Domains available

In my effort to make myself an ex-GoDaddy customer, I have 3 domains left to transfer or let expire. Two of them I’m making available to transfer to anyone who wants them (rather than letting them expire so that you … Continue reading 

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Sweet, sweet vindication

It’s been awhile since I have written an eye-poker post. I’ve been trying be more reserved, professional, and politically correct. But that basically had a cooling effect on my writing. So it’s time we turn up the heat and let … Continue reading 

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Cool stuff in FubuMVC No. 2: Action Conventions

This is the second post of the FubuMVC series mentioned in the Introduction post. UPDATE: Josh Arnold (FubuMVC contributor) pointed out an error in a code sample (at the bottom about custom conventions) and that I missed another extension point … Continue reading 

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New Blogger: Ryan Rauh

I’m pleased to announce there’s a new blogger on the Los Techies blog roll: Ryan Rauh. Ryan is a high-energy guy and has his hands in a lot of new tech out there, so expect some exciting blog posts from … Continue reading 

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Code Review Quiz

I’ve been following Ayende’s series of reviews on the Microsoft N Layer App Sample V2.  His most recent post in the series explored a little bit of the data access layer in the app. Specifically, this interface (which has since … Continue reading 

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Pablo’s Fiesta 2011

In case you haven’t seen John’s posts about Pablo’s Fiesta,  I suggest you check them out. That’s right, Los Techies is having the 2nd annual “Pablo’s Fiesta” open spaces conference in Austin, TX over the weekend September 30, October 1 … Continue reading 

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Cool stuff in FubuMVC No. 1: Behaviors

This is the first post of the FubuMVC series mentioned in the Introduction post. Perhaps the coolest thing about FubuMVC (and I’m not kidding when I say there’s a lot of cool stuff) is the behavior model. This fundamental concept … Continue reading 

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Cool stuff in FubuCore No. 9: Stringification

This is the ninth post of the FubuCore series mentioned in the Introduction post. It’s a funny title, but it captures the point perfectly.  What do you do when you have something (a domain entity or model object of some … Continue reading 

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Convention over lots of code

I’m in the middle of writing my last FubuCore series post before I proceed to the FubuMVC series of posts.   The post is called “Stringification” (String-eh-feh-k-shun) and it’s about using conventions to remove a lot of code that deals with … Continue reading 

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A Quick Follow-up on Model Binding in FubuCore

I wanted to make some quick follow-up points to my “Cool stuff in FubuCore No. 7: Model Binding” post: Joshua Flanagan pointed out that I had an error in my description of how the ExpandEnvironmentVariablesAttribute works.  I updated the post … Continue reading 

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