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Edit: Updated link at GitHub. github logo I have finally found an online code sharing site to post my open source code to – Hazware Unity Extensions on GitHub . I posted all of the source code for my Type Tracking Unity Extension there, and decided to follow the Ninject model for licensing – I dual licensed it as MS-PL and Apache, so go enjoy and help me make it better.

I have an IoC challenge that I am currently trying to work through. I have a series of classes that implement more than one interface, with the lifetime of the class needing to be a singleton, and I really don’t like the idea of falling back on custom instantiation code along with potentially custom lifetime management code to make this work.

A few days ago I blogged about searching for a virtual assistant on Using a Virtual Assistant to Offload Noise. I said at the end of that post that I would update my blog with the status of the search as things progressed.

Some time ago I read The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich , and was intrigued by Tim Ferriss’ use of outsourcing for basic personal tasks. The term he used is Virtual Assistant (VA), and he uses them for everything from business tasks to booking his doctor’s appointments. He even challenges the reader to get a virtual assistant for a short time just to try it out and see how much you can extract from your life. I have decided to take this challenge.

In my efforts to experiment with WPF, I decided to try the always popular WPF sample of an irregular or custom shaped window. I had set out the following goals for this sample: