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A blog about the stuff that keeps life interesting, meaningful, and fun.
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April 2006 - Posts
Programming
Friday, April 28, 2006 2:40 PM
Teaching the .NET course has made me realize how much I missed programming. My first job was as a C/Assembly programmer back in the late 1980s. It was a high-pressure job with long hours, but I really enjoyed myself. Then life took different
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C# questions
Tuesday, April 25, 2006 8:14 AM
Can you describe a situation in which you would actually make use of boxing and unboxing? I understand the concept but I'm struggling to think of a situation in which that would require me to use these.
Also, why would you use a struct instead
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Back to normal
Monday, April 24, 2006 10:57 AM
The week I had been waiting for--this week--has finally arrived! This marks my reentry to normal, at least as normal as things get around here. The first three weeks of April were unusual to say the least. The first week, we were on
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Vigilance
Sunday, April 23, 2006 9:32 AM
This is a term of new or else long-forgotten experiences for me. This is the first time that I am teaching a traditionally-scheduled summer class (every day, 1.5 hours a day). I have handled summer classes before, but they tended to be
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Cleaning up
Thursday, April 20, 2006 5:29 AM
Have you ever found yourself in situations where you have to clean up after a colleague? The usual scenario is that work that needed to be done didn't get done, and you get to be the one who answers for it.
That happens to me now and then.
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Writer's retreat
Tuesday, April 18, 2006 9:17 AM
Ateneo's Office of Research and Publications has put out a call for applicants for its second writer's retreat. As with last year, the retreat is intended to give writers quiet time in beautiful surroundings (Boracay) to reflect and write.
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Last day
Sunday, April 16, 2006 8:07 AM
We're having the funeral mass today, which officially ends the wake.
The experience so far has been pretty surreal. My in-laws are very traditional. My family, on the other hand, is not, so many of the usual customs were pretty alien to me.
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Superstitions
Saturday, April 15, 2006 7:54 AM
The past couple of days have brought me face-to-face with several funeral superstitions. I'm not a superstitious person. However, I believe that these superstitions probably started off with a rationale. If you know the rationale, please
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Writing for children
Sunday, April 09, 2006 2:57 PM
About one year ago, I wrote a story for children entitled "The Soccer Dads." It was based on an anecdote that a friend of mine, Lenard Berba, told me. Essentially, a group of grade school soccer players play a soccer game against their dads.
In
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