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• Quadriplegic Programming

  I have often wondered how folks with Quadriplegia, which is paralysis of all four limbs, might pursue a career in software development. I mean, software development is super-tightly-coupled to a keyboard and a mouse. To this end, I have long thought about... Posted Mar 28 2008, 12:29 AM by Steve with | with no comments Filed under: Personal – Off Topic

• 5 People That Influenced My Career

  Andy Schwam and Dani Diaz have started a 'Post-It-Forward' meme highlighting five people that have influenced their careers. I think Andy says it best: I encourage all bloggers to write a post and mention 5 people that influenced their careers... Posted Mar 02 2008, 10:25 PM by Steve with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Personal – Off Topic

• Swag Scrooges

  A couple weeks back I won two very cool prizes at a .NET Code Camp. I was stoked. The prizes were Enterprise versions of Altova's XMLSpy and MapForce products. I had actually missed these tools since I left my last job, and was looking forward to... Posted Dec 18 2007, 01:42 PM by Steve with | with 8 comment(s) Filed under: Personal – Off Topic

• Comment and win!

  The first ten unique people to add a VALID comment on any post in this blog within the next 24 hours get a free Zune* **. Conditions: * Winner(s) must be a US resident, 18 or older. Void where prohibited. Valid comment determination is at my sole discretion... Posted Dec 10 2007, 12:23 AM by Steve with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: humor, Personal – Off Topic

• Padding the ole Resume

  I found this list hanging on the wall at a friend's cube at work, and thought it was too funny to pass up. Top 11 Worst Resumes Lead programmer of the SQL Slammer worm As data analyst for the Dept. of Veterans Affairs, I often took work home Spearheaded... Posted Nov 24 2007, 11:43 AM by Steve with | with no comments Filed under: Personal – Off Topic

• I Broke the Code

  No, not THAT code. I have no idea where the lost treasure is. Andy posted Wednesday about a Red-Gate contest to Break The Code. I figured I'd give it a try and whadya know, I broke the code! It's pretty cool, I've wanted to get my hands on... Posted Sep 21 2007, 08:19 AM by Steve with | with no comments Filed under: Personal – Off Topic

• I’ve Been Tagged

  In May I was blog tagged by Andy Schwam . So here are five things you may not know about me: I am a .NET fanatic. Wait, you knew? I had my own roadside assistance business when I was a late teen. I was on 476 (Blue Route), 76 (Schuylkill Expressway) and... Posted Sep 04 2007, 08:49 PM by Steve with | with no comments Filed under: Personal – Off Topic

• HyperCard Follow-up

  In a follow-up to my HyperCard post , I finally got my Mac to turn on, and found some pretty cool stuff. In browsing through the old HyperCard stacks, FileMaker Pro documents, and SuperPaint files I found an interesting 'article' I wrote in 1993... Posted Jul 17 2007, 08:33 PM by Steve with | with no comments Filed under: Personal – Off Topic