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About Author: Garland MacNeill

Website: http://www.nyteshades.com
Description: Garland is a full time Systems Analyst for a school district in Tulsa, OK. Currently Garland is working on the completion of his masters degree from Capella University in Enterprise Software Architecture. In addition to working full time and going to school, Garland is married to his High School sweetheart Aj. Some of Garland's outside interests include motorcycles, spending time with nature, and enjoying the family cabin in Northern WI. In addition, Garland is also a fan of the Green Bay Packers and an avid fan of the Colorado Avalanche. He also enjoys watching MotoGP racing.

Posts by Garland MacNeill

On to better things…

Posted on May 20, 2012 | No Comments
At the beginning of the year, I posted up about some goals that I wanted to make happen for the new year. The first goal on that list was to...
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The Hunger Games

Posted on April 27, 2012 | No Comments
I guess I’m a little late to the party with this book review, but oh well. The wife was traveling for the first two weeks of April and I guess...
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Model Driven Architecture

Posted on April 25, 2012 | No Comments
Presentation for Aspect Oriented Architecture (AOA) for Enterprise Software Architecture course. Presentation Notes: (number to slide) Slide 2 Model Driven Architecture is a development frame work for disparate software systems....
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Aspect Oriented Architecture

Posted on April 25, 2012 | No Comments
Presentation for Aspect Oriented Architecture (AOA) for Enterprise Software Architecture course. Presentation Notes: (number to slide) Slide 2 AOA stands for Aspect Oriented Architecture, also known as AOP or Aspect...
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UML Presentation

Posted on April 25, 2012 | No Comments
Presentation on UML for Enterprise Software Architecture course. Presentation Notes: (number to slide) Slide 2 1)The Unified Modeling Language or UML for short is a programming language used to design...
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Epiphany’s Hurt: Especially the Beginner’s Mind

Posted on April 11, 2012 | No Comments
When I decided to go back to school to get my Master’s in Enterprise Architecture, it seemed like a good way to learn development and to really get a solid...
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J. Edgar

Posted on February 24, 2012 | No Comments
Ok, I’ll admit I’m a fan of Clint Eastwood. I mean you don’t get much tougher than Clint. This is a man who speaks his mind and tells you how...
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Microsoft vs Apple: Here we go again…

Posted on February 24, 2012 | No Comments
And no, I’m not paying a royalty to Great White for that phrase. In what appears to be a fashionable Hollywood fad, Apple and Microsoft are “rebooting” their storied rivalry,...
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Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP ACT (PIPA)

Posted on January 18, 2012 | No Comments
Today, January 18, 2012, major online “entities” such as Wikipedia, Mozilla, Google, have brought a political fight to the Internet. While organizations like Wikipedia have elected to go dark, other...
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Top 25 geek New Year’s Resolutions for 2012

Posted on January 6, 2012 | No Comments
I’m borrowing this from Tech Republic….well, just because some of these made me chuckle. The Original Post Takeaway: Here are 25 suggested resolutions for the dork-tacular among us. Every year,...
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