Scott Elkin

Author: Scott

  • Resharper, CodeRush, Visual Assist Comparison

    In the spirit of Scotty and Timmy among many others, I decided to try out these tools. Keep in mind these are my opinions, so I will qualify this once here so I don't have to keep doing that below. Also keep in mind (even when visiting the guys I linked too) that most of…

  • Celeb Spottings April 5, 2005

    Per Lisa the sis-in-law: Giovanni Ribisi browsing at American Rag (of which I boycott and defame) on Sunday, April 3 Sidney Poitier lunching at Belvedere Restaurant at the Peninsula Hotel on Tuesday, April 5 Jack Valenti (former head of Motion Picture Assoc) also at Peninsula

  • Deadwood and Lord of the Rings

    Just realized that the guy that played Wormtongue in The Two Towers also plays the doctor in the HBO series Deadwood. Brad Dourif as Wormtongue Brad Dourif as Doc Cochran I wouldn’t guess most people would know that (or care, he he).

  • Prius Hack

    $3,000 hack to get the Prius to run solely from battery and allow recharge from electrical outlet: New York Times: Hybrid-Car Tinkerers Scoff at No-Plug-In Rule

  • Google Gulp for Google April Fools

    Oh Google, you just love you some April Fools… I have five Gulp Caps to give away. Let me know if you want one. Update: Man, look at their Google Mail advertisement too.

  • Ticks to Seconds in DateTime

    In using ticks with the TimeSpan and DateTime classes, I couldn’t find a reference anywhere to tell me how many Ticks were in a Second. Call me crazy. Now I know. 1 second = 10,000,000 Ticks = 100 nanoseconds

  • Call DTS Package From Stored Procedure

    I figured this out a LOOONNG time ago, but couldn’t find it quickly when I needed it today. Like many things I post, I do it for myself so that I can easily find it later. So, if you want to call a DTS Package from a sproc, here’s the code: //Replace DTS_NAME with the…

  • LCD Screen Types and Acronyms

    I have never understood the acronyms associated with LCD screens. It seemed each time I looked there was a new one. Up until now I just memorized which one was better than another. I just found these LCD definitions that clean all that up. Under the definition for “Resolution” are a list of the acronyms…

  • Celeb Spottings March 29, 2005

    A few days late on this one, but Dustin (my bro-in-law) saw Joey McIntyre from New Kids on the Block fame shopping in a new clothing store somewhere in Beverly Hills. No comment on how or why he knew of him since Dustin had no sisters growing up. This is a shout out to my…

  • Why the PSP Sucks

    I really want to like and buy the PSP. But I just can’t. I admit that I have never been a Sony fan. The brand really means “more expense while lacking innovation and style” to me (with a few notable exceptions). And I never cared for the Playstation. I always had a Nintendo growing up…