Innocent Bystander
It was Karval Kon time again last weekend, so we had to do a costume. In this case, the costume is of an “innocent bystander” who has to have his face pixelated for his own protection and/or because he refuses …
A Little Door
Since April fool’s day is coming up, I figured it was about time to do a post about the little door. A number of years ago, my boss foolishly decided to go on vacation. Since he was gone, the obvious …
The happiest place…?
I have never been in a war zone or a prisoner of war camp. I’ve never lived in a slum or been abandoned in the middle of an alligator-and-mosquito infested swamp (mental note to contact SyFy with a treatment for …
Fun Zone…
This photo is from the lobby of the Hotel Eleganté in Colorado Springs. They’ve really embraced the idea of fun–in case you can’t read it, the bed has a “try me” sign on it. Interestingly, the hotel has a huge …
If I had a hammer…
This is a shirt I made a few months ago after a particularly difficult meeting! One of the things I find funny is that people frequently don’t read the whole thing — they read the first line, and then are …
Thread-safe generic collections, containers and dictionaries in .NET
It is very common with threaded applications to need to share data between threads, often in the form of dictionaries, lists, stacks, etc. However, the standard containers (generic or otherwise) in .NET are not thread-safe—if you just, say, reference a …
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If you don’t know where to go…
If you don’t know where to go, turn right! At least, I assume that is the meaning of this sign. Alternatively, the sign-maker might be a Doctor Who fan? Or, perhaps, this is how to get to a statue of …
Mythbusters
We met the Mythbusters!!! Yesterday, Jamie and Adam’s final tour came to Denver, and we had passes (along with about 80 others) to go backstage to ask questions and pose for photos. Admittedly, the photo looks a little bit like …
Big and Little Tardises (Tardii?)
A while ago I blogged about 3D printing a Tardis. In fact, the Tardis on the right (the one that is lit up) is the one from that post. But one of the cool things about 3D printing software is …
Bishop’s Castle
Last weekend, at the suggestion of a friend, we drove down to Bishop’s Castle, which is about a 2½ hour drive from Colorado Springs. Bishop’s Castle was basically built by a single guy, named Jim Bishop, over the course of …