When developing software, often you get issues reported by users. These issues are often called bugs. My job is to kill these bugs when I receive them. I just need to know where it is, and how to reproduce it. The most important thing to tell me is how do I cause this bug to happen? What steps do I need to take so that this bug ALWAYS happens? This makes the bug much easier to fix.

I was porting some Java code to C#, and I needed to read in a properties file. I was faced with two choices, convert the properties file to an XML file or write a class to read Java properties files. I wrote a simple class to read it in.

I have been listening to Sirius Satellite Radio for about a year now. I even purchased a second radio for home! The music selection has been great, although new stations usually mean another station gets "the ax" (bring back VACATION!). Lately my favorite station "Alt Nation" has been doing something that I consider horrible! They are not playing the full song.

Now that I've made all this beer, mead and cider I needed labels to go with it. They're not "professional" but they are fun! Here they are.

Nothing is worse than trying to fill in the last few hours of your day at work when you have nothing to do. Here's a new (at least to me) way to fill in the hours.

The hard work has paid off! Here is an example of my beer.

The few commercial meads I've had were *very* sweet. Last night at a work gathering I said I was making mead. Two people who had mead just within a few days said they did not like it. They said it tasted like schnapps and was too sweet.

I read on a brewing message board that you could create a Woodchuck - like cider from apple juice, so I had to try it. Here is what I did and my results.

Well here goes my week. I hope my boss is understanding...

I've brewed beer before. In fact I've brewed a grand total of 4 beers, 3 successfully, and one this century.