the high jump

"You have died of Dysentery!" Have a nice day! ~Todd Gibson

I find myself having a hard time fighting my curiosity to see if this will also happen to me... time to change the subject in my brain... oooo bacon!

"You have died of Dysentery!" Have a nice day! ~Todd Gibson

OnLiquidNitrogenNeeded(object sender, EventArgs salma)
{
mCListControl.Items[42].Value = salma.CoveredIn.Bacon;
}

FTFY! ;)

"You have died of Dysentery!" Have a nice day! ~Todd Gibson

Yea... but it's for a good cause! hmmm ..!!! :cool: .. My dirty underwear will now be going on sale on ebay to support [Insert Favorite Charitable Organization Here]... ;P

"You have died of Dysentery!" Have a nice day! ~Todd Gibson

Works for me in Chrome...

"You have died of Dysentery!" Have a nice day! ~Todd Gibson

mmmm... bacon!!

"You have died of Dysentery!" Have a nice day! ~Todd Gibson

My bad... missed that!

"You have died of Dysentery!" Have a nice day! ~Todd Gibson

For all those that still believe the lunar landing was a hoax... perhaps these photos are a hoax too? Hoax?[^] :omg:

"You have died of Dysentery!" Have a nice day! ~Todd Gibson

haha... indeed! :-D

"You have died of Dysentery!" Have a nice day! ~Todd Gibson

I would be leaving now if we didn't have an important release scheduled this afternoon.

"You have died of Dysentery!" Have a nice day! ~Todd Gibson

Because I'm the Typhoid-Mary... Fever, headache, etc... ugh!

"You have died of Dysentery!" Have a nice day! ~Todd Gibson

That's correct... they eat braincon :P

"You have died of Dysentery!" Have a nice day! ~Todd Gibson

Sounds like an episode of Full House. ;)

"You have died of Dysentery!" Have a nice day! ~Todd Gibson

Deyan Georgiev wrote:

IE8

Wellp... there's your problem! ;P

~ballistikx

I installed it on my dell inspiron e1705 laptop and win7 had drivers for it. The only driver I had to install was for the touchpad (so I can scroll) and I used the vista/xp driver and it works just fine. The OS runs great and is very stable on it and faster than vista I must say. I have everything running smoothly on it; VS2008, SQL Server 2008 (and 2005 Express) as well as all my other tools. I've not encountered any problems yet (knock on wood :-D )!

~ballistikx

Everyone has their opinion. I'll let you know if mine changes. It may very well one day. But for now, it sure beats the pants off of working for the man. I would rather work 60 hours a week for myself than 60 hours in a run-of-the-mill-nobody-cares-about-their-job-that-i-only-get-paid-for-40-hours-anyway situation.

~ballistikx

Well of course you can only make so much as the hours you can humanly work. There is always the possibility of expanding and sub'ing work out to others which like you said makes your earning potential that much greater. But I think the conversation here is more about the enjoyment of ones work than it is about the potential for riches. That being said, I do have a commercial app in the works. Any unallocated hours I can squeeze in go towards that project. The current money-makers come first. :-D

~ballistikx

John C wrote:

Freelance programming is a suckers game, always has been always will be.

You're entitled to that view... and I agree that writing a commercially viable product is a great idea. But in the meantime, you have to earn a living. And writing your dream app in your underwear doesn't pay the bills. See my post above for my freelance experience, it has been anything but a "suckers game".

~ballistikx

I'm generally just a lurker and information gatherer on most forums I visit but when I feel like I can offer 2 cents I do. I have been a freelance developer for just under 2 years now. Before that I worked at a couple of different software shops that gave me some good experience and insight into sounds development practices, etc. I have been a "professional" developer for almost 7 years now. I have always had a passion for this line of work and I started with BASIC when I was around 13. In my 2 years now as a freelancer, I have never once had to advertise, have my own website, or even purchase business cards for that matter (the few I have I got for free, I may need to buy some eventually when these run out). What has worked for me and like many others here have mentioned, is simple word of mouth networking. One of the best things I have done, is to get in contact with other freelancers (conferences, local coffee shop, etc) and form relationships with them. This has led me to plenty of work. In fact, much of the work I get comes from work that my other freelance contacts just can't fit in so they recommend the client call me or give me the client's contact info on their behalf. Other work has come from satisfied clients recommending me to their other business-owning friends, etc. The bottom line is, this has worked and is working great for me (your results will vary ;) ). I have a small client base that usually comes back for more and a few good freelance contacts to share work with. Business is solid, I make my own hours, I please my clients, I please my wife, I play with my son. Life is great! In summary, if there were 3 strong points I could make that make all the difference: 1) Relationships 2) Relationships 3) Relationships

~ballistikx

iangrech wrote:

Beer is the answer to life's problems.

To quote Homer Simpson... "To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to.. all of lifes problems!" :laugh:

~ballistikx