I’ve been wanting to learn COM lately, and not knowing where to start I began in some of the MFC books I have. Admittedly, MFC hides quite a bit of COM complexity, but I figured it would be a good place to get my feet wet without getting scared. My first test program is called [...]

Phil Windley, commentator, author and IT industry expert (and also a former professor and supervisor of mine) has a wonderful little statement about Senator Hatch. I try to avoid posting politics on this blog, but I have to mostly-agree with Dr. Windley. I’ve long been very wary of Senator Hatch’s dangerous and lopsided proposals. He [...]

Leticia and I want to express our sorrow and empathy for the brave people of London. While used to terror attacks in the past, this was a particularly egregious act of barbarism. May the families of those who lost loved ones be comforted and may those responsible be brought to certain and swift justice.

I recently had to write a utility that moved hundreds of thousands of files to a new location under a different directory organization. As part of it, I checked to see if the destination directory already existed and if not, created it. At one point I wondered if it would just be faster to try [...]