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Had a pounding headache. Played hockey. Headache gone! #MiracleOnIce about 8 hours ago via TweetDeck
CONDG Call for lightning talks for the September meeting: http://www.condg.org/ 1:27 PM Sep 4th via TweetDeck Retweeted by jamesbender and 2 others
@sempf Yeah, it pretty much rocks! 11:00 AM Sep 1st via TweetDeck in reply to sempf
@jeffblankenburg Meh. Between Zune and last.fm I figure I'm pretty much covered on the music-based social network thing... 10:56 AM Sep 1st via TweetDeck
@jefflembeck @gayleforce SNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #Snakes,WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes 8:17 AM Sep 1st via TweetDeck
Woo hoo! FINALLY finished a feature that took two weeks due to "meetingus interuptus." 10:29 AM Aug 30th via TweetDeck
[sigh] I should have just stayed the f' home today. #ThisIsDayIsTotalBullshitAndItsNotEven10:00 6:43 AM Aug 30th via TweetDeck
@objo @gayleforce Will the rest of the speakers dress like the Pirates of the Caribbean? Not for us, it would just be cool in general. :) 9:52 AM Aug 27th via TweetDeck
@MelGrubb Mail them to contact@condg.org. An "official" post will go up this weekend. 9:51 AM Aug 27th via TweetDeck in reply to MelGrubb
@chusemann Dude, it has four wheels, seats and an engine. What do you need beyond that? 9:50 AM Aug 27th via TweetDeck in reply to chusemann
@sempf If not XPath, quit your job and live under an overpass I suppose... :( 11:38 AM Aug 26th via TweetDeck in reply to sempf
@brianhprince @sempf But it's OK because you know the machines breaks frequently and no one knows how to fix it. 11:37 AM Aug 26th via TweetDeck
Option A: Spend hours digging through 100+ lines of crap code with reflection and God knows what. Option B: Make an enum #WhichWillIChoose? 11:32 AM Aug 26th via TweetDeck
@alanstevens Honestly, no. :) 11:25 AM Aug 26th via TweetDeck in reply to alanstevens
[sigh] Ever look at code and without knowing what it is doing and still think "This is so complicated, there has to be an easier way." 11:21 AM Aug 26th via TweetDeck
[sigh] Lots to do in the next day and a half, and my calendar shows almost zero free time. #YayForMeetings! 10:05 AM Aug 26th via TweetDeck
@chusemann That's pretty cool! 7:31 AM Aug 26th via TweetDeck in reply to chusemann
[sigh] Just spent an hour performing CPR on my unicorn, to no avail. #HesDeadJim 7:13 AM Aug 26th via TweetDeck
Mainframe files make my head hurt. 10:06 AM Aug 25th via TweetDeck
Re-imaging a laptop. I always back them up first, but I'm always worried I somehow missed something... Oh well, ENGAGE! 11:01 AM Aug 23rd via TweetDeck

Name James Bender
Location New Albany, OH
Web http://www.jamesc...
Bio Unfrozen Caveman Architect, Micosoft C# MVP, services/cloud computing geek, fan of Columbus Blue Jackets and Cleveland Browns