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		<title>CompiledQuery&#8230; I wanna have yo babies!</title>
		<link>http://wilbloodworth.com/blog/?p=277</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:21:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A co-worker and friend of mine, Dr. Steve Morrison, came to me the other day and asked if I had used the CompiledQuery (System.Data.Linq.CompiledQuery) class with LINQ-to-SQL. I told him that I had not and he said that he read that it was a big performance gain over just straight LINQ queries. Skeptical as I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SuperStarThemes.com == Awesome!</title>
		<link>http://wilbloodworth.com/blog/?p=274</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:33:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I have been looking for some &#8220;business&#8221; WordPress themes. And after what seemed like an endless and unsatisfying journey, I finally came across a company named Super Star Themes.  Their prices are fantastic, their service is superb, and the quality of their work seems to be outstanding! If you are looking for a new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Math.Round == Bankers Round</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:25:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I was trudging through some old code and came across a (nasty-looking) line of code like this: // OMG this is nasty! price = Convert.ToDecimal(Convert.ToDouble(price.ToString(&#34;#######.##&#34;))); I thought, &#8220;What the hell is going on here?!&#8221;. This was inside a two-case switch statement (which is also totally retarded) and the second case had this type of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Online Whiteboard</title>
		<link>http://wilbloodworth.com/blog/?p=248</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:46:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Software Development]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Twiddla.com is a new web-based company that provides online whiteboarding. It's awesome and needs no other commentary from me. Just go check it out!]]></description>
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		<title>Params &amp; Extension Methods</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[C#]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning I was working on some legacy code (code I find that has no corresponding unit tests assigned to it) and found myself wanting the C# equivalent of the SQL &#8220;NOT IN&#8221; and &#8220;IN&#8221; statements. For example, SELECT COUNT(*) FROM WHERE NOT IN { } So, I wrote a simple little extension method class [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Capability Classes &amp; Queries</title>
		<link>http://wilbloodworth.com/blog/?p=232</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:41:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[C Plus Plus]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, I had the honor and pleasure of teaching an Advanced C++ class at <a title="Exxon Mobil" href="http://www.exxonmobil.com/corporate/" target="_blank">ExxonMobil</a> in Houston, Texas. All of the students were brilliant and were employees in their Research division. I think I was the only one there without a PHd. In fact, several of them, had multiple doctorates or post-doctorates... which I didn't even know existed.]]></description>
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		<title>Make your types have 0 as a valid value</title>
		<link>http://wilbloodworth.com/blog/?p=187</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:07:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Take the following simple code snippet: internal enum MaritalStatus : byte {    Single = 1,    Married = 2,    Divorced = 3,    Widowed = 5 } class Program {    static void Main()    {       var maritalStatus = new MaritalStatus();       Console.WriteLine(&#34;MaritalStatus value = &#34; + maritalStatus);    } } What [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comparing C++ and C# Virtual Invocations</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[C Plus Plus]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In C++, you cannot call a derived class virtual method from a base class constructor because the derived class virtual table hasn't been created yet. In C#, you absolutely can. That is a major difference!]]></description>
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		<title>Leaving Improving :(</title>
		<link>http://wilbloodworth.com/blog/?p=76</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:26:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I came to Improving Enterprises on February 18th, 2008 and I am now officially, but sadly, leaving Improving to work a little closer to home. My time at Improving has been, in a word, awesome! I have had the blessing of working alongside the best and brightest individuals in the industry and I have learned a tremendous amount of cool new stuff as well.]]></description>
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		<title>Forums!</title>
		<link>http://wilbloodworth.com/blog/?p=73</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:13:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forums... remember those things?  They're for more than technical support you know.  So, if you would like to banter with me or others on any topic, head on over to my forum:  http://www.WilBloodworth.com/forums

The forum is a much more "appropriate" location for back-and-forth communications between multiple parties.
]]></description>
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