Tim’s Blog

  • Remote Time Capsule Logging With Snow Leopard

    There is a field for a remote IP when configuring the logging of a time capsule. It is intended to have the device log to a Mac on your LAN, so you can view the logs via the console program. There is some work on the other end to let snow leopard listen to those…

  • Questions to Ask About Any New Custom Application In An Enterprise Setting

    How will this new software handle: Authentication Authorization Exceptions Instrumentation Persistence Object/Data Distribution Business Intelligence Team Turnover Quality Assurance Increased Load Validation This is a work in progress. Suggestions?

  • Understanding Types in .Net Part 1: var keyword

    It’s surprising to me how many developers don’t understand the .Net type system. So I decided to write a series of posts on of some of the misconceptions. The “var” keyword, introduced in C# 3 is implicit typing. For all intents and purposes, this is the same as strong typing. It is strongly typed at…

  • Why Clint Eastwood is My Programming Hero

    This post has been stewing for a while. I’ve struggled for a way to describe the needless clash I see between the communities I work in. But I think I’ve found my analogy. Ever watch a Clint Eastwood Western? Not Dirty Harry, or any the modern-setting movies he’s been directing lately, but the Westerns. In…

  • Listener in Oracle 11g

    I am working on a project that uses Oracle 11g, and we were standing up a db for proof of concept in one of the dev environments. I configured listener.ora to point to the instance, but still was having connection problems. Apparently in your init file, you need the line: local_listener=’MySidName’ To make sure it…

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