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SoftwareExecutable thoughts
Architecture. Implementation. Process.
2014
Still Learning - ES6 2014-11-29
In which I write about my work with ES6
Houston Techfest 2014 2014-09-13
In which I provide a link and reflection on Houston Techfest 2014
ReST, HTML, JavaScript, and URIs 2014-08-26
In which I revisit one of my favorite subjects: ReST over HTTP
Why Does MSDN Throttle Non-IE Downloads? 2014-08-09
In which I complain about MSDN's downloads.
Rambling Toward the Sunset 2014-08-06
In which I just kind of write some stuff of no great importance about agile on big projects.
Use a Repository to Learn 2014-05-29
In which I laud @DevlinLiles, @eric_burcham, and @olsonjeffery for a great use of GitHub.
Documenting leslie-mvp 2014-05-25
In which I use docco to document leslie-mvp.
Creating and Using Allegro 5 Static Libraries with XCode 5 2014-05-22
In which I give instructions on static libraries for Allegro 5.
Building a Better Grid 2014-05-11
In which I talk about a new grid I need to help build.
Movie Day! 2014-05-10
In which I just watch movies.
leslie-mvp, the Beginning 2014-05-09
In which I talk about the inspiration and design of leslie-mvp.
A Little More About Promises 2014-05-08
In which I write more about promises with RSVP.
Promises in JavaScript with rsvp 2014-05-07
In which I praise the use of promises with practical examples.
Thinking About Forking revalidator 2014-05-06
In which I ponder the benefit of forking revalidator.
Natual Human Resources 2014-05-05
In which I briefly talk about developers as natural resources.
Better Late Than Never 2014-05-04
In which I decry this sentiment.
Watching "House of Cards" 2014-05-03
In which I ... react.
A Problem in Designing Binary Properties in stork-odm 2014-05-02
In which I reflect on the difficulty of a design decision in **stork**.
Blog-a-Day May! 2014-05-01
In which I announce my participation in Blog-a-Day May!
C# lambdas and LINQ Methods 2014-03-17
In which I point you to an instructional video on C# lambdas.
Yeah, nothing. 2014-03-05
In which I explain my on-going quietness
jade View Engine for Yahoo! Mojito 2014-02-22
In which I present a Yahoo! Mojito view engine for jade.
Moodeling In Color: Date Effective Entities 2014-02-12
In which I write about date effective entities and moment-intervals.
Setup ASP.NET MVC 5 on MonoDevelop 4.2 2014-02-04
In which I provide steps to get ASP.NET MVC 5 running on MonoDevelop 4.2
Using an old project called autotest 2014-01-25
In which I find happiness from two years ago.
2013
I Bought an OUYA 2013-11-18
In which I write about my OUYA.
gohaml v2 Coming Soon... 2013-10-16
In which I reiterate what's in the title.
My Houston Tech Fest Materials Posted on GitHub 2013-09-30
In which I send you over to GitHub to look at stuff I did.
Setup ASP.NET MVC 4 on MonoDevelop 4.1 2013-09-29
In which I provide steps to get ASP.NET MVC 4 running on MonoDevelop 4.1
Rubinius 2, rbenv, and Rails 4 on OS X 2013-07-30
In which I share what I did to get it working.
Python Visitor Now on GitHub 2013-07-03
In which I provide a link to a code repo for pyvisitor.
Reading Ain't Writing 2013-07-01
In which I bemoan my lack of production and increased rate of consumption.
Follow-Up to Python Visitor 2013-06-20
In which a reader points out I'm wrong, wrong, wrong.
MVWTF? Part II - MVVM in Detail 2013-06-05
In which I study the MVVM so-called pattern and present a plan.
Inbetween MVVM and gohaml 2013-06-05
In which I give you a preview of upcoming blog content.
MVWTF? The Histories (and Differences) of MVX 2013-05-31
In which I get all pedantic about MVC, MVP, and MVVM.
Crap! I Broke My Blog. Again. 2013-05-24
In which I warn you about renaming GitHub Pages repos that back custom domains.
GitHub Pages, jekyll, and Me, continued 2013-05-23
In which I find another bug in GitHub Pages.
GitHub Pages, jekyll, and Me 2013-05-22
In which I explain where everything went...
Uglier Front page! 2013-05-20
Look at this new ugly front page!
jekyll's New Draft Feature 2013-05-17
In which I note the new feature of jekyll that I really like.
jQuery UI, knockout.js, and Custom HTML Events 2013-05-16
In which I reveal a solution to the fundamental problem of unifying the libraries.
Shhh! I'm reading Inferno 2013-05-15
In which I tell you to be quiet.
My Bookshelf of Broken Technologies 2013-05-14
In which I list the contents of my professional bookshelf.
Modeling in Color, Part V - Full Domain-Neutral Component for the Athletic Club Exercise 2013-05-13
In which I present my full model for the athletic club exercise.
Modeling in Color, Part IV - DNCs for «moment-interval»s 2013-05-10
In which I discuss identifying the «description»s, «thing»s, and «role»s in our example
Modeling in Color, Part III - The Mighty «moment-interval» Archetype 2013-05-09
In which I discuss the "timeline" core to modeling in color.
Modeling in Color, Part II - Categorizing Classes With Archetypes 2013-05-08
Considering the first step of modeling in color.
Modeling in Color, Part I 2013-05-07
The first in a series of entries talking about Modeling in Color
2012
Comments Check-In Policy with Visual Studio 2012 and git-tfs 2012-11-21
Getting the now-hidden check-in policy to work with git-tfs.
POSTing a Bad Resource to a "ReST API" 2012-08-19
A brief discussion on failing to create new things in ReST
mysql and the Leap Second 2012-07-05
Lazy administration led to "server meltdown."
WPF Chrome Tabs Functioning 2012-06-29
Finally, a usable custom WPF tab control.
Building a Web Grid - Part 5 2012-06-22
In which I disucss the editors in grijq.
Building a Web Grid - Part 4 2012-06-21
In which I disucss navigating grijq with the keyboard.
Building a Web Grid - Part 3 2012-06-20
In which I disucss the column resizing in grijq.
Building a Web Grid - Part 2 2012-06-19
In which I disucss the scrolling in grijq.
Building a Web Grid - Part 1 2012-06-18
In which I disucss the goals of grijq.
Interesting Browser Detection 2012-06-16
Look at window.HTMLElement
TFS Not for Developers 2012-06-08
In which I temper my enthusiasm for TFS with developer hardships.
Clip Art Made High-Score Boards! 2012-06-04
Celebrate!
First Open Clip-Art Submission! 2012-06-02
In which I celebrate openclipart.org.
excuse911.com Coming Soon! 2012-05-30
That's SOOOO 1999!
Yet Another Document and a knockout.js Bug 2012-05-29
A small post excusing my small post and a little bug in knockout.js.
Gone Consulting... 2012-05-28
OMG! You're still here?
Where Am I? 2012-03-10
Vacation. Where else?
ChromeTabControl and Visual Children in WPF 2012-03-05
A rename, some functionality, and an interesting feature of WPF.
Google Chrome-Like WPF Tab Control 2012-03-02
An introduction to a new GitHub project and a call for participation.
Now in <= IE8 2012-03-01
Holy moly!
Toolkits and Frameworks 2012-02-28
Another rambling foray into my pedantic world of nomenclature.
Back to BORAX 2012-02-17
In which I outline my current development plans for BORAX.
I Do Not Like... 2012-02-16
In which I grouse.
A Little Open Source Amidst the Training 2012-02-13
In which I talk about my small contribution to flatiron/plates.
Test-Driven Training 2012-02-10
In which I talk about the training I led, today.
Composition Energies Redirected 2012-02-06
In which I excuse myself from my normal typing assignment.
MembershipUser SchmembershipUser 2012-02-03
In which I rant very briefly about my dislike for System.Web.Security.MembershipUser.
Managing Sideways 2012-02-01
In which I talk about my experiences and views of "managing sideways."
Managing Up 2012-01-31
In which I talk about my experiences and views of "managing up."
Managing Down 2012-01-30
In which I talk about my experiences and views of "managing down."
BORAX By Example - Part II 2012-01-27
In which I clean up the server-side with BORAX In Server (BORIS)
Interlude - DTOs Ain't No O 2012-01-26
In which I express my dismay with nomenclature.
BORAX By Example - Part I 2012-01-25
In which I start a simple RIA atop BORAX.
Bidirectional Operative RESTful Asynchronous Xeri-programming (BORAX) 2012-01-24
In which I try to explain the meaning and practice of BORAX.
HATEOAS: A Follow-Up Discussion About Rest 2012-01-23
In which I take my friend's advice to engage in more pedagogy about REST, and the New Web programming style BORAX.
What I Did Today 2012-01-20
In which I use my blog as a Web log.
Fielding's REST for R33LZ 2012-01-19
In which I consider Roy Fielding's definition of REpresentational State Transfer.
60-Hour Work Weeks 2012-01-18
In which I speak an empty word.
How To Run Python.NET on Mac OS X Lion with Mono 2012-01-17
In which I set up Python.NET with Python 2.7 and Monodevelop on Lion
Emergency plates Update (2012-01-13) for To-Do List Application 2012-01-14
In which we revisit the plates functionality.
Making a To-Do List With flatiron.js (Story 5) 2012-01-13
Story 5: Each item in the task list will have a "Delete" link next to it so the user can remove the to-do item from the list.
Making a To-Do List With flatiron.js (Story 4) 2012-01-13
Story 4: When a user issues a GET to / after session creation, the HTML page continues to show the input and button while showing the task list beneath it.
Making a To-Do List With flatiron.js (Story 3) 2012-01-13
Story 3: When a user POSTs a form to /, it creates a new ToDo item, adds it to the session, and redirects to /.
Making a To-Do List With flatiron.js (Story 2) 2012-01-12
Story 2: When a user first issues a GET to /, it serves an HTML page that shows an entry text box for a to-do list item and a button to POST the item to /.
Making a To-Do List With flatiron.js (Story 1) 2012-01-11
Story 1: When a user first issues a GET to /, then it creates a new session.
Making a To-Do List With flatiron.js (Old School) 2012-01-10
In which I walk through making a primitive to-do list Web app with flatiron.js.
sqlcop is Way To Big 2012-01-09
In which I cry, "Uncle!"
Running nunit-console Under mono on OSX 2012-01-06
In which I share how to run nunit-console under mono.
Runtime Class Mixins with Python 2012-01-05
In which I show you how to do runtime mixins for classes in Python.
The Visitor Pattern in Python 2012-01-04
In which I implement the visitor pattern in Python with decorators.
Happy New Year 2012-01-03
In which 91 ways to become the coolest developer confuses me.
2011
sqlcop Update 2011-12-30
In which I talk about sqlcop's development.
"Too Deep" Unit Tests 2011-12-29
In which I posit that a specific form of a unit test reveals a bad implementation.
My Perfect Software Lifecycle Management Tool 2011-12-28
In which I dream a little dream.
Post-Holiday Blues 2011-12-27
In which I explain my absence and get everything back on track.
Announcing sqlcop 2011-12-20
In which I announce a little project called sqlcop.
Let's Make a Language: C♭ - Part 1 Revisited 2011-12-19
In which I clarify some of my decisions about C♭ and document a new feature.
About This Site 2011-12-16
In which I hope I don't waste your time with my ideas about curtis.schlak.com.
Interlude - A Message To Garcia 2011-12-15
A story in which I learned about intestinal fortitude.
Let's Make a Language: C♭ - Part 3 2011-12-14
In which I write some tests for the last post.
Let's Make a Language: C♭ - Part 2 2011-12-13
In which I continue to muck about making a language that encourages bad practices.
Let's Design a Language: C♭ - Part 1 2011-12-12
In which I muck about making a new language because languages are fun.
Some Thoughts on Constructors and Unit Testing 2011-12-09
I would not go so far as to call them patterns; rather, recuring forms.
Maintainability and Code Organization 2011-12-08
Probably a rant, most definitely a diatribe.
Refactoring Static Data 2011-12-07
During which, a recently-graduated interview candidate and I talk about refactoring static data.
Classes Protect Invariants 2011-12-06
During which, a recently-graduated interview candidate and I figure out one of the basic aspects of object-oriented design.