bradhuffman.com/wordpress/2011/10/17/reading-make-magazine-on-an-ipad/feed/ 0 How do you explain the celebration of the killing of Osama bin Laden to a child http://bradhuffman.com/wordpress/2011/05/02/how-do-you-explain-the-celebration-of-the-killing-of-osama-bin-laden-to-a-child/ http://bradhuffman.com/wordpress/2011/05/02/how-do-you-explain-the-celebration-of-the-killing-of-osama-bin-laden-to-a-child/#comments Mon, 02 May 2011 21:20:29 +0000 Brad http://bradhuffman.com/wordpress/?p=135 Continue reading →]]> I don’t know about you, but my kid asks questions. He also watches TV, listens to the radio when we are in the car (if it’s my car it’s talk radio), and, though when addressing him directly you’d think you were talking to a brick wall, he probably hears every little thing his mother and I talk about. With that in mind, and with the play that bin Laden’s death will get over the next week or so, how do you rationalize the killing of another human being to a child. I have my ideas. I just wanted to pose the question.

This question isn’t asked because I’m looking for justification for killing the guy. I’m glad the world is rid of him, and I’m proud of the service members that successfully executed their mission with no casualties of their own. It’s just food for thought.

I’ll close this with a couple versions of a quote (one improperly attributed to Mark Twain and the real version from Clarence Darrow).

“I’ve never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.” – Mark Twain (never actually said this)

“Every instinct that is found in any man is in all men. The strength of the emotion may not be so overpowering, the barriers against possession not so insurmountable, the urge to accomplish the desire less keen. With some, inhibitions and urges may be neutralized by other tendencies. But with every being the primal emotions are there. All men have an emotion to kill; when they strongly dislike some one they involuntarily wish he was dead. I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.” – Clarence Darrow

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T4 (Text Template Transformation Toolkit) Code Generation – Best Kept Visual Studio Secret
Make Visual Studio Generate Your Repository
Code Generation and T4 Text Templates
Using T4 Templates for Simple DTOs
T4 Template Tutorials and Solutions
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http://bradhuffman.com/wordpress/projects/d-i-y/rocket-launch-controller/

]]> http://bradhuffman.com/wordpress/2011/02/01/113/feed/ 0 To do for 2011 http://bradhuffman.com/wordpress/2011/01/03/to-do-for-2011/ http://bradhuffman.com/wordpress/2011/01/03/to-do-for-2011/#comments Mon, 03 Jan 2011 19:53:33 +0000 Brad http://bradhuffman.com/wordpress/2011/01/03/to-do-for-2011/ Continue reading →]]> So here we are. Another new year. Like most years, I’ve got a head full of ideas and goals, and every intention of seeing them through. This year, I’ve decided to do something that, for me, is a little different. I’m making a list… I’m hoping that, by sharing and possibly being held accountable for my resolutions, I’ll be more inclined to see more than a few of them through. I’m going to try to list items in a sort of GTD style with some context to where a particular item fits in to my life. Lastly, this list will be fairly fluid throughout the year. I plan on revisiting and revising it as the year progresses. With all that in mind, and in no particular order, on with the list…

  • Personal

    • Post to this blog at least once a week. Post a link. Post a story. Post a thought. Post a project. It doesn’t matter what it is. Post it.
    • Stay on top of my in-boxes. Complete/delegate/schedule followup tasks as quickly as possible
    • Build another CBG (cigar box guitar)
    • Hack a Roomba.  Bend it’s feeble mind to my will!  Or… at least make it do a little dance…
    • Publish rocket launch controller project on this site
      • Migrate rocket launch controller to .NET Micro-Framework
    • Finish reading GTD
    • Read 6 management/professional/personal dev books.
    • Date night once a month with Amanda
    • Bench press 300 lbs

  • Professional

    • Get SCRUM certified
    • Find co-leader for MS Coast NUG
    • Schedule speakers for NUG
    • Plan and have a Give Camp
    • Attend Tech Ed
    • Develop and publish 1 mobile app
    • Learn* ASP .NET MVC
    • Learn JavaScript

  • Work

    • Develop dash-boarding functionality for current app
    • Migrate import functionalities to separate app with ability to be scheduled
    • Explore benefits of migrating services to windows azure
    • Determine appropriate tech and process to use for development and deployment of benchmarking services
    • Add dedicated support personnel to staff
    • Add dedicated training/implementation staff
    • Send dev staff to one professional training or event
    • Implement formal development methodology (SCRUM?) in development department
    • More regular code reviews
    • Pair program with devs on a regular basis
    • Automate build processes for all apps
*When I say “Learn” I mean in the sense that I am more intimately familiar with the ins and outs of the particular subject.  I already know a little about a lot of things.  I’m looking to know a lot about a few more things…
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