New Blog Layout

Posted in: General by Steve on July 2, 2009

I decided that I should update my blog to be a little more modern and add a little “ZAZZ”.

So here it is, the big bad new blog layout.  I have some new ideas that will be coming out pretty soon, so stay tuned!

Jedi Golf

Posted in: Humor by Steve on June 10, 2009

A little background to this video:  Back in high school, on the last par 5 of each course I played, I would run up to the ball and do a baseball swing on the drive.  A year later, Happy Gilmore came out and I was pissed that I didn’t get royalties for copyright infringement.

So to this day, I still do the Happy Gilmore swing on the last par 5 of the round, just for fun.

On top of that, my love of Star Wars and video editing got me thinking of how I could try out rotoscoping using Adobe After Effects and this was the result:

Vendor Client Relationship

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Awesome

Typemock Isolator 5.3.1 and Automated Builds

Posted in: Programming by Steve on June 8, 2009

I recently upgraded to Typemock Isolator 5.3.1 and ran into a couple issues in my build.  From my post on getting Typemock to report results to TeamCity, we needed a few files included in the source control to get this working.  In version 5.3.1, we need a couple more files included.

For TeamCity to report on nUnit’s test results, here are the files that you will need:

• Configuration.dll
• exclude.dat (new for 5.3.1)
• MockWeaver.dll
• namespaces.dat
• ProfileLinker.dll
• Typemock.ArrangeActAssert.dll
• Typemock.Configuration.exe
• TypeMock.dll
• Typemock.Interceptors.dll (new for 5.3.1)
• Typemock.Isolator.VisualBasic.dll
• TypeMock.NAntBuild.dll
• typemockconfig.xml

After adding these 2 new files to my external libs directory, I was able to run my build script successfully.

Typemock ASP.NET Bundle Launch

Posted in: Programming by Steve on May 18, 2009

Unit Testing ASP.NET? ASP.NET unit testing has never been this easy.

Typemock is launching a new product for ASP.NET developers – the ASP.NET Bundle – and for the launch will be giving out FREE licenses to bloggers and their readers.
The ASP.NET Bundle is the ultimate ASP.NET unit testing solution, and offers both Typemock Isolator, a unit test tool and Ivonna, the Isolator add-on for ASP.NET unit testing, for a bargain price.

Typemock Isolator is a leading .NET unit testing tool (C# and VB.NET) for many ‘hard to test’ technologies such as SharePoint, ASP.NET, MVC, WCF, WPF, Silverlight and more. Note that for unit testing Silverlight there is an open source Isolator add-on called SilverUnit.

The first 60 bloggers who will blog this text in their blog and tell us about it, will get a Free Isolator ASP.NET Bundle license (Typemock Isolator + Ivonna). If you post this in an ASP.NET dedicated blog, you’ll get a license automatically (even if more than 60 submit) during the first week of this announcement.

Also 8 bloggers will get an additional 2 licenses (each) to give away to their readers / friends.

Go ahead, click the following link for more information on how to get your free license.

Tricks, Games and a Final

Posted in: Sports by Steve on May 11, 2009

The Blackhawks are returning to the conference finals for the first time since 1995.  It’s been a long road for these kids and they keep amazing me every time I watch.

Patrick Kane’s hat trick helped propel the Hawks to a 7-5 victory over the Vancouver Canucks.  It was one of the best games I’ve ever seen.  It may not have been one of the best played games, but it was definitely one for the ages.

Now they wait for the winner of the Ducks/Red Wings series.  Get better and then be ready for the next round. 

Go Hawks!

Blackhawks vs. Canucks – Playoffs Round 2

Posted in: Sports by Steve on April 30, 2009

We remember the last time these 2 teams met.  Alex Burrows and Duncan Keith tied up during a scrum and Burrows played little sister to Keith and pulled his hair all over the ice.  It’s too bad that the refs didn’t see that. Oh yes, your uppance will come buddy.

But now the Blackhawks are fresh off their win in CalGARY and the Canucks have been on the shelf for a week.  The Blackhawks need to come out quick against Luongo.

Blackhawks in 6.

Wrigley Cat

Posted in: Humor by Steve on April 22, 2009

So a cat was running across the outfield during the game tonight, and I decided to make a little video.

Martin Havlat…

Posted in: Sports by Steve on April 16, 2009

You are the perfect beard

Hawks win Game 1, 3-2 in OT

2009 Stanley Cup Playoff Predictions

Posted in: Sports by Steve on April 15, 2009

Having neglected my other blog, I figured I’d put my thoughts on the playoffs here.

Round 1 Winners

• San Jose Sharks
• St. Louis Blues
• Chicago Blackhawks
• Detroit Red Wings
• Pittsburgh Penguins
• Boston Bruins
• New Jersey Devils
• Washington Capitals

Round 2 Winners

• Detroit Red Wings
• Chicago Blackhawks
• Boston Bruins
• New Jersey Devils

Round 3 Winners

• Chicago Blackhawks
• New Jersey Devils

And the Stanley Cup winner is…the New Jersey Devils.  I would pick my Blackhawks, but I think the toll of the playoffs will finally catch up with them.