Open Source Clone of VSTS "Inconceivable"? I don't know if that word means what you think it means...

NTeam is a GotDotNet project that aims to integrate, for small- to medium-teals, Open Source alternatives to the features of Microsoft's VSTS. In an EWeek article discussing it, Eric Sink of SourceGear, says that “It is inconceivable that a community project could produce a Team System clone, which is truly …

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Helpful VSTS feature breakdown image

This is a helpful image from Michael Russell. I don't like the fundamental concept of “role-based“ IDEs but it looks like that's what we're going to have:

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Computerworld Developer Survey -- Some Dubious Numbers

The headline in this survey in Computerworld is that C# is the most-used corporate development language, but my eye caught on some other numbers:

22% of respondents said they were developing 64-bit applications. 24% said they were developing wireless applications. Both those numbers are total bull. Both those areas require …

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Notes from Gates Knighting

My notes on Bill Gates knighthood ceremony finally were posted on Friday.

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However, everyone knows if you're a plagiarist

A comedy writer named Nate Kushner received an IM from a college student, who commissioned him to write her a paper on Hinduism. Because it’s on Hinduism, Kushner could refer to such things as the “Shudahelupta class,” without necessarily alerting the student that she was turning in a patently …

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casey chesnut (genius) converts ink to svg

Converting Journal Notes to XML, SVG, and OneNote [via ]{style="FONT-STYLE: italic"}[brains-N-brawn.com\< ?xml:namespace prefix = o />]

This is the kind of ruthless competence that gives a bad name to the rest of us writers.

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Swimming with Dolphins

Yesterday, the ocean was flat as a pancake, so I called pau hana at 2 and Tina and I went down to 2-Step. As soon as we got there, we could see a big pod of dolphins in close to the reef edge. Better still, we had our best freediving …

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WTF: The Responsible Guy

::: {.Section1} The Daily WTF is always great, but this Perl script is priceless. I’ve got to come up with something like this to send to my editors when I blow a deadline. (The original post accidentally left the guilty party’s real email in the listing. I obfuscated it …

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