Russ Nemhauser

I have 6 Gmail invites and will give one to anybody who gives me a topic for an article they'd like to see written in the ASP.NET arena.

A great guy named Jim Blizzard from Microsoft started a great concept called "Nerd Dinner". Developers gather in an informal setting to discuss their projects, seek advice, or offer suggestions.

As expected, I won the first poker tournament. Doug Seven didn't. And he's the one who taught me how to play today.

I'll be giving my talk Creating Dynamic Themes & Skins in ASP.NET in Redmond at the .NET Developers Association on Monday October 4th. It would be great to see everybody if you will be in the area and you can make it.

I'm not sure if anyone was watching CNN for the Bush speech at the RNC but Ralph Reed (a Bush strategist) was interviewed after Bush finished. He was asked three questions by three different people, and in response to each one he spoke for probably 60 to 90 seconds. Was I the only one who realized that he literally didn't give a single answer to ANY of the three questions? He just roled right in to campaign babble. It was one of the most pathetic things I've ever seen.

I've given away the Gmail accounts. To those first in line who received one, enjoy!

Anybody interested in getting a Gmail account? Email my gmail account with the alias russnem. First come, first serve.

I recently read a quote from Rick Berman (the producer of Star Trek) that the next movie will most likely deal with a time period BEFORE their show "Enterprise" takes place. I find myself thinking "When is this guy FINALLY going to learn? WILL he ever learn?" It's time for new blood. Nobody wants to hear what happens BEFORE the original series. Come on. Star Trek was created to show us (by example) the world we can hope to live in, not how we got there.