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Tim Patrick

http://twitter.com/humorality

Orange County, California

Areas of Expertise:

  • Visual Basic

Biography

Tim Patrick is a software architect and developer with 25 years of experience in designing and building custom software solutions. A Microsoft MVP and Microsoft Certified Solution Developer, Tim has published six books on Visual Basic development, along with several articles. His books include Visual Basic 2005 Cookbook and Programming Visual Basic 2008, both by O’Reilly.

Beyond software development, Tim also writes a regular humor column. Visit his humor page at www.humorality.com.

Books

Programming Visual Basic 2008 Programming Visual Basic 2008
by Tim Patrick
May 2008
Print: $49.99
Ebook: $39.99

Visual Basic 2005 Cookbook Visual Basic 2005 Cookbook
by Tim Patrick , John Clark Craig
September 2006
Print: $49.99
Ebook: $39.99

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Visual Basic 2005 in a Nutshell Visual Basic 2005 in a Nutshell
by Tim Patrick , Steven Roman, Ph.D. , Ron Petrusha , Paul Lomax
Third Edition January 2006
Print: $49.99
Ebook: $39.99

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Blog

Tim's blog posts are hosted at:
http://blog.timaki.com

Book Review: Mercury Falls

November 15 2009

Mercury Falls by Robert Kroese To purchase this book from Amazon.com, click here. True believers have been trying to pin down the apocalypse since angels first visited the Apostle John on Patmos, a crazy evening 1,900 years ago that included a few too many late-night chili-dogs. Some of these prognosticators of man’s… read more

Humorality Joins Humorfeed

November 07 2009

Humorality.com, Tim Patrick’s humor site, is now a member of Humorfeed.com, one of the most popular satirical news feeds on the Internet. More than a simple humor site, Humorfeed offers daily articles and links from dozens of the net’s best humorists, all bundled up in a convenient and tasty RSS… read more

Humorality.com Article Now In Print

August 29 2009

One of Humorality.com’s recent humor articles, “Cash-for-Clunkers Expands to Include Elderly,” was reprinted in September 2009 issue of The Humor Times, a humor publication distributed in the Sacramento area. The monthly newspaper is also available at newsstands elsewhere, for direct order through their web site, or you can subscribe to… read more

Humor Flashes

August 15 2009

Tired of the same old boring news? Worried that the talking heads will give you nightmares? Worried that nightmares will give you talking heads? Now you can wipe these fears away with the new headline service from Humorality.com: Humor Flash. Humor Flash takes the latest news from all around the world,… read more

How I Lost the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest

July 30 2009

Now in its twenty-seventh year, this international fiction contest draws thousands of submissions from dark and stormy typewriters across the globe, each with a single purpose: to craft the worst possible opening sentence to the worst possible imaginary novel. read more

Introducing Humorality.com

July 23 2009

The sponsors of the Internet would like to take a moment to introduce you to a new humor web site, Humorality.com. A spendid site for humorous news and social commentary, Humorality.com is suitable for those who are the life of the party, as well as those who prefer to sit… read more

Obama Selects Justice with Experiences

May 27 2009

President Obama, whose experience as a member of his high school’s varsity basketball team gave him a unique perspective on the difficulties that “big and tall” members of American society have, announced his replacement for outgoing Supreme Court justice David Souter, a man who, due to his lack of television… read more

Magicbell Brothers

May 20 2009

Some friends of mine (Kay Amano and Masayuki Hisa) developed a series of cute videos designed to promote Los Angeles area businesses among Japanese-speaking television viewers. The five videos are called “Magicbell Brothers,” and follow the travails of two space alien hand puppets sent to earth and forced to visit… read more

Dodatki!

May 15 2009

If you’re anything like me, you’ve been enjoying the writings of Tim Patrick for many years. Sadly, your enjoyment has been limited to Tim’s mother tongue of English, since his publishers did not see fit to include a universal translator in each published work. Now there is good news for foreign… read more

Former MS Office chief plans upgrade in space

March 27 2009

Former Microsoft executive Charles Simonyi blasted into orbit today as part of the latest Russian Soyuz space mission, carrying with him a bundle of important software enhancements for the ailing systems on the International Space Station. During his two-week stay in the weightless environment, Simonyi will install new versions of… read more

Obama Replaces Cabinet with Entertainment Center

March 23 2009

In an afternoon press conference in Atlanta, Georgia, President Barack Obama today announced the replacement of his cabinet with a solid-oak entertainment center. The announcement came just after a speech discussing the difficult time that Atlanta residents have had due to the fires set by Union troops, a speech which… read more

The Magic Castle

March 18 2009

Last weekend, my wife and I were invited by a magician-friend to have dinner at the Magic Castle in Hollywood, California. The Castle is a private club for professional and amateur illusionists who need an escape when their I-will-now-make-my-teenagers-act-normal trick fails to work. The “World Famous Hollywood Magic Castle” is located… read more

Microsoft MVP 2009 Summit

March 12 2009

Last week I flew to Seattle to attend the Microsoft MVP 2009 Summit for its selected MVPs (”Most Valuable Professionals”) . Don’t let the fancy name fool you. Although those in attendance are most valuable to Microsoft, and despite what you may have heard, the MVPs are still fed buffet… read more

Visual Basic 2010 Sharp!

March 07 2009

Since 1991, Visual Basic has held the hand of new and experienced programmers as they meandered their way through the minefield of Windows application development. That’s why we here at Microsoft are pleased to announce some of the exciting changes included in the upcoming release of Visual Basic 2010. These… read more

Visual Basic 2010 Sharp!

March 07 2009

Since 1991, Visual Basic has held the hand of new and experienced programmers as they meandered their way through the minefield of Windows application development. That’s why we here at Microsoft are pleased to announce some of the exciting changes included in the upcoming release of Visual Basic 2010. These… read more