Short-circuiting in VB

In a Boolean comparison, the Or operator always evaluates both expressions, which could include making procedure calls. The OrElse Operator (Visual Basic) performs short-circuiting, which means that if expression1 is True, then expression2 is not evaluated.

But you don’t have to endure it. You can use OrElse to get short-circuiting behaviour.

So you probably want:

If (example Is Nothing OrElse Not example.Item = compare.Item) Then
‘Proceed
End If

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4723249/vb-net-if-statement-with-or-condit…

Overheard at work…

VBNET is like taking your cousin to the prom.  There’s a lot of things you’d like to do but can’t, but you still have a date.

-Weston, quoting one of his college professors

Overheard at work…

If you save the entire Bible in a text file, it’s about 5 MB in size.  How big is 30 MB? Well, that’s 6 whole Bibles!”

Optimizing SQL Queries that use MAX

This article saved me today. I’d been trying to figure out how to make my query run faster for days.

After going through this article, my query went from a minute to less than a second. 

Thanks, Maresa!!!

http://www.microshell.com/database/sql/optimizing-sql-that-selects-the-maxmin…

Sooo much cuteness… all in one place…

http://attackofthecute.com/

Researching how to root my phone

What is Rooting?

http://www.androidauthority.com/rooting-for-dummies-a-beginners-guide-to-root…

 

To Root or Not To Root?

http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Root-Your-Android-Phone,review-1688.html

 

Stop Unwanted Junk Mail – to be shared with my mom

The site:

Catalog Choice

https://www.catalogchoice.org/

Info about the site:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16579426

 

Big Brother is watching… time to find out how to root my cell phone…

and reinstall the OS.

Not too happy about this news:

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/11/secret-software-logging-video/

 

In addition, more Big Brother worrisome-ness:

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/11/reasons-to-wear-tinfoil-hats/