jeffpaulsen

work post – if you’re one of those folks that reads my blog for the pictures, just move along :)

I’ve got some code that compiles .resx files at run time, using them to make an in-memory resource dll assembly that I can use from a ResourceManager object. I take the RESX and convert it to a .resources file in the temp dir (which I get from Path.GetTempPath()), whose name is in a string var named resFileName.

There’s a bug in this code:

   1:    Dim vbCompiler As VBCodeProvider = New VBCodeProvider()
   2:    Dim codeParams As CompilerParameters = New CompilerParameters()
   3:  
   4:    codeParams.GenerateExecutable = False
   5:    codeParams.GenerateInMemory = True
   6:    codeParams.CompilerOptions = "/nostdlib /noconfig  /define:_MYTYPE=\""Empty\""  /resource:" & resFileName & "

If resFileName is a path containing spaces, our compile won’t go. On some systems, the temp path will contain spaces.

Here's how we get rid of it (see lines 6 & 7):

   1:    Dim vbCompiler As VBCodeProvider = New VBCodeProvider()
   2:    Dim codeParams As CompilerParameters = New CompilerParameters()
   3:  
   4:    codeParams.GenerateExecutable = False
   5:    codeParams.GenerateInMemory = True
   6:    codeParams.CompilerOptions = "/nostdlib /noconfig  /define:_MYTYPE=\""Empty\"""
   7:    codeParams.EmbeddedResources.Add(resFileName)

Simple once you know how. The moral of the story is never concatenate a filename into a string if you don’t have to.

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The bright grey / white sky combined with the shade we’re all standing under made my camera’s automatic metering all wrong, so I had to keep messing with it. As you can see I got some decent ones anyway.

The cool-but-terrifying Puppet Majesties.

went down to Bike Gallery on Saturday to pick up this for my lovely wife:

It is an Electra Amsterdam Royal 8i.

Attention medieval reenactment friends! if you are going to be at An Tir / West War next weekend, and love being the center of attention, have I got a deal for you!

There will be a party Friday night for Duke Steingrim’s birthday. As part of the entertainment for this, I’m going to host readings of two classic Gerhardt von Nordflammen plays. I don’t see any need to rehearse, or even to assign parts – but I would love to get some commitments from players. Scripts will be provided, no memorization required, although familiarity with the material is a big win. I’m happy to find actors on-site the day of, but there are a couple of parts that need a certain kind of actor.

Somebody who is fearless and shameless. A dramatic reading of a satire requires some overacting, especially at a party.

Somebody has to do the erotic mooing.

Are you that person? Contact me by replying to this post, or through private message on this site.

The plays we will be reading through are “The Queen’s Tail”, which can be found on page 53 of the First Folio, and “Steingrim’s Saga”, which starts on page 49 15 of the Second Folio.

http://www.thewestermark.org/history/Gerhardt_Folio1.pdf

http://www.thewestermark.org/history/Gerhardt_Folio2.pdf

If this isn’t for you, but you will be at the event, come to the party! Have a drink and a nosh, celebrate Steingrim’s day, and even watch us perform.

Went down to Atlas Tattoo yesterday for session 2 of 4 with Dan Gilsdorf for my left arm koi sleeve. I was there for a 12:30 appointment, but it turned out I wasn't scheduled until 4, so I goofed off in town for a while.

I'm very happy with how it's coming together, and so is the artist.

Here’s a quick side-by-side of the fresh lines and the fresh shading. The reddish shading is actually grey shading plus blood and bruising. Big fill areas like that leak.

Complete pics of the before and after behind the cut.

next session in 3 weeks.

I had an urge for some scotch the other day, and had none. I went to the liquor store and picked up a bottle of Dalwhinnie 15, which is a perfectly reasonable highland type single malt. This got me to thinking about what I should get at my next trip to a well-stocked liquor store (which my local is not), so I downloaded the 2009 San Francisco Spirits Competition results. Ignoring the stuff I don't drink, and things over $100 per bottle:

BEST VODKA - Dry Fly Vodka, Washington, USA ($30)

BEST RUM - Angostura 1824 12 years old, Tobago, Trinidad ($40)

BEST GIN - Bluecoat Gin, Pennsylvania, USA ($26)

BEST TEQUILA - El Tesoro Platinum Tequila, Jalisco, Mexico ($38)

BEST REPOSADO TEQUILA - Blue Head Reposado Tequila, Jalisco, Mexico ($40)

BEST BLENDED SCOTCH - Buchanan's Special Reserve 18 Year Old Scotch, Scotland ($32)

Your mileage may vary on the prices – I can’t find that Buchanan’s 18 for under $65, myself. Some "double gold medal" winners that I now want to try that I might have otherwise skipped over:

Vodka - Ruskova Select  - $9.

Vodka – UV - $13.

Gin - Monopolowa Vienna Dry  - $16.

Gin - Rogue Spruce Gin - $37.

Bourbon - Buffalo Trace Kentucky Straight  - $24.

Single Malt Scotch - Bowmore 12 Year Islay - $47.

Irish Whiskey - Michael Collins Single Malt  - $40.

The only one from this whole list that is in my local liquor store is the Buffalo Trace bourbon.

“maleficent”, the Disney villainess. Sure.

Somebody was asleep at the switch in the DMV censorship department.

New lens takes fine, fine pictures even in questionable light. I am a big fan of available light photography. Getting the white balance right gets harder and harder as the light dims, though.

for your internetting pleasure:

The Shop

The Design

before

after

This is to be shaded and colored over the course of the summer.