Cory Foy

I just came across this article on TheRecord about a robot called IvanAnywhere: Meet IvanAnywhere: It’s the next best thing to being there; He’ll write software, attend meetings and even chat with co-workers. Just don’t expect this digital marvel to share a cup of coffee during your next break But the interesting part was this:  …

This morning I was going through my emails and I saw an invite for a service called “Quechup” – which sounds a lot like LinkedIn, which I use and enjoy. Something about the name triggered one of those Spidey Sense flags, and I did some searching. I recommend doing the same. What you’ll find is…

Last week I started trying to get RSpec running on the Alpha drop of IronRuby. Turns out it didn’t implement instance variables. However, this morning I found out that John Lam announced the release of IronRuby on RubyForge which includes support for instance variables. Time to dive into the new release…

Wow. I don’t even know where to begin. This week went by so fast, that I can hardly believe that it is Friday, and also that I got zero chance to blog anything while I was here. So without further ado, here’s a wrapup from the conference: Monday It all started with a Rails talk,…

It’s that time of year again, a time for a big group of agilists to get together, have fun, talk shop, and all that good stuff. This year’s conference is in D.C. which should be a good time. The one thing I’m hoping to get out of this is fuel for the next year. My…

I’ve been following the story about the Brazilian airliner that crashed last month. In this afternoon’s story, they reveal some things from the flight recorder, including an indication that one of the throttles was in the wrong position. When they landed, they couldn’t activate the spoilers, and one reason might be this:   Folha speculated…

Yesterday, John Lam announced the first source code drop of IronRuby on his blog. People took it an ran with it, including Scott Guthrie who made a neat WPF sample. For those not aware, John Lam works for Microsoft, so it may seem a little strange to see it released like that. Jason Zander has a…

At my Tampa Code Camp presentation Saturday, one of the things I briefly touched on was test-driving stored procedures in SQL Server using Visual Studio 2008. Given that the nature of databases usually prohibits most teams from diving down this path, I wanted to dive more into this very cool feature. A little background first. In…

On Saturday, I had the privilege of attending (and speaking) at the Tampa Code Camp. It was held this year at St. Pete College, which I think was a much better venue than USF was last year. It was a good thing to – estimates put over 400 attendees, not counting speakers. Wow! My session…

I’m in Washington, D.C. this week teaching some classes. We finished up a little early, so I set out with my camera towards the White House since I’ve never been and I’m only 2 blocks away. Here’s some of the more interesting shots: