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The 2022 Shopping Spree

November 6, 2022 By Michael Outlaw Leave a Comment

It’s that time of year where we’ve got money burning a hole in our pockets. That’s right, it’s time for the annual shopping spree. Meanwhile, Fiona Allen is being gross, Joe throws shade at Burger King, and Michael has a new character encoding method.

The full show notes for this episode are available at https://www.codingblocks.net/episode197.

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The 2021 Shopping Spree

October 24, 2021 By Michael Outlaw Leave a Comment

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The Mathemachicken strikes again for this year’s shopping spree, while Allen just realized he was under a rock, Joe engages “no take backs”, and Michael ups his decor game.

The full show notes for this episode are available at https://www.codingblocks.net/episode170.

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The 2020 Shopping Spree

October 25, 2020 By Michael Outlaw Leave a Comment

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It’s our favorite time of year where we discuss all of the new ways we can spend our money in time for the holidays, as Allen forgets a crucial part, Michael has “neons”, and Joe has a pet bear.

Reading this via your podcast player? If so, you can find this episode’s full show notes at https://www.codingblocks.net/episode144, where you can join the conversation.

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Developer Shopping Spree 2019

November 11, 2019 By Michael Outlaw Leave a Comment

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We discuss this year’s shopping spree only to learn that Michael spent too much, Allen spent too much, and Joe spent too much.

This episode’s show notes can be found at https://www.codingblocks.net/episode119, where you can join in on the conversation, in case you’re reading this via your podcast player.

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Developer Shopping Spree

November 4, 2018 By Michael Outlaw 11 Comments

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With the holiday season soon approaching, we address the most important requirements list of all … our wish lists as Joe has to disclose a cheese powder incident, Michael hopes his Bitcoin gains some value, and Allen researches his purchases to the extreme.

Using your podcast player to read these show notes? You can view this episode’s full show notes and participate in the discussion over at https://www.codingblocks.net/episode93.

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How to Spend $2,500 on Developer Gear

November 13, 2017 By Michael Outlaw 75 Comments

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We’re back with another installment as we challenge ourselves to compare how we’d each spend $2,500 on developer gear as Allen waxes on about the loudest quiet keyboard, Joe teaches us how cheese is made, and Michael puts some neon on his computer.

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Stack Overflow Salaries and Landing the Job

August 2, 2016 By Michael Outlaw 22 Comments

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This week on Coding Blocks, Allen says www as best he can, Joe eats the microphone, and Michael does something crazy as we discuss Stack Overflow’s Salary Calculator and our experiences in landing the job – what to do and what not to do.

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Toys for Developers

November 9, 2015 By Michael Outlaw 31 Comments

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The holidays are coming sooner than we realized, so we gotta get our wish lists together. After all, no one wants to sit around the Festivus Pole without their favorite dev toys. This week we discuss some of the toys we love, as well as the ones we drool over, and even the ones we’re not so crazy about.

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Our Favorite Tools

December 28, 2014 By Michael Outlaw 17 Comments

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We gather around the Festivus pole this holiday season and before we get into the Airing of Grievances, we discuss our favorite tools. No, not people. Actual tools. Srsly. Now I know what you’re thinking “That’s going to be a long list”. Nope. Michael made rules. So the rules are simple: [Read more…]