Here’s a litt story of how things shouldn’t be (first posted at Codeguru).

I was once asked to fix this totally non-critical feature in a very critical application. The argument was “we really don’t need it, but since it’s documented you may as well make it work”.
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This one is just too good to go unnoticed.

http://redsolo.blogspot.com/2007/01/continued-inconsistencies-in-net.html

Don’t let them trick you! MSDNs description of the IIF function is not correct. Read the rest of this entry »

…caused by the fingerprint reader on my computer. It actually tried to electrocute me

It’s friday, I’m going home.

[I'm no VB enthusiast, so pardon me if this post is a bit biased.]

When I started out programming, a long time ago, the motivation was utter control. I wanted to master the computer, see how far I could get and how much I could get a away with. It was all about circumventing any obstacle in my path. I’ve done a lot of bad things. Some on purpose, some by pure ignorance, some on pure luck. And usually I learn something from it (moral, ugh). Read the rest of this entry »

I don’t know what to call this feature, but it’s been bugging me for quite some time. I don’t know when I got it, why I got it, and if they were ever planning on telling me that I had it. Anyway, I know for sure that I try not to use it - and it’s a pain. It’s the ctrl-shift hotkey. Read the rest of this entry »