February 2008 - Posts

Going to court high on crack

Published Fri, Feb 22 2008 9:58 | William

I know this is just one of those judge shows, but man, it's hard to watch.

Filed under: Humor

Shawn Lonsdale Dead?

Published Thu, Feb 21 2008 17:36 | William

Nothing strange about it, just one more suicide ? There sure are a lot of 'suicides' among Scientology Critics, no?

Update from Stockholm

Published Thu, Feb 21 2008 17:21 | William

Well, I know I said I'd keep my blog updated and I didn't. So far, it's been one of the coolest experiences in my life. Tobias Thernstrom invited me out to do an ADO.NET 3.5 presentation course for AddSkills. We had over 40 people show up...

Chillin in Amsterdam

Published Sat, Feb 16 2008 2:45 | William

yep, made it here in one piece. pretty nutty trip but got lucky and flew 1st class so it wasn't too shabby. too bad I don't drink any more. So i'm here in Amsterdam, schichtol airport. got a few hours to kill. dropped 18.00 on two croissants...

Updated - Anonymous Raid - Atlanta

Published Sun, Feb 10 2008 21:47 | William

This YouTube video from the Atlanta raid this morning at the Church of Scientology in Dunwoody gives a much better feel for the paramilitary unit, urrr, police unit that arrived at the scene. Keep in mind that there wasn't an iota of violence, no...

Filed under: Scientology, Anonymous

Privacy is an outdated notion

Published Sun, Feb 10 2008 20:16 | William

That's not to say that I like that fact, or that I don't lament it, but if you really think about it, it's hard to deny. After 9/11, I was reading a Wall Street Journal aritcle discussing the national id card. Larry Ellison was a big supporter...

Filed under: Security, Privacy

Mujihadeen Secrets II

Published Sun, Feb 10 2008 19:25 | William

Increasingly, I read stuff in 'serious' publications and have to wonder if it wasn't supposed to be posted to the Onion instead. This is a perfect example . The map of their 'locations' is priceless.

Filed under: Security, Privacy

Off to Stockholm this week

Published Sun, Feb 10 2008 19:17 | William

This Friday (2/15), I'm flying out of Atlanta en route to Stockholm, Sweden. I'll be there from the 16th-24th to do a training course on ADO.NET 3.5. My plane has a slight layover in Amsterdam but not long enough to do anything. I will however...

Filed under: LINQ, LINQ Training, ADO.NET 3.5

Anonymous in Dunwoody

Published Sun, Feb 10 2008 19:09 | William

It was quite a show in my neighborhood. There was a huge turnout of protesters in front of the Church Of Scientology but protesters weren't the only thing that was there . It's a good thing we had a SWAT team there with rull fiot gear and semi...

Filed under: Scientology, Anonymous