willcodeforcoffee.comThe personal programming blog of Eric Hoff.

What is Google Wave?Filed Under: Uncategorized

Google Wave has been bugging me for a while because I didn’t understand what it was – until I saw this video.

Now I understand completely.
Via Gizmodo

Coder Girl (Video)Filed Under: Uncategorized

Found this on the Twitter thanks to @snookca:

I loled.

So Much For VacationFiled Under: Starting Up, Uncategorized

And I’m back at work again!  I got a call from a friend of a friend on Canada Day needing some help with a PHP project.  So it’s back to the grindstone for me!

PSake: PowerShell MakeFiled Under: Uncategorized

Ever since I first heard about it on the Plumbers @ Work Podcast I’ve been looking forward to the release of the psake PowerShell build tool James Kovacs was developing.

Looks like one of the first versions have been released.  I’m excited for two reasons: 1) command-line build tools are always the most powerful tools, 2) I can use this to learn PowerShell! 

Anyway, thanks to James Kovacs!  I’m looking forward to trying it out!

Moved Blog HereFiled Under: Uncategorized

Hi, I’m moving my blog here.  I did a manual install on eric.willcodeforcoffee.com and it hasn’t let me post in months, even with updates and stuff… 

So I’ve moved the blog to the top level.  We’ll see how that goes.

Officially Unemp- I’m mean SELF EmployedFiled Under: Uncategorized

No more day job!  Today marks the first day I will be working on my side business full time!  I’m really excited.  I know it will mean a lot of work and sacrifice, but I’m up to the challenge.

A Warning to Skype UsersFiled Under: Uncategorized

Just a warning to anyone else out there who uses Skype: Skype uses TCP Port 80 and Port 443 as alternatives for incoming calls!  This will prevent you from starting up IIS or Apache (which was happening to me).

To fix this issue open up Skype Options (Tools > Options in the Menu) and select the “Connection” tab. There you will find a checkbox marked “Use port 80 and 443 as alternatives for incoming connections”.  Uncheck that box and you should be okay.

.NET Framework 3.0 has been releasedFiled Under: Uncategorized

Just in case you haven’t heard, the .NET Framework 3.0 has been released (RTM):
.NET Framework 3 News and Announcements : .NET Framework 3.0 has been released

I wonder when the new Visual Studio will be out?

Is your IDE Hot or Not?Filed Under: Uncategorized

The website Is your IDE Hot or Not? poses an interesting question.

There aren’t very many good colour schemes on there yet. Seems like everyone has a black background instead of the standard white background. I made my theme based on the Textmate Theme for RadRails, adapted for the Visual Studio IDE. Consolas is a really great font!

My New BlogFiled Under: Uncategorized

Hello everyone, this is my new weblog for my company’s site, WillCodeForCoffee.com. The blog is humourously named Eric Will Code For Coffee! Yes, I laugh at my own cheesy jokes.

Coming soon I’ll write some posts about coding in ASP.NET, C#, and PHP as well as designing for ASP.NET with CSS – my favourite subject!