February 27, 2004 .net

Introducing the New Avalon Graphics Model

Ian Griffiths has a very nice piece about the new drawing model in Avalon and how it differs from the drawing model that's we've known and loved since 16-bit Windows. It also includes such tidbits as a reference for the currently under-documented Path.Data attribute. Highly recommended.
February 26, 2004

Ohhhh…. MapPoint Location Server…

Oh man! I *need* a SmartPhone. Imagine "Find Nearest Starbucks." Dude!
February 26, 2004 .net

The .NET Show’s Got a Blog

Since it’s inception, I’ve been a big fan of the .NET Show and I’ve seen most of the episodes. Now, the host, Robert Hess, has got himself a .NET Show-related blog. Subscribed.

February 26, 2004 .net

The Selling Point of Indigo

Right on, Benjamin:

“The selling point of the Indigo Service model is that it is simple and easy to use.  The benefits for developers is that they get all the benefits of enterprise-quality features such as transactions, reliable messaging and security without having to write any code.  Letting Microsoft do the plumbing allows developers more time to write code that focuses on solving complex and interesting business problems.”

February 26, 2004

Timeshifting Rocks

My ReplayTV has made me such a bigot that I can’t even watch normal TV w/o turning up my nose in disgust anymore. Also, I love download into MS lectures and playing them back at 1.5 speed while I’m on my treadmill; exercising my mind and my body at the same time. All media should be timeshifted. *All* *media*.

February 26, 2004 spout

Same-Sex Marriages *Should* Be Allowed

Being from the Midwest (and big and dumb-looking besides), most folks assume I’m a homophobic. As it turns out, I’ve known a few homosexuals in my life, but not very many. Or rather, I suspect that I know a lot more of them then I recognize, but I never think about it. I never think about it because it doesn’t matter.

Real love is rare enough that people should be able to love and live and *marry* whoever the hell they want to and I resent a government that thinks that they get to decide who’s love counts and who’s love doesn’t count (although I do support parents being able to decide whether their minor children should be able to marry).

So, I’m with Robert Scoble on this one: “Homosexual couples should be treated by society the same as heterosexual couples.”

BTW, you can save yourself the trouble of responding if you’re going to say anything other than “+1”, as I won’t be responding to any kind of negative comments on this issue. There is literally nothing you can say to change my mind, so don’t even try.

February 26, 2004 fun

A Redundant Chris Sells

When I’m having fun with the Sells brothers, I like to tell them that I don’t have two boys, but rather one boy and one redundant backup in case one of them needs “erasing.” I have never told which of them is which, however, ’cuz I like to tortune them (hey! I paid for ’em!)

I would if Chris J. Sells in Beaverton, OR or Chris D. Sells in Dallas, TX is the redundant one…

February 24, 2004

WinXP SP2 Training Course for Developers


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