Post Archives for April 2004

Channel9 Wallpaper

Following up on the wallpaper thread on Channel9, I've created my own version of the Channel9 avatar. Sure was nice to get back into Photoshop, its been a bit dusty lately. Available in: 1600x1200 1024x800800x600…

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posted on Apr 30th, 2004 | Permalink | Comments (0)

Google doesn't like name changes

This is an odd occurance in Googledom. So I work at Aptera.  We have a product called the PSA Scorecard, but from November to Febraury it was called the PSE Scorecard.  Since the strategic name change in Febraury, Google hasn't recognized our site.  If you search for PSE Scoreca…

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posted on Apr 27th, 2004 | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tech MeetUps

Although MeetUps rarely happen in my area (Fort Wayne, IN), I thought I would pass along the latest MeetUp I have signed up for. http://sqlserver.meetup.com/  Currently only ten members, this must be a new group. Our user group does not have enough members interested in SQL to start…

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posted on Apr 23rd, 2004 | Permalink | Comments (0)

NUFW : Building and Leveraging Custom Attributes

Tom Barnaby gave a presentation on Building and Leveraging Custom Attributes at our April NUFW meeting last night. Tom is an INETA speaker and an accomplished author. He brought his latest book Applied .NET Attributes and a copy of Distributed .NET Programming in C# for the raffle. The presentation…

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posted on Apr 14th, 2004 | Permalink | Comments (0)

ProjectLonghorn.com

Andrew Watt didn't think it was funny, but I found this humorous.  Check out ProjectLonghorn.com, truly registered by Microsoft. Channel 9 is the Public Broadcasting Station in Seattle.…

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posted on Apr 13th, 2004 | Permalink | Comments (0)

My email is junk

Today while working on a website that sends email messages when certain events occur, I became very confused. The code was simple, thanks to System.Web.Mail, no more CDO, CDONTS or MAPI. I would trigger the event to send the email and every once and awhile I'd get the email. Ack the worst…

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posted on Apr 13th, 2004 | Permalink | Comments (0)

Still using two spaces?

So how many of you are still double spacing after the end of each sentence? I'm done with that. Bill Hill gave me the freedom to just go with one space. Relax, your grammer teacher is not coming to get you. Advance, love the new technology.  This is not your mom's typewriter…

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posted on Apr 12th, 2004 | Permalink | Comments (0)

Scoble's experimental blog

Scoble asks what users think of his experimental rapid-fire blog. My first opinion on the whole thing was not favorable, I didn't really understand why he needed another one.  But then I actually looked at it and started using it. Now with information consumption as my main addiction, I …

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posted on Apr 9th, 2004 | Permalink | Comments (0)

Channel 9 Impressions

I am digging the new Channel 9 site. At first glance I was kind lost and thinking it was a bit disjointed, but I think it has definite potential. Some initial thoughts listed below: The videos are the best. Very original content that adds some extra Gu to the …

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posted on Apr 8th, 2004 | Permalink | Comments (0)

I'm 26 today...

After reading Eric Gunnerson's birthday post, I thought I'd post that today is my birthday, as well. He says he's 28 Hex and I am 26 integral, that's kind of close :)

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posted on Apr 2nd, 2004 | Permalink | Comments (0)