Vacation

Just back from a short vacation from the beach. My hats of to the hoasting provider they were quick to fix the issue. So please do check out the Contact Page and feel free to send me a note with any feedback you have.

Contact Page

Well the contact page is up however my hosting provider has implemented a feature that doesn't alow me to send mail in an effort to reduce spam. Feel free to check out the validation controls by hitting submit button on the blank form. It's all server side validation which is the best validation as the advesary doesn't have control of it as he would on a client side check.

About Page is up

About Page and my Professional Bio are up. Really Feel the site is starting to come together. It's almost to the point where I'll be able to start focusing on cool little applications soon.

Thanks to Tim Sneath this little update on specifying the MIME types really saved my bacon here. Just goes to show that as a developer educating yourself on server configuration has a tremendous value add. See this Blog on MIME types:
Tim Sneaths Blog

Now the Visifire example is working check it out here

My New web site

My new web sit has been launched.

It is avilable here http://dalecox99.com

I'm working on using blogger to publish to the front page of the site.

Sites Up

Site Frame work is prety much created at this point.
A couple sample code items I had on hand have been added.
Check the Program Examples Java and Silverlight pages for the latest updates.

Mental Masturbation

Some while ago Mur from the podcast, I should be writing and author of the book “Playing for Keeps” talked about how talking about a story you where going to write and not writing it is a form of mental masturbation. This concept really stuck with me and it can be extrapolated out well beyond just writing but any thing really or I should say any side project. I’ve applied this same concept which Mur applied to writing to many of my projects. It’s fun to talk about plans and ideas and how everything falls into place in your head but with no action it’s pointless other then feeling good during the recounting of your plans.

A specific example where I’ve applied this to is my when I develop software on my personal time. The thing about software is that you can solve a great many problems with it so it is fun talking about how you would solve that problem better than the current solution available if there is one. It’s akin to talking shop with other developers. However as the saying goes talking is cheap and with no action it is very much just Mental Masturbation. So my take away for this is talk all about the things that you are passionate about but also follow up with action on that passion.