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Author Archives: Stephen Tolton

I work as a software developer at Drexel University. My passions include technology, philosophy, and politics. I’m always trying to find a way to mix the three. This blog is one such attempt.

Links for 2008-06-19 [del.icio.us]

Demystifying The Code : REST in WCF – Part I (REST Overview)Part 1 of an N-part series in building RESTful WCF services.(tags: .net codecenter programming tutorial weblog )

Links for 2008-04-10 [del.icio.us]

New Thinking on the Climate CrisisAl Gore gives an inspiring talk at the TED conference on being optimistic about solving the climate crisis.(tags: weblog gore climate ) How to Setup Git on OS XFor my colleague who was wondering how.(tags: OSX git mac opensource howto weblog )

Dreaming in Code Paperback Released

Yesterday, I received my paperback copy of Dreaming in Code from Scott Rosenberg as part of a free paperbacks for bloggers promotion. I read the hard-cover edition when it was first released, but it has been a while and my original copy is now in the hands of a colleague. So, I will be re-reading [...]

Step Up, Without The Moralizing, Please

I didn’t have the same reaction as Lou, of The Cost of Energy blog, did upon reading this article by Bill McKibben. In fact, I got a bit annoyed by it. It’s not that I disagree with the immensity of the problem or even some of the suggestions for tackling it. It’s that McKibben comes [...]

Links for 2008-02-18 [del.icio.us]

C# Extension Methods: Not Just for Breakfast(tags: c# programming extension.methods weblog )

Simmons, Hirsch, and Rubin on Peak Oil

From The Cost of Energy Blog, there is an excellent Energy Roundtable discussion on the Financial Sense New Hour site that is definitely worth a listen. The audio is available in multiple formats, including MP3, so you can download and listen to it in whatever way is convenient.

Cloverfield

I saw Cloverfield last night in a packed theater. My one word review: intense.

CodeMash 2008 Wrap Up, Part 1

CodeMash 2008 came to end on Friday. This year’s conference was even better than the inagural event; a whirlwind two days, packed with three keynotes and dozens of sessions. I talked with developers coming from a wide range of backgrounds and organizations. As one attendee remarked to me while we were getting food from the [...]

Goodbye

Goodbye, originally uploaded by Neo0ptik.

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0110080731.jpg, originally uploaded by Neo0ptik. Breakfast