A Blog for Graymad

Make sure to check out the Birds of a Feather (BoF) sessions, which are being run by INETA:

Just want to say “thank you” to all the folks who came out to the Ronald Reagan building in Washington, DC to see the DevDays presentations today. I had a great time presenting, along with my buddy Anil, and like Anil, I definitely got the impression that folks got a lot out of the talks. Thanks also to Justin Damelin, the local Microsoft Developer Evangelist who was responsible for coordinating the event with the speakers, and all of the other great folks who made the event (IMHO) a great success. Now I can’t wait for the next one. J

Apparently this movie, which is currently slated for release only in Japan, is a live-action version of a classic anime story. Looks like these folks have decided that after the somewhat disappointing (but beautiful) CG movie Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, live action is the way to go. All I can say is that the trailer looks amazing, and makes me hope that a subtitled version will eventually reach the U.S. Heck, I might even watch this one without subtitles (ok, not really, but it it's close).

A quick reminder…DevDays in Washington, DC is this Thursday, March 4^th. I’ll be presenting the security overview for the Web track. If you read my blog, please stop by and say “hi” afterwards.

Kent officially announces the availability:

I haven't made it since before I started my blog, but I shared the following recipe on a mailing list a while back, and it was well-received, so I'm posting it here for any chili fans. It's ready-made for modification, so go nuts! :-)

My latest article on the MSDN ASP.NET Developer Center is up. It walks through the process of building a server control that allows simplified registration and login using Forms Authentication against an XML credentials file (of course, you can easily modify the control to use whatever credential store you’d like). Take a look, and if you have any comments, I’d love to hear them.

 Tonight’s meeting of the Northern Virginia SQL Server User Group has been cancelled due to inclement weather. Check the Web site for updates on next month’s meeting.