January 2008 - Posts

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Published Thu, Jan 24 2008 23:05 | William

This is a pretty kick a55 video, I especially like the creepy background music. Tom Cruise better whip out some of his OT7 powers and teach Anonymous a lesson, huh?

Filed under: Mindless Babbling

http://www.thinqlinq.com/ is now up and running

Published Sat, Jan 12 2008 14:00 | William

Jim Wooley recently put up thinqlinq for fellow Linq enthusiasts out there.

Filed under: LINQ

The Genius that is Frans Bouma

Published Sat, Jan 12 2008 12:56 | William

I've known Frans for a few years now and he never fails to impress. He is very well learened in many areas and he's speaks with a brutal honesty that's all too rare these days. His little discussion on a few well known mailing lists is so...

Filed under: Misc Technology

The latest Zune Firmware Upgrade - Codename Armageddon

Published Sun, Jan 6 2008 22:19 | William

When the latest Zune software and firmware upgrades were created, the code name had to be something like Apocalypse or something like that b/c it just straight up destroyed my stuff. It's unreal. I have a ton of music in my collection and it's...

Filed under: Zune

Is this legal?

Published Sun, Jan 6 2008 15:15 | William

Bruce Schneier has a new article on a program that Sears is installing on people's computers. Money quote: "If a kid with a scary hacker name did this sort of thing, he'd be arrested. But this is Sears, so who knows what will happen to them...

Filed under: News, Misc Technology, Privacy

Dabbling in LINQ to ADO.NET

Published Sat, Jan 5 2008 21:13 | William

I'll be doing a training seminar in Stockholm next month and I've been trying to create some compelling examples to illustrate various concepts. Although it's keeping me busy, there's a lot I've been working on that's blogworthy...

Filed under: LINQ To ADO.NET, .NET 3.5 Framework, LINQ

Renewed

Published Tue, Jan 1 2008 19:03 | William

Woke up this morning and found the good news. For 5 years running, I am a MVP award recipient. And yes, I *will* be at the Summit this year come h3ll or high water.

Filed under: MVP Stuff

The Windows Home Server Project - Part 1

Published Tue, Jan 1 2008 18:50 | William

I'm not sure why I finally decided to dive into doing my own hardware work, but for some reason I did. I started buying stuff for my uber-home server but often got confused about what tradeoffs I should make. I decided to get Windows Home Server up...

Filed under: Windows Home Server