Tim Hoolihan

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  • MSpec “Hello World” Sample

    I’ve been working with MSpec lately. It’s a BDD framework for .Net. Here’s a hello world type example that uses Trace Writing to show a little bit about what it does. using System; using Machine.Specifications; using System.Diagnostics; namespace UnitedIndustrial.DataImportConcerns { [Subject(“Sample”)] public class SampleConcerns { static string _myString; Establish _context = () => { _myString…

  • 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…

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