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The Visual Studio IDE supports searching and replacing with regular expressions, right? Sure it does. It's right there in grey and black in the find and replace dialog. Just tick the "use Regular expressions" checkbox and we're off to the races. However, you'
A question recently came up on the internal Vertigo mailing list about surge protection for home equipment and computers: * Do you know if the cheap outlet strips work? I'm not sure if they are a good deal (work as good as more expensive strips) or a waste of
Cory Doctorow recently linked [http://www.boingboing.net/2006/07/10/analogy_explains_str.html] to this fascinating email [http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/200607/msg00058.html] from Jon Callas [http://www.merrymeet.com/jon/], the CTO of PGP corporation [http://www.pgp.com/library/ctocorner/index.html]. In
I've occasionally been told that I have a confrontational style of communication . But that's not necessarily a bad thing – as Kathy Sierra points out, the smackdown learning model [http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/2005/08/the_smackdown_l.html] can be surprisingly effective: >
Over the years, I've standardized on a JPEG compression factor of 15; I find that generally provides the best compromise between image quality and file size for most photographic images. Although I've done some ad-hoc testing that pointed to compression factor 15 as the sweet spot
For the final installment in the How Good an Estimator Are You series, I'd like to start with an anecdote from chapter 7 of Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art : Suppose you're at a reception for the world's best software estimators. The room is
Reginald Braithwaite's favorite interview question is an offbeat one: sketch out a software design to referee the game Monopoly.* I think it's a valid design exercise which neatly skirts the puzzle question trap. But more importantly, it's fun. Interviews are a terror for the
Here are the answers to the quiz presented in How Good an Estimator Are You? [https://blog.codinghorror.com/how-good-an-estimator-are-you/] If you're concerned that a quiz like this has nothing to do with software development, consider: > In software, you aren't often asked to estimate the
Chapter 2 of Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0735605351/codihorr-20] opens with a quiz designed to test your estimation abilities. It's an interesting exercise, so I thought everyone might like to give it a shot. * For each question, fill in
So my much-anticipated Asus W3J laptop arrived a few days ago. To recap, my requirements for a laptop were: * Core Duo * 5 pounds maximum weight * Dedicated video hardware * Removable optical drive Laptops have outsold desktops since 2003, depending on whose data you believe. And today's laptops are definitely
One of the central themes in McConnell's Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art is the ominously named Cone of Uncertainty. The cone defines statistically predictible levels of project estimate uncertainty at each stage of the project. The cone has several ramifications, the most important of which is that
Scott Hanselman was kind enough to sing the praises of my blog [http://www.hanselman.com/blog/RerediscoveringJeffAtwood.aspx] a few months ago, completely unprompted. I finally met Scott in person at TechEd this year, and I can assure you that if you suck, Scott will be the first person