This video is pretty awesome! It's several minutes long (maybe 10 minutes?), but well worth it. If you're on a slow connection you should probably download the file instead of streaming it. Do this by right-clicking on the link and choosing "Save Target As...".
Thanks to Karie (my sister) and Dennis for sending this to me.
Categories: Personal | Fun
So, Robert Scoble recently posted on why he is such an extremist (my own words) when it comes to being pro-RSS. He claims that it builds relationships. Brian Tinkler commented on his blog that, while RSS is a great and important technology, it could never replace the human element when it comes to relationships. In Scoble's follow-up post he says that he is "getting beaten up" by Brian's comments.
Here is what I posted as a comment on Scoble's blog:
I don't think Brian Tink...
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Categories: Technology | Professional
As you may or may not know , I am pretty heavily involved in the local .NET community and serve as the Vice President of the WI .NET Users Group. Well this weekend, March 5, is our third annual day long extravaganza - Deeper in .NET 2005.
Well, I don't know if extravaganza is the right word. Let me check.
(Searching the web...)
OK, Dictionary.com defines extravaganza as "an elaborate, spectacular entertainment or display". I guess extravaganza is the right word a...
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Categories: Development | Community | Technology | UG | Professional
OK, so there's already an updated version that fixes the problem. But there is (was?) a problem!
It seems that Firefox was invincible because no one was attacking it. Now there are 25 million Firefox users. Now there are exploits.
For the record, I occasionally use Firefox myself. It is a fine browser, although I'm not a fan of tabbed browsing. I'm primarily a Microsoft fan, but have a few open source items that I use and appreciate.
Categories: Technology | Professional
Well, I have officially joined the "INETA Academic Committee Student Committee" (quite a mouthful). I participated in my first conference call tonight, and it looks like I might be assisting in the development of a new site for the Student Committee. I'm still learning about the role of these committees. I even had to have a cheat sheet of various acronyms and definitions e-mailed to me in order to make sense of what was happening in the meeting.
I'm actually kind of excited a...
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Categories: Community | Professional
OK. So last week I mentioned that I had been working on a code generator for myself. For what it's worth, I am actually posting the EXE here.
Use this at your own risk! Here is the ZIP download.
In the ZIP there are five files:
The EXE
A Help file (if you can call it that)
A default settings file
Two files used to infer the DB schema. These came from CodeSmith. If it is wrong for me to include these files, someone will tell me and I'll have to remo...
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Categories: Development | Technology | Software Projects | Tools | Professional
Does anyone know of a RSS to CDF converter, or a CDF to RSS converter? It could be as simple as an XSLT file for all I care.
I've been reading lots of blogs via RSS, but am interested in checking out CDF as an alternative (even though it's "ancient technology" by now).
Categories: Technology | Professional
I have decided that I have a new favorite Pop Tart! The Chocolate Chip Pop Tart is delicious. My mouth is watering just thinking about it.
Buy me a box for President's Day... or St Patrick's Day... As a matter of fact, I would appreciate it if I got a box of these every week.
The vending maching at work has had them (I think I ate them all). I had never tried that kind, but didn't know what I was missing out on. I'm working in Illinois the next couple days an...
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Categories: Personal | Fun
One of the benefits of working for a bank is that I am off tomorrow. (Woo hoo!)
Of course, I'll probably still spend much of the day at my keyboard...
I think I'm a lost cause.
Categories: Personal | Work | Professional
Did you ever finish a week at work and realize that your task list for next week is nearly identical as the one for this week?
That's pretty discouraging for me.
This week was full of those "emergency things" that popup and need immediate attention. That, coupled with the fact that I didn't do a good job identifying the scope of some other things, has led to my current situation.
I know that I'll get it all done, and my boss and coworkers are understanding, but I still feel awkwa...
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