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Farewell Mark

Published on July 19, 2009 By BitLizard

Image by Chewy Chua via Flickr Its an inevitable part of life’s journey, I suppose, that when you’ve accumulated about 50+ years you start to see friends, family and co-workers pass permanently from your life with an ever increasing frequency. For me, it started with a high school friend who died far too prematurely in [...]

Most College Degrees have a negative ROI

Published on February 27, 2009 By BitLizard

ROI (or Return On Investment) is the bottom line when evaluating a stock holding or a business endeavor. If your primary reason for going to college is to have a higher salary than your hapless friend who became a plumber’s apprentice, then you may need to take a few additional math courses. This is one [...]

CodePlex and the wandering API

Published on January 31, 2009 By BitLizard

I’ve started a new section called the CodePlex on the web site. Its up there on the menu at the top of the page, next to the Bazaar. One of the things I wanted to do here was start to share some useful software tidbits when I had them and when the situation under which [...]