The long national nightmare is over! Ok, so it wasn't national. It was mainly centered in Michigan. Either way, Matt Millen has been fired! Now, the question is who will be the replacement? And how long will it take to undo what Millen did? Anyway, on to… more »

At the last GR Tech Lunch, we had Bill Klevin as our guest speaker. Bill runs DaVinci Capital, a small company in Grand Rapids focused on helping entrepreneurs secure funding to build their business. He mainly deals with Angel investors, particularly the… more »

I recently had a discussion with someone about duck typing, and my understanding of it was called into question. He's much smarter than I am, so I assumed he was right, but afterwards, I decided to do a little digging. I think I was right, but there's no… more »

During the pre-season, I wondered if the Packers were making the right decision about Favre. Yeah, long term, they knew it was time to move on, but short term, would they be better off with Favre this year, given that Aaron Rodgers has never started an N… more »

The other night, I got an email from my cousin. We don't communicate as much as we probably should (my fault), but she will periodically send out emails talking about milestones in her life. That evening, it was about her latest project that launched tha… more »

What a first week! Every year, it seems like at least one major player goes down and is either out for an extended period before returning, or is done for the year. This year, obviously, is no different. And the effects are eye opening. With Tom Brady do… more »

I often wonder how much I rely on my laptop. And I'm not referring to development, but for the other things I do - email, twitter, IM, IRC, and RSS feeds. Or put another way, how much of a performance hit am I taking by running those things locally? My l… more »

For those new to the blog since January, come Fall, I change gears a bit. One of the things I've done every year since I started this blog is post my weekly picks. Then, after the games are played, I post the results, and the whole cycle starts over. I'm… more »

When I first looked at NHibernate, the biggest issue I had with it was the configuration files - they looked long, confusing and error-prone. Well, as evidenced by a previous post, I got over that, and did it anyway. But just because I figured it out d… more »

The fourth Grand Rapids TechLunch is coming up quickly, and I'm excited about our guest this time around. We're going to have Bill Kleven, who is a partner at DaVinci Capital, a local firm who's goal is to help businesses develop business strategies and… more »