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AlanBarber

  1. @unclebiguns the usual microsoft techs; .net, asp.net, c#, vb, sql server, even classic asp :) about 3 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to unclebiguns
  2. pissed off to no end with work today. Anyone looking to hire an entry/mid level developer? I'm willing to move anywhere in the US! about 3 hours ago via TweetDeck
  3. man it is seriously annoying when my personal laptop has twice the performance as my desktop at work. about 5 hours ago via TweetDeck
  4. @cycleofamerica It was nice getting to meet all you guys and having dinner at Easy Street Cafe in Bowling Green, OH! Ride On!!! about 6 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to cycleofamerica
  5. Check out their website http://www.cycleofamerica2010.com/ about 19 hours ago via Touiteur
  6. Having dinner with a bunch of Irish guys riding their bikes across the US for cancer. Very cool. about 19 hours ago via Touiteur
  7. Went the lazy route and booked reservation for mortons steakhouse saturday night. :) #MeWantSteak #Chicago about 19 hours ago via TweetDeck
  8. Heading to Chicago this weekend. Any windy city locals have suggestions on great places to dine? about 21 hours ago via Touiteur
  9. Very nice evening at Levis commons http://twitpic.com/2mtw7m about 21 hours ago via Touiteur
  10. client tours today of the datacenter... augh!!! 6:56 AM Sep 9th via TweetDeck
  11. @nathanblevins i haven't started the screwtape yet. i'm just finishing mere christianity but i have been very impressed so far. 6:24 PM Sep 8th via Touiteur in reply to nathanblevins
  12. would someone tell mother nature to quit being such a stingy broad and turn up the heat. i'm cold! 6:19 PM Sep 8th via Touiteur
  13. Make it wit chu is one of my favorite songs in the whole Desert Sessions series QOTSA Josh Holmes did. An addictive little didy. 5:44 PM Sep 8th via Touiteur
  14. Drinking some coconut water and reading C.S. Lewis at #sbux http://twitpic.com/2mjzfs 5:24 PM Sep 8th via Touiteur
  15. I think i've reach my last straw... 10:12 AM Sep 8th via TweetDeck
  16. @erinstellato That's what my boss always seems to think I can do every time the DB gets choked up. ;-) 7:21 AM Sep 8th via TweetDeck in reply to erinstellato
  17. @erinstellato well you can just open the logs in notepad and list out the locking queries and rewrite them all, right? 7:06 AM Sep 8th via TweetDeck in reply to erinstellato
  18. trying to install @crashplan on GFs new laptop but neither 32 or 64bit win install will run... sets there forever "extracting" on install 4:56 PM Sep 7th via TweetDeck
  19. Say what you might but I've gotten cappuccinos at hundreds of coffee shops and only @Starbucks can make'em right! #IDidn'tOrderALatteDamnit 11:35 AM Sep 7th via TweetDeck
  20. it's amazing how much the simple usage of language and human interaction can bother me so and upset me to the point of getting pissed off... 6:00 AM Sep 7th via TweetDeck