http://gregmaclellan.com/blog stuff about anything Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:25:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've spent the last few days (well, longer than that, really) pondering what the exact layout will be for the basement. So here is what it was when I first bought the house: You can see some pictures of it in this post The old kitchen cabinets, including the old sink, was ... http://gregmaclellan.com/blog/basement-layout-ideas/ After running network cables the next step, of course, is to terminate them. Using one of the old cabinets that happened to be close to the right size, I built a rudimentary 19" rack. It's not too bad for a DIY rack, especially considering a small swing-out metal rack costs ... http://gregmaclellan.com/blog/terminating-network-cables/ Jeff Atwood made a post today talking about the benefits of coding using Javascript frameworks. It totally echos my own thoughts and experiences on it, namely that I used to hate writing client-side code because javascript was so terrible. After discovering first Prototype + Script.aculo.us, and then completely moving to ... http://gregmaclellan.com/blog/the-power-of-jquery/ Several times, I've come across the need for inheriting constructors in .NET, and I am constantly annoyed that it does not work. I'm writing a business objects layer, and what I'm trying to do is create some constructors in the base class that can initialize the objects in many different ... http://gregmaclellan.com/blog/inheriting-constructors-in-c-vbnet/ With the basement torn out, and access to all of the main floor, I started running wiring for network and video. I'm running two network cables and one cable to each of the bedrooms, two spots in the family room, and one spot in the dining room. Since the upstairs is ... http://gregmaclellan.com/blog/running-network-cables/ My girlfriend and I just bought a house. It's a bit older - 32 years old, to be exact - and it shows, in a few places. My first big project is to renovate the basement and turn it into an office / rec-room area, and a laundry room. I ... http://gregmaclellan.com/blog/starting-to-renovate-the-basement/ I just created a Google Code project for a quick and dirty little app I built, SvnMergeGui. As you may suspect, it's a GUI to SvnMerge. It uses ClickOnce for the installation (because it was really easy to do from VisualStudio), and is pointed at the svn repository for updates - ... http://gregmaclellan.com/blog/svnmergegui/ Often when I am writing software I design the user interface first, or at least separately, from the rest of the code. Jeff Atwood describes UI First software development on his blog: Of course, UI is hard, far harder than coding for developers. It's tempting to skip the tough part and ... http://gregmaclellan.com/blog/ui-first-design/ I've talked to a few of my friends about the stupidity of the non-contact credit cards (that use RFID) before, but at the time I couldn't find any practical examples showing that it was actually possible to steal credit card information just by walking past people. Well, now you can ... http://gregmaclellan.com/blog/hacking-rfid-enabled-credit-cards-for-8/ So it's been a while - almost a year! - since I updated this site, which probably also means no one pays attention anymore, but oh well. I just thought I'd make a little post about a new service I've been using over the last couple of days called Jango. ... http://gregmaclellan.com/blog/jango/