You will know me by the trail of dead links

btompkins: Good songs by bad artists redone by good artists :...

Oct 31st

btompkins: @sillyevar: Nice Talk! (via Twitter / btompkins)

Oct 31st

btompkins: Pumpkin planning (via Twitter / btompkins)

Oct 31st

btompkins: Commenting on some local stupidness. http://tinyurl.com/ypvmrv (via Twitter / btompkins)

Oct 31st

btompkins: @averyj: Buy orders at 99.5! (via Twitter / btompkins)

Oct 31st

btompkins: @codinghorror: sweet, sweet poison (via Twitter / btompkins)

Oct 30th

btompkins: Someone needs to do a flexible dates international airfare search. (via Twitter /...

Oct 30th

btompkins: Trying to plan a trip to Costa RIca (via Twitter / btompkins)

Oct 30th

btompkins: Made some pumpkin LED flasing eyes with a 555 chip last night. Wish I knew how to...

Oct 30th

OTG: Oscar the Grouch Costume (via Photos from CodeBrendan)

Oct 29th

btompkins: OTG - The original Gangsta. My costume made over the weekend: http://tinyurl.com/2gjd7g...

Oct 29th

btompkins: Refactoring away from some crap ajax stuff. Feels good! (via Twitter / btompkins)

Oct 29th

btompkins: Cycling tights, but still… (via Twitter / btompkins)

Oct 29th

btompkins: I did something I never thought I’d do today. Went out in public in a pair of...

Oct 29th

btompkins: Breakfast: apple pancakes with creme fraiche and brown sugar. Wait, this is one of those...

Oct 27th

btompkins: Don’t taze me, eh? I cannot believe they killed a man.. Police State...

Oct 26th

LOLCat Compiler for the CLR...

How come I didn’t know about this until today? I can’t believe we got scooped by...

Oct 26th

btompkins: http://tinyurl.com/yvvrkr (via Twitter / btompkins)

Oct 26th

btompkins: OMG I want a LOLCode complier for the CLR http://tinyurl.com/2zbgus (via Twitter /...

Oct 26th

btompkins: @markleonwatson: HAHAHA! Didn’t know what he was on about… that’s...

Oct 26th

btompkins: @averyj: Funny was going to ask you for your list, but realized that’s sort of like...

Oct 26th

btompkins: … and legislatehumanity.org (via Twitter / btompkins)

Oct 26th

btompkins: @averyj: 25 and counting.. I’ve let some of the stupider ones go. WS-CART.Com for...

Oct 26th

btompkins: I have a bad domain name habit.. (via Twitter / btompkins)

Oct 26th

btompkins: @scottw: Sign me up. (via Twitter / btompkins)

Oct 26th

btompkins: Need an easy way to create a ICANHASCHEEZBURGER type site. (via Twitter / btompkins)

Oct 26th

btompkins: @jasona: unfuddle has hemmorrhoids? (via Twitter / btompkins)

Oct 26th

btompkins: TMBG last night.. They were awesome! http://www.flickr.com/photos/codebetter/1758596979/...

Oct 26th

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Oct 26th

btompkins: Noticing that may companies copyright thier emails.. What’s the point of that? (via...

Oct 26th

btompkins: Added feedburner flair to both codebetter and devlicio.us Need to get a cross site...

Oct 25th

btompkins: @markleonwatson: No, I’m serious… Its a new hobby of mine. (via Twitter /...

Oct 25th

btompkins: If anyone has any bricked electronics, i may be able to fix them for you. (via Twitter /...

Oct 25th

btompkins: Is bullish on EMC (via Twitter / btompkins)

Oct 25th

btompkins: They Might Be Giants concert tonight with my 10 year old. Embracing his inner geek. (via...

Oct 25th

btompkins: Please Business Objects.. Just stop. It would be best for all of us. (via Twitter /...

Oct 24th

btompkins: I actually wrote a technical blog post… Can you believe it?...

Oct 24th

btompkins: This seems useful: Getting embedded resources with WebResource.axd :...

Oct 24th

Using Embedded Resources for HTML Email...

Most web applications need to send out email for a variety of purposes, right?   I like to use email...

Oct 24th

btompkins: Ahh.. Another good night fishin… http://tinyurl.com/2xv87p (via Twitter /...

Oct 24th

btompkins: Dental Floss Substitions : Paperclip? - NO… Rubberband? - NO… Wire from...

Oct 23rd

btompkins: @codinghorror: Splain (via Twitter / btompkins)

Oct 23rd

btompkins: If you have cats, you’ll understand: http://tinyurl.com/3b3snd (via Twitter /...

Oct 23rd

btompkins: @averyj: What part of “Don’t Be Evil” don’t they understand? :)...

Oct 23rd

btompkins: @averyj: no, unfortunately. (via Twitter / btompkins)

Oct 23rd

btompkins: Carl is really quite amazing.. The only thing bad I can say is that he can’t...

Oct 23rd

btompkins: Man. I love GRMN.. Someday I’ll have to buy one of their products. :) (via Twitter...

Oct 23rd

btompkins: Loved how he dismissed the idea that some countries aren’t ready for democracy.. ...

Oct 23rd

btompkins: Anyone else see Gary Kasparov on Bill Maher? Man. I wish he could run for president...

Oct 23rd

btompkins: @jasona: I still think you spend too much time in traffic. Think of all the work you...

Oct 23rd

btompkins: Oops! Bush’s striper ban was an entirely political move. Fishing for stripers in...

Oct 23rd

btompkins: @codinghorror: If only JetBrains would make us an IDE… :( (via Twitter / btompkins)

Oct 22nd

btompkins: OH MY GOD!!! Bush did something good! http://tinyurl.com/2oprle (via Twitter /...

Oct 22nd

btompkins: Nitinol actuator “muscle” wire + plastic bait = more fish? I aim to find...

Oct 22nd

btompkins: My OLAP cube here at work is starting to resemble a Katamari Damacy Clump…...

Oct 22nd

btompkins: Looks like I’ll be fixing two a week! (via Twitter / btompkins)

Oct 22nd

btompkins: Dell’s use of shitty capacitors has spawned a new business op for me: ...

Oct 22nd

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Oct 21st

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Oct 21st

btompkins: @chadmyers: Yeah it works great… I’ve used it in production at work for about...

Oct 21st

btompkins: Just found an old directory called PortalCS.. Took me a minute to remember… Anyone...

Oct 21st

btompkins: going through old photos, uploading to twitter.. Look, it’s me and Steve! ...

Oct 21st

btompkins: is still reeling from a good night fishing :) http://tinyurl.com/yveaz7 (via Twitter /...

Oct 21st

btompkins: Fishing this morning, lunch at gringo’s, skate park with son and fishing...

Oct 20th

btompkins: Uggh.. People keep signing up for WSMQ… I don’t have any time for it. ...

Oct 19th

btompkins: … or two side businesses :) (via Twitter / btompkins)

Oct 18th

btompkins: Might start a side business fixing dell motherboards here at work… ...

Oct 18th

btompkins: Might start a side business fixing dell motherboards here at work… ...

Oct 18th

btompkins: Everytime I walk by, there’s like 4 maintenance guys standing there staring at the...

Oct 18th

btompkins: “But we need instant communication when coding” I’ve said. Big Gay...

Oct 18th

btompkins: So, I requested maintenance put a window between my office and the developer next...

Oct 18th

btompkins: Select Distinct is a Code Smell : http://urltea.com/1t2w (via Twitter / btompkins)

Oct 18th

btompkins: @markleonwatson: How to interop all your social networks. (via Twitter / btompkins)

Oct 17th

btompkins: @averyj: The song “A Postcard to Nina” knocked my d**k in the dirt.. as they...

Oct 17th

btompkins: @averyj: I’ve always thought he sounds like a cross between Jonathan Richman and...

Oct 17th

btompkins: @averyj: What did you think of Jens? (via Twitter / btompkins)

Oct 17th

btompkins: @markleonwatson: WHen you figure it out, let me know. (via Twitter / btompkins)

Oct 17th

btompkins: @donxml: I feel your pain. (via Twitter / btompkins)

Oct 16th

btompkins: Mark Frauenfelder, Bre Pettis, Alton Brown, and Adam Savage.. Same person? (via Twitter /...

Oct 16th

btompkins: @codinghorror: In baseball, they don’t make their start players managers…...

Oct 15th

btompkins: @sillyevar That does look useful. (via Twitter / btompkins)

Oct 15th

btompkins: Why do we type IS NOT NULL like we’re screaming? (via Twitter / btompkins)

Oct 15th

btompkins: @averyj: http://tinyurl.com/33y5cm (via Twitter / btompkins)

Oct 12th

btompkins: @averyj: I got mine from eMusic. (via Twitter / btompkins)

Oct 12th

btompkins: Downloading Jens Lekman’s latest… @aveyj, I’d advise you do the same....

Oct 12th

btompkins: Accept btompkins as your enemy? (via Twitter / btompkins)

Oct 12th

btompkins: Btompkins wants to be your enemy, he worked with you for 3 years and hated every minute...

Oct 12th

btompkins: Thinking about creating a FaceBook plugin site where you can choose all your enemies....

Oct 12th

btompkins: In VS, my Object explorer is always on the right, in SSIS it’s on the left.. I MUST...

Oct 12th

btompkins: Anyone watch this? Wondering if anyone else felt as icky as I did afterwards.....

Oct 12th

btompkins: This is awesome… http://tinyurl.com/yvbpdw Cheez-Its are undoubtedly the worlds...

Oct 12th

btompkins: Offered £ 5.45 I think that’s like 89 cents. (via Twitter / btompkins)

Oct 12th

btompkins: Just ordered inrainbows… Lets give a listen. (via Twitter / btompkins)

Oct 12th

btompkins: Never knew Google Earth had a flight simulator : http://tinyurl.com/yvu7ub (via...

Oct 12th

btompkins: Trying to build a webserver in Brainfuck http://www.muppetlabs.com/~breadbox/bf/ (via...

Oct 12th

btompkins: Explanation here: http://tinyurl.com/2z5v8z (via Twitter / btompkins)

Oct 12th

btompkins: Members of MS Anti piracy team.. So, you’re right @avery, they’re bad guys....

Oct 12th

btompkins: @averyj: Nah.. To obvious.. :) (via Twitter / btompkins)

Oct 12th

btompkins: Hidden pic in Vista CD.. Who are they? http://tinyurl.com/yrnz84 (via Twitter /...

Oct 12th

btompkins: Well, first this year anyhow… (via Twitter / btompkins)

Oct 10th

btompkins: Caught my first striper on a fly last night. (via Twitter / btompkins)

Oct 10th

btompkins: I think at the next ALT.NET conference, everyone’s badge should read Mort [Last...

Oct 10th

btompkins: @averyj… Yes! (via Twitter / btompkins)

Oct 9th

btompkins: Lost blogger #2 today.. If CodeBetter.Com were a stock, I’d recommend sell. :) (via...

Oct 9th

btompkins: @codinghorror: Things I have found in the trash: Kitchen Aid mixer, bicycles, all kinds...

Oct 9th

btompkins: @codinghorror: Can I have all your old stuff? (via Twitter / btompkins)

Oct 9th

btompkins: Lost another CB blogger today… So, we’re just trimming down. (via Twitter /...

Oct 9th

btompkins: Saw David Sedaris talk last night… Man is that guy brilliantly funny. (via Twitter...

Oct 8th

btompkins: Perhaps, but I truly think the need to say anything at all publicly starts with...

Oct 8th

btompkins: These alt.net naysayers should admit that it’s knee-jerk egoistic stupidity and go...

Oct 8th

btompkins: A tweetr should admit that it’s 100% ego-driven. (via Twitter / btompkins)

Oct 8th

btompkins: The first thing any good blogger needs to do is admit that a blog is 99.9% ego-driven....

Oct 8th

btompkins: @jasona: I thought so for a long time.. But after looking deep inside, I realized that...

Oct 8th

btompkins: @laribee: is this shot you took bike porn? http://tinyurl.com/245yyk (via Twitter /...

Oct 6th

btompkins: Overall a pretty productive week. I now have three co-located servers for side...

Oct 5th

btompkins: Looking forward to the weekend.. Striper season started yesterday! (via Twitter /...

Oct 5th

btompkins: @codinghorror: Yes, their video stuff seems to violate do one thing and do it well. (via...

Oct 5th

btompkins: But might be in the next hour. (via Twitter / btompkins)

Oct 5th

btompkins: @avery: 98 and 104… Not to happy about the 104. (via Twitter / btompkins)

Oct 5th

btompkins: GO GRMN! (via Twitter / btompkins)

Oct 5th

btompkins: @jasona: Spoon’s on SNL this weekend if you didn’t know. (via Twitter /...

Oct 5th

btompkins: …lopment? (via Twitter / btompkins)

Oct 4th

btompkins: @averyj: Yeah, I was thinking about military/govt waste too. Is this a case for...

Oct 4th

btompkins: @altnetconf: Everyone hit up Bellware for CodeBetter & Devlicio.us polos (via...

Oct 4th

btompkins: lived in? Roads that don’t open? Is it a uniquely IT problem? (via Twitter /...

Oct 4th

btompkins: Not to mention all the projects that never get implemented. How many ships get built...

Oct 4th

btompkins: Just heard a story about an IT department that purchased 20K worth of software and NEVER...

Oct 4th

btompkins: Corporate IT Waste… I need to blog about it. But I need to be a better blogger...

Oct 4th

btompkins: Jokes that keep on giving are the best jokes…...

Oct 3rd

btompkins: The thing I love most about twitter? You can just say shit and most people won’t...

Oct 3rd

btompkins: @Scoble: No way will Zune ever win… at this point the features just don’t...

Oct 3rd

btompkins: Are MSDN Subscriptions Worth It? http://tinyurl.com/2ahwpb (via Twitter / btompkins)

Oct 3rd

RE: MSDN Subscriptions - Are They Worth...

Mike asks a good question MSDN - Is it worth it? I have two, count em, two subscriptions (work +...

Oct 3rd

btompkins: Now following @altnetconf … I want some pictures too.. where’s the flickr...

Oct 3rd

btompkins: Rory Leaves MS… Thank God, for his sake. That was the biggest square peg/round...

Oct 3rd

btompkins: There are multiple problems with MY computer’s security? Well, noone’s...

Oct 3rd

btompkins: Critcal Mass : http://tinyurl.com/g5hyw (via Twitter / btompkins)

Oct 3rd

btompkins: They’re trying to do Critical Mass here in Norfolk. Most folks here think cycling...

Oct 3rd

btompkins: Making a remote IPod controller for my bike rides to work…...

Oct 3rd

btompkins: Thinking about creating a better resistor calculator this is the best I can find :...

Oct 3rd

btompkins: @averyj: I’m spending today setting up svn… When your team members put off...

Oct 3rd

btompkins: @jasona: I know, I know … I just have to do it. (via Twitter / btompkins)

Oct 3rd

btompkins: Every time my team members do a get, their project is fucked for a time. Thank you VSS....

Oct 3rd

btompkins: Just discovered Gawker Stalker … I love it. http://www.gawker.com/stalker (via...

Oct 2nd

btompkins: Watching the blackwater hearings. Man oh man. (via Twitter / btompkins)

Oct 2nd

btompkins: @laribee: I \^^/ camping (via Twitter / btompkins)

Oct 1st

btompkins: @averyj: Looks like my buy order may be filled yet! (via Twitter / btompkins)

Oct 1st

btompkins: Spent last night creating a clean 5V power supply for my breadboard! Next up exploring...

Oct 1st

btompkins: @averyj: Wondering the same. How low do you think it’ll push GRMN before they halt...

Oct 1st