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/. mentions the "Academy Awards of Halo Videos," the first annual Rockets on Prisoner award , including categories like: Best Movie Best Cinematography Best Screenplay Best Musical Score Best Editing, Sounds...

I'm currently in sleep deprivation mode, which always reminds me of how Henry Rollins begins his spoken word Boxed Life tapes: [Henry Rollins screaming] "OPEN YOUR EYES! YOUR EYES, WIDE, YOU IDIOT!" [In a much calmer tone] ...

C# Samples We recently posted 23 C# Code Samples on MSDN for your development pleasure.  The samples answer some popular questions and should "just work".  Here are just some of the topics covered to wet your appetite...

As Eric points out, on Wednesday Bruce Eckel  and Bill Venners came on campus to talk to members of the C# team.  They interviewed Anders  for a recently published  article  (Bill) as well as a series of interviews with...

Brad Abram's has been posting some killer design guidelines on his blog which you should check out, and I also noticed he posted a useful  sample with different message beep types.  Scott Hanselman also included his sample from the ...

I received an email today from admin @ Microsoft dotcom saying my password has expired with a zip attachment indicating instructions.  Not being gullible, but still being curious, I virus scanned the attachment and saw that it was...

The latest version of the .NET & J2EE Petstore is now available from The Middleware Company .  You can discuss  on the ServerSide .  I won't give a long rant here, other then to say that TMC, by now, have probably the best...

If you do any .NET development, you absolutely have to see our officially released Product Roadmap .  There's a section on C# futures that should interest developers and  EricR did a keynote at VS Live NY with Bix showing off the new...

Reading Korby's blog today, I saw that Microsoft recently updated their search page and you can now successfully enter "C#" and find C#!  What * used * to happen is that the "#" symbol got ignored and a search for "C# samples" returned "C samples...

I have bad luck driving into work lately, on Wednesday there was a truck that had engine problems on 520 (the bridge that connects Seattle to MSHQ and which already killed one of my computers ) and my commute was about an hour.  On the way home...

Another great part of MGB is that I got to catch up with my old co-workers from DC who are all doing well.  Shout outs to everybody, especially since some read my blog!  I also got to play Rise of Nations , a game that I thought was...

Please forgive me for not blogging more, but I've been horribly sick, really busy and travelling.  I'm only now *starting* to catch up on e-mail and remove my DayQuil dependency.  Keller is also sick, and he was nice enough to pick me...

Today we officially made available for download the   Java Language Conversion Assistant (JLCA) version 2.0.  The JLCA is a conversion tool that automatically converts existing java language source files to C# code. This...

First it was Mr. T doing 1-800-COLLECT commercials, then Alf, now the Boston Globe is reporting that Garbage Pail Kids, the must-have collectors cards from the 80's, are making a  comeback. Quote from the article: " Topps plans to launch a Web...

"Work hard, play hard" is my mantra (and the mantra of most people at MS), but it's pretty damn exhausting after a while. I haven't been able to blog since last week, and it's simply because I've been busy * all* the time. This weekend, for example...

[Note: Any political commentary, pro or con, has been removed] The Mirror is reporting that " Comical Ali " has been captured .  He's become quite the internet icon, on par with AllYourBase , Mahir , and even the HampterDance . The...

Our very own Ed Kaim  got engaged Friday in a rather unique way, it's a cute story and, in reading it, I noticed that Ed really captured the stress and preparation that goes into an  EricR review .  Congrats to Ed and Lan!! 

While in a co-worker's office discussing the merits (or lack therof) of the word "blog", Googlism came up in conversation. Googlism searches Google and based on the results, creates a meta-description for who you are, when something took place, or what...

Eric Gunnerson , Program Manager for C#, has jumped into the blogosphere. Welcome Eric!  I'm adding his RSS feed as I write this :)

The code samples I demoed during my TechEd Middle-Tier apps with C# session have finally been uploaded onto GotDotNet.  Each sample has a readme.txt file which should give you more information for how to setup and run the samples.  Demo...

My favorite new piece of software is Bullfighter from Deloite Touche Consulting . It's a Microsoft Word add-in (2000 or XP) which searches your documents for terms like "synergy", "value proposition", and "paradigm" that managers and consultants use...

We are holding our C# SDR meetings this week in Redmond with some of our best customers who come from a wide variety of backgrounds. The discussion is great and the feedback we're getting will help us build better products that help solve real-world...

The 2003 Webby Awards were announced recently.  Let's recap my picks for Reader's Choice: Technical Achievement - I said Google, Winner: Google Services - NetFlix , Winner eBay Film - Metacritic , Winner: RottenTomatoes Net...

After two months on the job, today I had my first meeting with our Senior Vice President (and blogger ) Eric Rudder [Note: Chris Sells also blogged about his first Eric Rudder meeting] . We reviewed what the developer experience will be with...

Semi-random stream of consciousness... Halo EricGu turned me onto Red vs. Blue while we were at the speaker lounge at TechEd and I started having uncontrollable fits of laughter in what was a quiet room.  They're making 22 episodes...