Category Archives: Technical

Conference: Overall

Posted on 2008/08/05 by Patrick

Overall, a pretty good conference.  Here’s a quick summary of Dr. Dobbs Architecture & Design World 2008.

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Conference: Topics

Posted on 2008/07/28 by Patrick

I plan on doing a write-up of the major points about the conference.  Here are some upcoming topics: The conference as a whole, with travel and accommodations. UI Design Professional Development Practices On the whole, it was a good experience.  … Continue reading →

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Chicago Arrival…

Posted on 2008/07/20 by Patrick

We made it safely to Chicago today.  We’re up on the 29th floor!  Pretty nice.  Thanks to Jim, Stacy, and everyone else who helped in the process of making Pat survive the big city!  By the way, no internet access … Continue reading →

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Quick Guide to using Weak References in Java

Posted on 2008/07/18 by Patrick

Java’s WeakRef functionality is an easy way to handle a lot of data but not have to worry about running out of memory. Here is a quick guide and example of use. Continue reading →

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Horsing around

Posted on 2008/07/16 by Patrick

I was the tech guy again for the horse show at the Ste. Gen County fair. Not a bad gig, but I am a terrible MS Access 97 designer, so the application is pretty bad, and generally wrong. Click Read On for pictures and more. Continue reading →

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WordPress Newbie: Categories vs. Tags

Posted on 2008/07/10 by Patrick

I know nearly nothing about wordpress, and quickly got confused by the fact I can enter categories and tags. Well, after a bit of searching, I found the answer. Continue reading →

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ObjectDock: Gorgeous, but useless…

Posted on 2008/05/01 by Patrick

ObjectDock is a free Windows TaskBar replacement, sort of.  You can look at the screenshots to get a feel for what it looks like.  It’s not exactly fair to call it a TaskBar replacement, it is trying more to be … Continue reading →

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Pat's Favorite FireFox Extensions

Posted on 2008/02/07 by Patrick

Here are all of the best Firefox Extensions I use. I do stay on Firefox 1.5 for most of my browsers, so some of these may not be available for 2.0 and greater. These are presented roughly in the order … Continue reading →

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