20 Jul
2004

Where’s My Buddy?

It has been over 24 hours since I was told I have a new MS Buddy and I haven’t heard from him yet. I am beginning to worry. While I don’t know my new MS Buddy, Jason yet, I am sure it is not like him to stay out of touch for so long. What […]

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19 Jul
2004

I’m Getting a Buddy!

Microsoft> Buddy by requesting one from from the Microsoft ISV Community.> Here is my Buddy: Jason Hunter Role(s) of: Development Product Expertise in: SQL Server, Visual Studio While I have never met Jason, I look forward to many hours of hanging out at his place playing X-Box and drinking Zema. We’ll go fishing together and […]

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19 Jul
2004

Bye Bye to Mr CIO Guy

Pat Helland wrote and performed a version of Don McClean’s American Pie at TechEd Europe. His version is entitled, “Bye Bye to Mr CIO Guy“. While I laughed until I cried, it was mostly at Pat’s expense, but I am sure he’d be OK with that. His vocal talents are as bad as mine. Don Box […]

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16 Jul
2004

MSN vs. Google Toolbars

Several days ago in this post, I wrote about the installation of the MSN toolbar into my life. One of the innocuous questions raised was “When a popup is blocked, who takes the credit?” The answer is, it depends, but usually Google takes credit for it. More importantly, which one did I just UNinstall? The […]

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15 Jul
2004

Client Side ASP.Net Errors

I have always been bothered by needing to layout my error reporting with an asp:Label and then filling out the Tet property in red or something. I would prefer a windows style feedback like a Messagebox. So, extending Matt Berther‘s idea of base classes for ASP.Net pages, I added the following function to my base […]

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13 Jul
2004

The BMW is gone

So the R100GSPD rode into the sunset tonight. I already miss it. Yeah, yeah, I wanted to get ride of it for the Tiger, but still… It is kinda like breaking up with a stupid and bitchy girlfriend with a smokin body. You are glad she’s gone, but part of you will miss the alone […]

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12 Jul
2004

Rent your own Microsofty

Now don’t get me wrong, I am a Microsoft developer to the core. I embrace their new developer focused initiatives and think .Net is the greatest thing since, well, Java. With all of that, I still have to ask why in the world they have to make their product offerings so complex as to need […]

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