Author Archives: strobaek

About strobaek

.NET developer/architect. Runner, espresso drinker and lover of gourmet food.

Joining Microsoft

Some great news on the job front. December 1st I’ll start as Senior Consultant at Microsoft. I’m really thrilled about having been given this opportunity to work for the company, that more or less has made the technologies which have … Continue reading

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Family Gathering

My sister and her family are coming to Denmark next week. This is going to be the first time in almost two years we are going to see them, and it is going to be great! The kids are really … Continue reading

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Community Connection II – .NET best practices

I will be attending the one day Community Connection II on .NET best practices taking place in Malmø, Sweden on November 26. Say “hello” if you happen to attend as well.

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Dependency Injection: patterns, principles and containers

My good friend Mark is going to speak on DI in Malmø on 18 November. This is a SWENUG event. It is really great that the community is working across the pond so xNUG members from Denmark can go visit … Continue reading

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Umbraco DK Festival

I will be attending the Umbraco DK Festival in Copenhagen on November 19. Pop over and say “hello” if you want to meet IRL. Could be fun!

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Mike Cohn on Leading a Self-Organizing Team

Wednesday 8 December I will be attending a “go home meeting” featuring the Scrum expert Mike Cohn. Really looking forward to it, as Mr. Cohn is one of the big names in this racket. From his own description: One of the … Continue reading

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Pythagorean proof

I recently wrote a blog post on beautiful mathematics. Mathematics can be beautiful or pleasing in many ways, one of them being if the proof is elegant. Apparently one of the theorems for which the greatest number of proofs exists … Continue reading

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Personal Backup Solution

Just read a nice blog post by @4nd3rs (in Danish) about his considerations about online backups; what to use and local vs. remote backup. In the following I will try to describe my own setup. It has been a work … Continue reading

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Playing with LaTeX

Just learned that the plug-in I use to format has an option that lets you control the size of the formula when using displaystyle. Have to try it. with the coefficients Beautiful.

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Laying on those kilometers

I finally did it. It has been too long, and right now, I am sore as hell. I am talking about the distance of my run today. Ever since “loosing” the front ligament in my left knee last December I … Continue reading

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