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Did you notice that things look a bit different around here? That's because I just upgraded Mad Props to the new beta of CommunityServer . I'm still spelunking to find all the new things (there are many!), and there will be a few little niggles here and there because it's not the final release...
Greg has linked to a tentative schedule for Code Camp Oz 2006 . Looks good! I'll be particularly interested in the BizTalk, WPF and LINQ sessions on day 1, but there will be some other more "down to earth" sessions like "Avoiding recompiles with SQL Server" and "Hacking Applications"...
So it turns out that a few weeks ago I broke Comicster. If you've been trying to install it and getting a crash when it first tries to fire up: That's my stupid fault. I've fixed it now (I believe), so please grab it and try it out. I'm sure you'll love it if you give it a try....
So tonight I'm sitting down pondering the schema of a comic-book collection in WinFS. Some things are very clear to me. For example, a "publisher" is an organization, and WinFS already provides a Contacts.Organization type. It provides everything I need to record a publisher, so I don't even need to...
Now that IE7 is in public beta, I decided to pull it down and give it a try. In summary: Very impressed! But there are a few minor things I'd like to see before the final release. There are plenty of in-depth reviews (I liked this one) of IE7 out there, so I won't bore you with details. I'll...
Ok, I'm going to write a series of posts that contain random, disconnected points about WinFS as they come to mind. I'm not going to write them as bullet points or anything, just free paragraphs. I might even add to the points in this post later on. Keep in mind that some of these points may not even...
Finished Designated Targets (the sequel to Weapons of Choice ) last night. Now I have to wait for the third book, The Last Good War, which is due out some time this year. Damn! This is one awesome series. You can find John Birmingham ("Birmo", in the Aussie nickname tradition) at his blog,...
Crucible and I were just discussing Xbox360 and its connections to the tele. The 360, of course, will not be available here in Australia until March, so everything's just hearsay around here. Anyway, the gist of our conversation involved the annoncement that Microsoft will be releasing an HD-DVD...
Some of you might have seen this on digg.com: What's Up? is a real-time view of what's happening in the world, presented as an animated map of earth. It's quite entertaining to sit there and watch the news as it happens (or at least as it's posted to a news site somewhere). Edit: Ah, he's taken it down...
Back, by popular demand, it's: This instalment of Apostrophe Watch is directed at footwear and clothing manufacturer/retailer Rivers (check out their web site for more crimes against language, including the use of non-words like "womens"). Rivers have an advertisement on TV for children's footwear...