January 2006 - Posts

Yah, Right

Published Tue, Jan 31 2006 22:58 | William

Well, I have to work tomorrow and I try to not drink (except for those two or three times a year when I do and make a complete jacka55 out of myself) so I won't be able to partake, but if you haven't seen this, there's a a cool State of the Union Drinking...

Filed under: Humor

Ooops

Published Tue, Jan 31 2006 22:20 | William

Today, we were treated to this on the ASP.NET newsgroup: I'm getting married in mid march so know what that means!? That means that you only have about a month to meet me somewhere and take full advantage of my non-ring wearing self! Hurry! Time is running...

Filed under: Humor, Mindless Babbling

Could she possibly be any more annoying...

Published Thu, Jan 26 2006 17:03 | William

A buddy of mine just sent me a link to one of The most annoying people I've ever seen . I don't watch tv much let alone American Idol and from the looks of it, doesn't like like I'm going to start any time soon. Part of the reason I find this so amusing...

Filed under: Humor

It's Official - I'm writing the first book on Microsoft Speech Server

Published Wed, Jan 25 2006 23:02 | William

For a long time now, I've been a big fan of Microsoft Speech Server . With respect to Speech Server though, there's not a whole lot of information out there. KC's 's kick a55 stuff is mainly how I got to find out about it, then after seeing some demos...

Using the SqlConnectionStringBuilder to guard against Connection String Injection Attacks

Published Sun, Jan 15 2006 14:40 | William

One new object in the ADO.NET 2.0 Library worth taking a look at is the SqlConnectionStringBuilder . Considering how late it is in the game, you are probably aware of the dangers of Sql Injection Attacks . One the off chance you aren't, let me throw in...

Filed under: Data Access, .NET General, Visual Studio .NET 2005

Unofficial MVP Handbook now posted

Published Sun, Jan 15 2006 14:27 | William

Susan Bradley , who is the MSMVPS.com 'Mom' and kindly hosts this site out of the kindness of her heart has posted the Unofficial MVP Handbook . It's password protected but if you're interested you can get the password in the Coffeehouse or shoot me an...

Filed under: MVP Stuff

Pimping RowState in ADO.NET 2.0

Published Sat, Jan 14 2006 23:20 | William

There are two new methods for the DataRow object in ADO.NET 2.0 that haven't gotten much coverage but can be quite useful. The two methods are SetAdded and SetModified . I consider myself to be an ADO.NET afficionado and until last week, I wasn't aware...

Filed under: Data Access, .NET General, Visual Studio .NET 2005

Terrestial radio vs. Satellite Radio + misc rants on radio down here in the South

Published Sat, Jan 14 2006 21:41 | William

Tobin just broke down and bought a new Sirius Radio . If you read my blog at all, you probably now that I'm an XM Radio nut. I bought my first SkiFi a few years ago when I was living in the boonies (just like now) and the reception on AM was terrible...

Filed under: Mindless Babbling, Misc Technology

The dumbest install program I've ever seen

Published Sat, Jan 14 2006 21:24 | William

Every now and then, you come across something that, well, is so absurd that no one would believe you unless you had proof of it. Earlier today, I came across the epitome of such a thing. My Imate KJAM has a Mini SD and I was trying to copy some stuff...

Filed under: Misc Technology

Another good friend goes to Microsoft

Published Fri, Jan 13 2006 14:21 | William

Well at the rate things are going, all my buddies are going to be at Microsoft except me. Last week when i was in Redmond working on top secret stuff, it was like being at home. I saw more of my buddies from home (and a few from up that way) than I do...

Filed under: News

Suggestions on NNTP Client + misc comments on the state of software

Published Sat, Jan 7 2006 18:21 | William

I've been using the IE 7 Beta for my browser for a while and really like it. I've contemplated using Firefox for a while but haven't been all that impressed. The main reason I even considered using Firefox is because Frans strongly advocates its and he...

Filed under: Life in General, Mindless Babbling, Misc Technology

Sql Server 2005 / ASP.NET 2.0 Hosting Service

Published Thu, Jan 5 2006 14:51 | William

Well, if you're interested in top notch Sql Server 2005 and ASP.NET 2.0 web hosting, Kelly Martens, Ken Tucker and I . I know I know, it's a saturated market. But for now, we're focusing on hosting brand new stuff and continuing that trend. Plus, we are...

Filed under: Misc Technology

Where in the World

Published Thu, Jan 5 2006 8:55 | William

Well, after a flight from h3ll, I finally made it to Redmond. Looks like I'll be here for the week working with the Sql Server team which promises to be quite a bit of fun. I've been to Redmond a bunch but never stayed in Bellvue. Unfortunately I won...

Filed under: Mindless Babbling