Tim’s Blog

  • Hardware Problem on Desktop Fixed

    It’s a long story, so here’s the SuperUser.com posting.

  • Mary Kate watches me work

    Mary Kate watches me work, originally uploaded by thoolihan.

  • Emacs on Windows Over SSH with Putty Tools

    With a little help from StackOverflow, I got emacs over ssh working on windows. This is trivial on mac/linux, but can be a challenge on windows. dired mode works too! To summarize: 1. Download putty installer with all the tools. 2. Put putty install in the path 3. Generate a key with PuttyGen 4. Copy […]

  • Asp.Net MVC Gotchas

    I’ve been working on a project with the Asp.Net MVC framework lately, and thought I’d write up some lessons learned. I’m using Professional ASP.NET MVC 1.0 as a guide. The first chapter is available online for free as a pdf. One: Be absolutely certain you are avoiding web forms web controls. I took the master […]

  • Community and Interviewing

    I’ve been sitting in on more interviews at work with my new role. I’m surprised by the lack of answers when I ask how developers keep up to date with technology, and where they seek answers. “Google”, many reply. “Books”. Maybe I’m asking too much, but here are some creative answers that would imply a […]

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