But how could a test drive design??

Diposting oleh good reading on Kamis, 31 Mei 2007

Good question, I'm glad you asked...Actually, I asked myself during my long a** commute, which gave me a lot of time to reflect.The weird thing about TDD is that there is no design.You don't design tests. You write them, one at a time.This is something [...]
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Xna Feature Request

Diposting oleh good reading on Selasa, 29 Mei 2007

Kris is soliciting votes for an xna feature -- GameServiceContainer.GetService<T>(i.e. Make GetService support Generics!)Follow the link and click "vote now".Use your MSDN/Live credentials to log in.If you get a page not found error, you need to [...]
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No-Bake Chocolate Cheesecake

Diposting oleh good reading on Senin, 28 Mei 2007

Made this no-bake cheesecake with a pack of Kraft's Philadelphia light cream cheese. It is supposed to be a Triple layer chocolate cheesecake. But you can see from the photo, it didn't turn out as expected. The three layers [...]
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Pair programming, team ownership and collaboration -- Oh crap!

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For me, like many others in our field, talking to people and collaborating wasn't as natural as coding and designing.I never needed to talk out a design, it would just happen. I loved creating software and I was quite good at it. In a few short years [...]
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TDD, What a bitch

Diposting oleh good reading on Minggu, 27 Mei 2007

Whenever I talk to someone who is interested in learning TDD I let them know that it is a very difficult concept to put into practice. It takes a lot of discipline and significant changes in the way you think and code.Nobody mentioned this to me before [...]
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Chocolate Marble Bread

Diposting oleh good reading on Senin, 21 Mei 2007

I finally made it! This is my second attempt on a chocolate swirl bread...it is definitely much better than my previous attempt.I realised that in order to prevent the chocolate from oozing out from the dough, the texture [...]
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Sweet Potato Bread

Diposting oleh good reading on Minggu, 20 Mei 2007

These Japanese sweet potatoes have beautiful purple/pinkish skins, although the insides are orange. They are sweet and moist. I would usually boil them and will eat them plain. They taste really good when piping hot!I used [...]
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Storage

Diposting oleh good reading on Sabtu, 19 Mei 2007

I have amassed many, many articles for doing hair. An addiction if you will. A brilliant friend devised this clever way to store her hair articles. I just modified it for my own needs. I purchase an over-the-door shoe holder [...]
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High ponytails for the hair impaired

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My baby has short hair and I keep it short until all of her layers grow together (I have issues with scraggly baby hair). I wanted to have two ponytails on the top of her head one day so this is what I came up with. Make [...]
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French braid across the front

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I make my daughter lie on her side for this one. I part the hair and pull the bottom half into a ponytail to keep it out of the way. I start above one ear and go across the front of her head. This one takes a little patience. [...]
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Twist to a ribbon

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I don't know how to explain twists. I am not very good at them myself. So just look and see if you can figure them o [...]
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Cascading knots

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Divide the hair in half. Pull into two ponytails and knot them. Then add that ponytail to the next section and knot again. Do the same thing one more ti [...]
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Dual French Braids to Crown

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I think this one is so feminine. Part the hair into two and French braid to the crown. Secure with elastics and add a pretty ribbon. I love curling the ends with this o [...]
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Smocking

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This is the cutest using bright-colored elastics. Divide hair into ponytails at the front of the head. Separate the ponytails into two. Divide hair again. Slowly go down in number. I like to stop their hair at one or three [...]
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Soft and Sweet

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For Easter I like their hair soft. Reminds me of fluffy chicks. So for this one I pulled her hair up into a ponytail from her ear opposite her part to her part. I put it in a ponytail in the center of the two points. I curled [...]
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Ribbon Braids

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Pull the hair 1/2 way up into two ponytails. At the base, tie a double long length of ribbon. Braid to the ends using the ribbon as one of your three sections. Secure at the ends with elastics. Tie the ribbons up and add [...]
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Messy buns

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I love a slanted part. Part the hair from the side where their hair parts naturally and part it to the center of the crown. Pull into two ponytails. Twist until the ends just poke out. Secure with bobby pins. I love putting [...]
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Dance Hair

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I LOVE curls on my kids. LOVE them. Unfortunately we were blessed with stick-straight hair. Our perfect solution is a flat-iron and a small barrelled curling iron. I pulled her hair 1/2 way up and sprayed the heck out of [...]
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Knots

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Some call these topsy-turvy ponytails, we call them knots. Whatever you call them, they are great for vacations and swimming because they keep hair out of sweaty faces. Pull the hair into a ponytail. Use a rat-tail comb [...]
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Lots of ponytailsl with cute clippies

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I think this one is cuter on thicker hair, but I tried it on my little girl when hers was thinner. I have done it many times since then, but this is the only picture I ha [...]
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Ponytails with zig-zag part

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Using a rat-tail comb, part the hair in a zig-zag down the center. Pull into two ponytails. Add ribbons for a cute finishing tou [...]
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Double twisted bun

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Pull the hair into a low ponytail. Section into two pieces. Twist one piece and secure with bobby pins. Twist the second section and wrap the opposite way. Leave the ends out for flipping. [...]
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Two braid buns inter-twined with ribbon

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Make two ponytails at the crown. Tie a long length of ribbon and section the ponys into two. Using the ribbon as the third piece, braid. Fasten at the ends with an elastic. Wrap the braid into buns securing with bobby pins. [...]
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Two-braids pulled together at the crown

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Two ponytails tied in knots

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This one was much cuter before she came home from school. I took the ponytails and twisted them and tied them in knots at the base. I secured the knots with bobby pi [...]
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Lattice Ponytails

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Hot Agilista Update

Diposting oleh good reading on Jumat, 18 Mei 2007

Hot Agilista #2 (that's me) is in her hotel room writing a blog entry. Meanwhile Hot Agilista #1 (thats Oksana) packs her things for the journey home.Things I learned at devteach:Oksana and I are Boffers, not SpeakersAyende's mind never stops. Its not [...]
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Xbox back online

Diposting oleh good reading on Rabu, 16 Mei 2007

Someone mentioned today that my xbox was broken and I realized I needed to post about my gaming activity.An update:As of two weeks ago it was fixed and until I left for DevTeach I was spending most of my time playing Guitar Hero. What a great game!!I [...]
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Wholemeal Bread

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I've been missing from blogging for the past few days...was busy...hmmm...with doing Nothing ;) Yes, I have let my oven and bread machine a good rest while I was busy with nothing in particular...unless you count watching [...]
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The Gentle Art of Pair Programming -- the Short, Short Version

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Oksana and I held a birds of a feather session on Pair Programming this afternoon and after a late start, we had big turn out.The audience was excellent and enthusiastic. Thank you for your questions and interest!For those of you who didn't get enough [...]
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Hello from DevTeach

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DevTeach is well underway in Montreal and the agile track, has been getting a great turn out. I'm really glad to see an interest in agile; I hope people take something back with them.While the presentations are good, the best part of any conference is [...]
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My First Korean Dish

Diposting oleh good reading on Kamis, 10 Mei 2007

I have finally cooked my first Korean dish...Kimchi Bokkumbap (stir fried Kimchi with rice).I managed to squeeze some time to run down to Wisma Atrium to get kimchi from this eatery located within Food Republic. I find the [...]
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Swirls and Twirls

Diposting oleh good reading on Selasa, 08 Mei 2007

Yes, I am back to bread making...only after a few days break! I made a plain loaf on Sunday and a batch of chocolate sweet buns this morning. I am really mad over bread making lately...thanks to my bread machine...I have [...]
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Mango and Peach Charlotte Cake

Diposting oleh good reading on Sabtu, 05 Mei 2007

I first got to know about a charlotte cake in one of the recipe pages found in a local magazine. I was attracted to the pretty cake as it looks very elegant with the ring of ladyfingers (sponge fingers), strawberries and [...]
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from Anne's home to mine

Diposting oleh good reading on Rabu, 02 Mei 2007

This is my version of Dorie Greenspan's Devil's Food White-Out Cake. Sorry, it didn't do any justice to an otherwise gorgeous cake.After having seen the recent post by fellow flogger pal, Anne, I couldn't resist the temptation [...]
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