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Using Domain Driven Design with a Three Tiered Architecture

Posted in Software Development, Technology on April 23, 2009 | 5 Comments »

Note: This is part of my series on Domain Driven Design: Part 1: Introduction and Entities Part 2: Value Objects and Services Part 3: Repositories and Factories Using Domain Driven Design with a Three Tiered Architecture One of the questions I received related to the topic of Domain Driven Design was related to how we [...]

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The Long Fall Back to Earth

Posted in Music on April 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I’ve been a fan of Jars of Clay ever since college, but their last few albums have been very exciting. Their latest, ‘The Long Fall Back to Earth’, released today and it is very, very good. You have to check it out. If you want to try only one song from it, I’d recommend Closer [...]

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Fire your cable company!

Posted in Technology on April 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »

In these challenging economic times, everyone is looking for some ways to save money. Well, I have an idea that will save a ton: Fire your cable company!

Here’s the deal. I have not had cable TV for at least 7 or 8 years now, and I don’t miss it at all. I have never missed an episode of Lost or Battlestar Galactica. Yes, I know Battlestar Galactica was on the Sci Fi channel. But I saw every episode without paying the cable company $50+ per month for the privilege of watching their content.

So, how do you fire your cable company and yet still get to watch high quality content for all of your favorite TV shows? There are a number of options.

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Domain Driven Design Part 3: Repositories and Factories

Posted in Software Development, Technology on April 6, 2009 | 6 Comments »

Note: This is part of my series on Domain Driven Design: Part 1: Introduction and Entities Part 2: Value Objects and Services Part 3: Repositories and Factories Using Domain Driven Design with a Three Tiered Architecture Today I conclude my series on Domain Driven Design. In the first part we looked at a brief introduction [...]

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Notes on Anathem

Posted in Books on April 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

So, I finished Neil Stephenson’s book Anathem several weeks ago and have been wanting to write something about it, but I’ve struggled over where to begin. This is a very large book, and can be difficult to get through at times, but in the end I found it to be a very satisfying journey. First [...]

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