November 2005 - Posts
Microsoft, please don't document something that isn't true. It's such a little thing, but so annoying on the first day back after a nice few days at the beach. Here's a quote: The SplashBitmap property specifies a bitmap or JPEG image to be displayed
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It's about time that RSS was leveraged as a means to synchronize data sets. As Ray Ozzie describes in his latest blog, calendars really need to co-operate . Simple Sharing Extensions for RSS and OPML is a great start. It allows multiple applications to
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I was sad to hear that fellow ASP Insider and ASP.NET MVP Jim Ross died peacefully yesterday from his cancer. He told us all about his illness earlier in the year, then carried on posting answers as if nothing had happened. His last post on the email
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I'm leaving poor Jeff and Laurel in too much suspense - yes, I made the trip from Dallas to Atlanta with no problems at all. It's a great car. After spending Monday morning in the Telligent office putting names to faces I left at 12:20 for the 785 miles
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I wanted to post an update about Alex Tew and his ground-breaking idea to sell a million pixels of web page . I blogged this back in September , and after 2 crazy months he recently passed the $500,000 mark. Today it's $582,000 in fact. He's been interviewed
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Technically I've missed it already, but at 11am local time I'll still be thinking of my Grandad. He served in France driving those funny-shaped tanks . I miss him. November 11th at 11am (GMT) World War 1 ended. In the UK it's a big event with two minutes
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I've always wanted to have a 60's big-block convertible for having family fun at the weekends. A cruising car though, not a muscle car (I have others for speed). Last night I made a deal to buy this 1964 Pontiac Catalina from a guy near Dallas,
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Our house appraiser recommended I get in a roofing company to check the roof. In turn the roofing company recommended that I claim for wind/hail damage on my house insurance after finding some damage up there. So a roofing inspector turns up at my house
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From the this-is-ludicrous camp, quoted from the excellent gearlog blog : I am an XM customer and am a big fan of the service. I believe the fundamental XM business remains solid. I am more concerned for Sirius, which is paying Stern $500 million over
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Some very interesting articles came onto my screen over the last few days: Sony, Rootkits and Digital Rights Management Gone Too Far For card-carrying Geeks only, this article is worth reading on two counts: 1. because Mark is damn impressive and 2. Sony
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