Archive for May, 2005

Working on insurance

Friday, May 27th, 2005

I’m working on an insurance project. So I’m learning about ACORD. This is an interesting project I ran across today.

First Tools Installed

Friday, May 27th, 2005

Since I have a new job and a new computer there are a bunch of little tools missing. These are tools I can’t do without.
The Grinder - Mostly for its HttpEchoProxy which helps me debug webapps by letting me see all the details of every request my browser makes.
Unix Utils - […]

New Books on the way

Thursday, May 26th, 2005

I love getting new books. I’ve ordered two from the Joel recommended reading list for programmers.

Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction
A Random Walk Down Wall Street

First Day

Friday, May 20th, 2005

I’ve started a new job with MSI. Three things impress me so far about this group: the people, the profitability and the hardware. I’m typing on a IBM T42 with 2 gigs of RAM. It was ready for me when I walked in the door. The first task for me is […]