I did remember the rest of the cow branding story from last night's Portland Nerd Dinner:
-I'm embarrassed to admit that it was I who paid the cowboy $2 to eat the newly harvested cow testicle
-A few months later, Cal sent me a copy of the Klamath Falls Herald and News featuring a visit from "Visiting Windows Expert Chris Sells" (or some such) shaking Cal's hand. I don't think it was the cow testicle incident that got me in the paper, but I try not too think about it too much
BTW, if you're on the fence about the Portland Nerd Dinners and you have trouble with conversations involving cow testicles, mafia hits or how to defraud the phone company, you might want to stay home for the next one...
I don't know why an ASP site is reviewing a WinForms book, but they do a thorough job and, of course, I like their conclusion:
"If you are looking for a Windows Forms book, don’t let this one slip out of your hands. The book has such insight and experience included that every reader, beginner and professional, will get benefit from reading it."
Rory built me an RSS feed to track book reviews on Amazon.com. And then he thanked me for letting him do it. You're welcome, Rory...
BTW, to complete your Vain Author's Toolkit, you'll need junglescan.com to track a portfolio of books' sales rank.
If those ain't web services, I don't know what are!
"Some XML applications don't require validation to function properly but others absolutely require it in one form or another to avoid disasters. Aaron Skonnard discusses when validation is a MUST, then presents different implementation techniques for tackling the problem."
"Some XML applications don't require validation to function properly but others absolutely require it in one form or another to avoid disasters. Aaron Skonnard discusses when validation is a MUST, then presents different implementation techniques for tackling the problem."
Chris Anderson [1] is right. Now only is this a great presentation on the battle ranging between "theft" and "freedom," but the style in which it's given is fabulous.
[1] simplegeek.com
