Brain Food 6-10-2007

My brain's been all over the place lately.

• Close and Dispose ... The using Statement - I had no idea the using statement in C# could do this.  It's exciting to know that even after working with a language for several years it can still surprise you.
• The 411: Stored Procedures, Views, and ORM - Rob Conery is quickly becoming one of my favorite people in the dev world.  He's funny, down-to-earth, sharp, and utterly pragmatic.
• The Faint Signals of Concurrency - The issue of concurrent programming has been on my radar since my realization of where this whole multi-core movement was going to take our industry.  In particular, I've been following the Erlang community a bit, and it's on my list of things to dive into at a later date.
• Firefox Tip: Paste multiple lines to input boxes - Thank god for Lifehacker.  This one's been driving me nuts.