I've had a horribly upset stomach since yesterday evening. It's bearable, but still nasty. Even the usually foolproof Smecta only helps a little. And last night I had this absurd dream where Dr. House was diagnosing me, while I was trying to tell him that everything was obvious and it would soon go away on its own.
I've also been watching a bit of the detective anime Death Note, video tutorials from https://asp.net/mvc, and writing a small program for personal use. I'm on vacation next week, so while I have the time, I'm going to do everything properly and with unit tests (and maybe even TDD).
I'm also amazed by how much open-source developers love writing something complex and rarely needed. For example, here's a Java virtual machine for .NET: https://web.archive.org/web/20081102003023/https://www.ikvm.net/. In principle, it might come in handy, though very rarely. But as a long-term solution, a Java-to-C# source code converter would be better, such as Sharpen. I looked into these options because I wanted a library for playing mp3 files natively in C#. My search didn't turn up one in that exact form, but I did find one for Java: JLayer. And there is a port made using a source code converter followed by cleanup – mp3sharp. Unfortunately, it can't create audio devices, which means it can't actually play files.
Anyway, I considered all sorts of options and ended up making the program in WPF – its MediaElement plays mp3 files out of the box without any problems, even though it uses Windows Media Player internally.
Why I wrote all of this, and who will understand it, I don't know. My brain, exhausted by the stomachache, is working strangely.