LINQ sorting when a column may be null http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2290436/linq-orderby-breaks-with-navigation-property-being-null

I went to Window > Reset Window Layout to reset the place where various popup appeared in Visual Studio 2008

http://tom-jaeschke.blogspot.com/ is to be my new blog I think

@JudHarris @isotope13 thought of the bit in BASEketball about bad sports team names: "The Lakers moved to LA where there are no lakes." etc.

Cool! RT @FramesDirect Hollywood Movie Eyewear Report http://www.framesdirectblog.com/hollywood-movie-eyewear-report/

MESSED UP!!! RT @kevm: @jaeschke @rodpaddock yep it was this Yeasayer video with Kristen Bell - youtube.com/watch?v=QO1y1w…

@Kiyokoemn you're not real

. @JudHarris I am having trouble making sense of the Jane Adams reference. A little help? :) Thanks. CC @isotope13

the movie was better than reviews suggested

I wonder if I'm going to sit through the whole show... I'm feeling a hint of apathy

going to catch a late show of Hangover II

@scichelli they were awesome, forgive my hyper/distracted persona today, good running into you, you're the second Headspringer this weekend

Urban Sunset http://twitpic.com/57m17c

@isotope13 indeed

. @isotope13 Can you think of a town with a more inappropriate name than Grand Prairie?

@rodpaddock the new-fangled plane makes sense, only I would be stupid enough to drive to New York from Texas (done it)

anyone who has had a good Waterfall experience (vendors/men overextending themselves in promises) will be keen to stay on the winning side

anyone who has had a bad Waterfall experience (example: my marriage and it's upfront requirements) will be keen to give Agile a try

on the two dates I've been on in the two years since my divorce, I've tried to set expectations for Agile and there were no second dates

kind of understandable: I think women take a Waterfall approach to dating, they will fish for some sense of Big Design Up Front on 1st date

@rodpaddock oh, you were probably passing through on a drive to New York

@rodpaddock yikes, what are you doing there? scary! the 1 time I was there, went into a wafflehouse ...cook had a shaved head with a rattail

@kevm @rodpaddock did you guys see Xmen at Alamo? There was something really messed up in the preshow. A basketcasesque music video.

@joeymcgirr deal ... call/text me of you'd like 512.419.8788

@joeymcgirr my apologies, just seeing your tweet now :( ...do you live in this neighborhood? I'm in Oak Creek apartments

@joeymcgirr ugh, I just left abruptly when I ran into @scichelli and her Husband told me of Cutie Pies which seemed much more interesting

ran into @scichelli at Monkey's Nest ...her husband recommended Cutie Pies (I am there now) and I bailed for it http://twitpic.com/57g35d

find Cutie Pie

@joeymcgirr @footfeedapp The Monkey Nest... I think I will go there for lunch

http://twitpic.com/57f6w1 Yesterday's meal at Hill's Cafe was good, came back to eat here again this morning only to find they're closed

@st_ego are you a geek (software professional)? ...I live in Oak Creek Apartments. I'm a geek.

. @dustyreagan good running into tonight, as mentioned: @dustin_wells , Kevin Hurwitz, and @thebeckster are all still @headspring

.@JudHarris thanks!

@dustyreagan I'm having a conversation with you presently.

waiting in line to see the new X-men movie and I am trapped in a place in line where I have to hold a door open with my body

what does .@ mean on Twitter that isn't conveyed with just @ ???

Done. Went to Hill's Cafe with two of the New Iron guys who also volunteered.

I am do to volunteer work until noon. Kay Woods on New Iron coordinated the event.

at the Capital Area Food Bank of Austin

@spyfu when the data ranges through June of 2011, June of 2011 displays a disproportionate spike in activity

@spyfu sometimes when you refresh you will only see data ranging through may and sometimes the data will range through June

@spyfu I just checked and the problem still occurs... go to your site and enter any website's URL... then refresh several times to see it

@spyfu thanks for the note

if calling numerous rows with a stored procedure, do not reach out with a function for a separate SQL call at each row

after a painful hour I've realized that if one randomly refreshes spyfu.com that one may or may not see a illegitimate spike in the graph

http://www.spyfu.com/ seems to randomly, inconsistently truncate the most recent few days off of its charts... frustrating

good working with Jerry Yandell too... I'm sorry to see you go :( ...hope Gitmo is good to you

I meant: good working with @mark_beavers

good working with @markbeavers

ToString("#.00") http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dwhawy9k.aspx is of formatting strings

I wonder if my iPhone is going to give me cancer.

@mekkalekkah if you ever feel glum about yourself, rent a movie called "Bully" ...it will make you feel like a Harvard graduate.

@mekkalekkah I am... (now)

@mekkalekkah I know how you feel. I only have an Associates. I felt inadequate for a long time. Lately I feel strong though.

extensions! http://yfrog.com/h8rhtwaj

http://www.csharp-station.com/Tutorials/lesson17.aspx is on enums and casting ints to enums

I rarely use "else if" http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/5011f09h%28v=vs.80%29.aspx ...for which I have no good reason

http://yfrog.com/h7mvtgezj I am sad to say that this seems to be the best photo I took on my trip to Kansas this weekend.

my last tweet is incorrect... sigh

Request.ServerVariables["LOCAL_ADDR"]; should get the same value that http://www.ipchicken.com/ brings back

get internal IP addresses in C# http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1069103/how-to-get-my-own-ip-address-in-c (I think)

I should investigate Coda? (a Windows version is coming) Is it better than Dreamweaver?

I think Eclispe is the tool of joice for Java folks and you can sort of halfway make it work with PHP. (my impression).

Magento has built in theming for css for iPhone and iPad friendliness

cool movie

a few props can be wielded by both the live actors and their claymation counterparts

there was a giant claymation walrus and the heroes threw a net over it and tried to wrangle it

the interactions between the live actors and the claymation monsters are pretty slick

I like Princess Farah's hairdo http://yfrog.com/h74f8jfj

opening sequence is impressive for 1977... Harryhausen has the bug-eyed beasties wielding metal weapons which catch light when appropriate

Yay Ray Harryhausen claymation monsters! http://yfrog.com/h3mtznzj

http://www.youramigo.com/ is a spidering service I heard of yesterday

Vulcan has it

I remember enjoying http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinbad_and_the_Eye_of_the_Tiger as a kid. I'm going to see if Vulcan Video has it.

Cool: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tptaLdjHTI ...Thundarr the Barbarian Intro

I'm learned a lot during this long weekend and none of it has been about technology. It has been a weekend to remember.

at @framesdirect , I'm going to blow off some steam by working some

@chadmyers no worries! :)

@chadmyers it was a bad example excuse me (looking back through last night's exchange, should have just bit my lip)

@chadmyers touche' there's not such a contest :) ...I was trying to assert that I don't know enough deep mechanics of MVC patterns to debate

@sjazztweets thanks Mom! You should tweet on your road trip.

@bochumzeitung ich spreche nicht deutsch ....English?

home

I wish I had worked all weekend.

Tom, the next time you tell yourself that you shouldn't work all the time and that you should go on a getaway, slap yourself

now in Round Rock, good to have this "adventure" out of my system

in Texas

looking back through the pictures I took - they all seem pretty weak

I'm really sunburned. If I get in my car and start driving shortly, I can be back home by noon most likely.

@ampgt I'm tired & I'm going to call it a night. I can't keep up. I am glad you gave some specific examples of your concerns.

@ampgt um, ok... perhaps I'm lacking that insight too... the UI tests seem pretty tough to me

@ampgt business model ... I hope this is still making sense... getting sleepy

@ampgt process you have in place. This is the sort of thing that makes a company "not nimble" if you will, but it's also a sign of a working

@ampgt other would be small businesses in the world and you should really not take lightly a decision that could radically alter the working

@ampgt the company isn't going to look to shake things up like that. If you have a winning play that makes money you are ahead of 80% of the

@ampgt Headspring brings in an Agile expert when it's overkill or someone who is going to challenge developing in .NET? Well naturally the

@ampgt if the Adobe Air example isn't challenging enough in terms of an example of bringing in outside expertise what would be? An example

@ampgt you'd have to give me a specific example about the Data Services Layer for me to speak to it.

@ampgt to get on board with a rigorously-yet-flexibility process ... when the players are few (and no one's "trouble") process can be lax

@ampgt that Headspring just doesn't posture to be the crem-de-la-crem (spelling???) of Agile. Most of the engagements don't need 20 people

@ampgt with regards to Agile practices: I was impressed with the iteration zero talks. ...but rather than debate that point I would offer

@ampgt A little before I left @glennburnside was put in charge of mentoring and developer growth.

@ampgt the mentoring at Headspring has been bad but there have been active steps to improve it lacking.

@ampgt maintainable test in my opinion

@ampgt stuff you've probably seen Jimmy expo was about as good as it gets... the UI testing art is just painful. It's hard to write a

@ampgt the UI testing stuff is all really, really tough... where I work now, two developers are fighting with Selenium. I think the WatiN

@ampgt I know the ABCs of MVC but would be at a loss tackling the fine points of a Headspring vs Fubu debate for example.

@ampgt sizable trust in the skills of the new hire (done)

@ampgt the project Headspring hired a developer who knew it and they went outside of what might have otherwise been a comfort zone, placing

@ampgt not true, I can think of an instance, for example, where Adobe Air was a must have for a potential project. Rather than shy away from

@ampgt maybe I can challenge this one... do you have a specific example of bad Headspring practices?

@ampgt well, at least you gave a concrete example... I won't know enough about Agile ins and outs to debate that point

@ampgt this statement is so paranoid and over the top: RT @ampgt: @jaeschke jeff and headspring will do anything to bring a community...

@ampgt "if jeff targets lean or rails" ...why would he? Are you paranoid?

@ampgt you're being vague again... I don't see how Headspring sabotages community...

@ampgt example?

@ampgt but I know I can't. I should be exposed to the ABCs at some point.

@ampgt I don't think so. Everyone is fascinated with rails even if they don't use it professional. I have wanted to believe I can ignore it

@ampgt your asserting Headspring will work it's way into the rails community and, let me guess, Jeffrey will try to run that community???

@ampgt won't professional do .NET

@ampgt I wonder have gone to the rails meeting last week if I had known about (realizing I can't ignore it) ...that does mean I won't

@ampgt flag (done)

@ampgt dialogs to be had... some of Headspring's own may blog their thoughts but the company itself does not wave a "Here is how it's done"

@ampgt pervasive/as it stands now, no one debates whether Agile is better than Waterfall... but instead there are Scrum vs Lean vs Kanban...

@ampgt I think that's done as a major part of the strategy... @jeffreypalermo was particular excited about Agile when it wasn't yet all...

@ampgt what did you mean by "the scrum ride?" ...I really don't think Headspring pushes "Agile/Lean" in a "Hey, we are the experts." way.

@ampgt most of us do not have this luxury RT @ampgt: @jaeschke if i have to prove to a client that i'm qualified based on work for entire...

@ampgt this is a fascinating exchange but it's also wandering..let me reread what you sent to Jimmy that raised my ire in the first place...

@ampgt excuse me, maybe I'm making unfair assumptions... how are you qualifying yourself when speaking with potential clients? References?

@ampgt employers. (done, whew)

@ampgt of the matter is that it is a job for most of us. Most of us cannot afford to burn bridges or have a "who cares" attitude about our

@ampgt to step into the next job... it is this dependency that makes "company" a part of who we are as software professionals. The fact of

@ampgt at least some measure of loyalty to our employers. We need to treat them with respect as we will need their rave reviews when trying

@ampgt I on the other hand will likely always be a junior developer and for me and other mere mortals like myself... we all have to show at

@ampgt reference... for someone like yourself of that standing... well, lucky you, you are truly free from the straightjacket of "company"

@ampgt has renown and, dare I say it, name-branding to such a level that we will never have to give a prior employer's contact info in

@ampgt to your point that there is another level wherein one grows beyond the ties of "company" ... yes, for someone such as yourself who

@ampgt ugh, well OK no, I can't help facilitate a forum where you badmouth a company I no longer work for... let me explain why...

@ampgt I'd LOVE to hear your real arguments. You've challenged me to meet with you before. Are you still up for that?

at a hotel room for the night

@ampgt this seems really vague and unqualified: RT @ampgt: @jaeschke headspring makes a profit through manufactured consent. it has...

@ampgt why so? if you look at some of your statements they seem inconsistent RT @ampgt: @jaeschke your characterization of such a basic...

@ampgt I'm not seeing a substantive argument. Why is Headspring evil? Convince me?

@ampgt AND? It's a for profit company. RT @ampgt: @jaeschke headspring spends more effort on branding than technical insight and excell...

@ampgt who? RT @ampgt: @jaeschke and by the way, you do indeed have churn. and the people who have done follow-on damage control see ever...

@ampgt you can't have it both ways.. you can't both say the community has no respect for Headspring and that it's harmful to the community

@ampgt if this statement is true then how does Headspring harm the community: and ultimately, the best software people in town uniformly...

agreed RT @ampgt: @jaeschke customer churn is no measure of technical or methodological competence. that's a matter of business acumen and..

@IamTheLoyaliser what were you going to say?

struggling to find a restaurant to stop at

@ampgt I'll read what you wrote in a few...

@ampgt they don't burn and churn, customers stay customers

@ampgt don't even work there anymore, but I still feel sense of loyalty to brand-You know your portrayal of an evil enterprise is hyperbole.

@ampgt Headspring wouldn't be booming if it just milked clients and abused them. Give it a rest. (I know there's no point in my asking)

getting gas in Oklahoma in what I think is the same place I stopped yesterday

3of3 my car's window, which I had to toll down at a toll booth, seems now to have fixed itself... maybe the tubing was warping in the heat??

2of3 found Kansas considerably less photogenic than I remembered it to be. I'm still glad I came though. There is also a bright spot in that

1of3 back in Oklahoma on I35 as I wrap up my inane outing... today I: got a speeding ticket, hit a bird, got sunburned and most of all found

crossing Wichita

my electrical tape engineering worked

I stopped in Pratt and fixed my window

I'm really sunburned

when I'm in Wichita I should buy some electrical tape to fix my window

all I've eaten the whole day is a packet of M&Ms ...I wonder if that will catch up to me

driver's side front window is hissing like the insulation is damaged

turned onto 400 at Greenburg, Kansas

http://yfrog.com/h2ylkpoj earlier

I wonder how painful it would be take 183 all the way back to Austin... probably not smart... I am moving briskly on it presently

I really like the pair of shades I got from @framesdirect - normally, I've made due with cheapo convenience store shades, these are superior

Nice day in Kansas http://yfrog.com/hsrgvprj

http://yfrog.com/h6kc5inj http://yfrog.com/h4gu5zvj http://yfrog.com/h8dvxxuj

http://yfrog.com/hs347pgj some more Kansas

I was just stopped by a cop while snapping that last photo who had trouble believing that I was in Kansas for a restless road trip. funny

it's the sort of childish thing I'd have done 20 years ago :P http://yfrog.com/hsdb9irj

http://yfrog.com/h6c6vesj it's a good thing I'm now a mature adult or I'd be temped to pull the bright red off switch

taking 183 South

it now costs $40 to gas up my 2003 Nissan Centra GXE ...almost the cost of the hour-long nap I took at Motel6

http://yfrog.com/h342093716j more cemetary

http://yfrog.com/h318221523j more cemetery

the graveyard seems to be the only place in the city that seems like pine

at a graveyard http://yfrog.com/h72z5csj

@zwoolf @derekamayfield what's fun to do in Hays, Kansas?

@go3002v what's fun to do in Hays, Kansas?

@MicheilX what's fun to do in Hays, Kansas?

whatever http://yfrog.com/h0t1ulzj

tiny convention center http://yfrog.com/gz38993894j

farther up the sidewalk http://yfrog.com/h4wzcyij

in Hays http://yfrog.com/gyb2xgyj

@suprsamfagan I guess Kansas is pretty random

@suprsamfagan oh, and maybe I can there is now a blue sky... I'm here chasing a random restless whim

@suprsamfagan I been through Kansas in May before and thought it pretty breathtaking, I was kind of hoping to capture the effect on camera

yawn ...I'm going to catch a nap and hope the sun gets up before I do ...this may be my last restless road trip...whatever, I'm glad I tried

getting a Motel6 room

in Hays

crossing Russell

@suprsamfagan I thought, perhaps falsely, that it would be fun to drive into Kansas for Memorial day weekend, the jury is still out

it's really smoggy

more negativity: passed a tortoise by the side of the road. I turned around to take it's picture but by the time I got to it it was roadkill

having some more self doubt now, wondering if the trip was wise given how overcast it is and given the speeding ticket

now it's all smoggy ...hiss

@sohma4b you're not real

a bit North of McPherson http://yfrog.com/gyu30fvj

the officer was telling me that Kansas has something called an "aversion" (double the fine amount but it won't go on your record)

http://yfrog.com/h4m2tjmj one of Kansas' finest

whatever. whatever.

snicker. first speeding ticket of the trip. wouldn't be much of a road trip without one :P

McPherson, Kansas seems to be an oil town