New Cell Phone Considered Crap

Or maybe it's because I went ahead and bought the damn phone even though I had sworn off buying anything from these guys after suffering through three crappy phones (2 Nokia's ago). Now I need to figure out how soon I can swap this thing out for a phone that works.

How Rough is Loretta Street?

A big Rotweiller.

Did I mention that it was big?

It was.

So the dog looks at me, and I look back, trying my best to look non-threatening (in a bad mofo sort of way). I'm also measuring the distance between me and the dog (about 200 yards) and between me and a big storage container (about 50 yards). I'm thinking, "If he takes off towards me, I can probably make it to the top of the container. Tiger and the Leucadians will get here about 1:00, and ...". But the dog doesn't seem to be interested; instead, he's poking around inside my Ellemtel bag. The he trots off. With my latte. The Rotweiller stole my latte. Loretta Street is a tough neighborhood - even the dogs are out for themselves.

I sent an email to Tiger, and he recommended bringing dog biscuits. Last time I was on the hill, guess who comes strolling by on a leash? And he was giving me the eyeball - I know he was looking for more caffeine. It turns out that the Rotweiller's name is Nacho, and he's racer-friendly, but next time I go racing early I'm bringing two lattes.

Custom Formatting for Windows Forms DataGrid Controls

protected override void Paint(Graphics g,
                              Rectangle bounds,
                              CurrencyManager source,
                              int rowNum,
                              Brush backBrush,
                              Brush foreBrush,
                              bool alignToRight)
{
    // Here's how you get a ref to the parent grid (not used in this fragment)
    DataGrid parent = this.DataGridTableStyle.DataGrid;

    g.FillRectangle(Brushes.Red, bounds);
    // Get the cell value for this column in the current row
    string contents = GetColumnValueAtRow(source, rowNum) as string;
    if(contents != null)
    {
        // If the string has more than three chars, change the background
        if(contents.Length > 3)
            g.FillRectangle(Brushes.BlanchedAlmond, bounds);
    }
    using(Font font = new Font(parent.Font, FontStyle.Italic))
    {
        g.DrawString(contents, font, Brushes.Green, bounds.X, bounds.Y);
    }
}

Okay, it was funnier on April 1^st, but...

C# and the CLI are now ISO standardized

New WS-Specs

Deadlocks With Mixed-Mode Assemblies

Wow, I get to save some money

Dr Jeep...

Injury update

It's Racing Time...

Scoble decides to turn the wrench