A Blog for Graymad

And then he gets really nasty. Now, I don't normally condone ad-hominem attacks on people who annoy us, but in this case, I might make an exception. The article Bellware discusses does seem to betray a boundless ignorance of .NET and Microsoft development in general. And Bellware's response is quite funny to boot.

I just wanted to say a big THANK YOU to all the folks from the Triangle .NET User Group who showed up for my presentation on creating a custom Login server control last night. I had a great time, and the questions from the group were very good as well. I bumped into fellow MVP Cindy Weingarten, who I'd known of through MVP forums and such, but had not yet met, and met several other members of the group as well. Thank you all for making me feel so welcome! Also, thanks to INETA for arranging for me to speak at the UG meeting. If you run, or are a member of a .NET user group, and you aren't an INETA member, you should join now! They have tons of resources for user groups, including arranging for speakers such as myself to speak at your meetings. Best of all, INETA membership is free! And we all like free. ;-)

Clearly, I'm not paying enough attention. Luke commented on my last blog entry that:

Mike Sax notes a cool feature of SharpReader that I didn't even know about: Filtering (search):

The news that Larry Ellison is planning a hostile takeover of PeopleSoft caused Mike Sax to reminisce:

So I've discovered the downside to using a style sheet located on a remote server...when the DSL connection that server is sitting on goes down, your styles are hosed. :-(

So I'm finally starting to recover from my drive from the Washington, DC area to Cary, NC (I'm in town to speak at the Triangle .NET User Group this week). What would normally be a 4-5 hour trip (around 270 miles) took more than 7 hours, thanks in part to torrential downpours that strafed the east coast yesterday. I think it was some of the worst rain I've ever driven in, sometimes so bad that I was down to 20mph on the freeway, with my hazard lights on, praying that the rain would let up enough for me to see more than 2 or 3 car lengths ahead. Not a fun drive. Fortunately, my 7-week old son, Joseph, slept through most of the drive, other than when we stopped to feed him.

This Wednesday evening at 5:00pm, courtesy of the INETA Speaker's Bureau, I will be speaking at the Triangle .NET User Group in Cary, North Carolina. I will be presenting a talk on creating a custom login server control. If you're in the Raleigh/Durham area, please come on by and say "hi!". As an added incentive, I've brought along a whole box of my books to give away at the event...so don't be late!