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Monthly Archives: March 2007

Archival of data on optical disc

It has long been known that optical media tends to degrade over time and the CD-R and DVD-/+R discs used for archival purposes will eventually become unreadable. I recently read this guide on how to choose a CD/DVD archival system for your data. I won’t get into the technical details and I will leave you [...]

Developer resumes and pieces of flair?

Finding a new job can often be a daunting experience for a developer. Even very qualified professionals may jump through multiple hoops to get their resumes in front of the right people. Most of the smart applicants have figured out that the only realistic and pain-free way to get someone to see your resume is [...]

The open letter to Microsoft from the .NET Community

David Starr, of Elegant Code, wrote an open letter to Microsoft’s Scott Guthrie (General Manager of software development) where he expressed the community’s frustration with MS regarding their approach to using open source tools/solutions for the .NET platform and copying them (albeit poorly) for future releases of the .NET platform. Guthrie’s most recent admission of [...]

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