Robert McLaws: FunWithCoding.NET

I just got this from Tim Heuer, the MS Developer Evangelist for Phoenix, and I thought I'd pass it along directly. It is really big news, IMO. Any emphasis is mine.

I went to sign into MyMSN tonight, and I was greeted with a completely different Passport sign-in page. Clicking through for more details brings me to a different Passport home page than I've seen before. When I signed in, I was asked a bunch of information about my birthdate, etc... and then I had to agree to a new terms of service.

From "The Chris Pirillo Show":

From "The Chris Pirillo Show":

Have you ever tried to build an addin for Visual Studio? I'm working on one right now, and it's not much fun. I was hoping the VS2005 SDK (formerly VSIP) would be a bit more user-friendly than the previous versions... but I was wrong.

Today I launched a project that has been a long time coming. LonghornBlogs.com launched new RSS feeds with AdSense ads embedded in each entry. I'm very please to be the first (and currently the only) site sanctioned by Google to test out this new product. I can't talk about much more than that, but you can read a bit more about it here.

I'm in Seattle for WinHEC, and it's a gorgeous day out. I'm staying with Chris Pirillo while I'm here, having a great time so far. His house is as geeked out as one might expect. He's got a great view of the city... I just might have to get my personal blog back online so I can post some pictures.

Now that VS2005 Beta 2 is out, I'm wanting to move all of my development to the new platform. To be able to do that, I need to be able to build to .NET 1.1 The problem is, my MSBuild Compatibility Toolkit is incomplete at best. It needs a few things added, and I don't have the knowledge or the time to do it all myself. I'm looking for people who can help: