SO I recently got a new gadget, the Microsoft Wireless Notebook Presenter Mouse 8000 , which is very cool, but it reminded me of a truism that is unescapable. That is, that the blister packs that this and many other products come packaged in are completely...

Interesting story in CIO about a company producing Microsoft-branded fuel cell-based recharging devices. Whether the speculated purposes are true (Zune and/or Windows Mobile devices), this sounds kinda cool. And since I own both, I'm very interested in...

One of the things that I suspect many folks don't realize is that CDs and DVDs that you burn on your PC are not permanent media, particularly depending on what brand or type of media you use. Burnable CDs/DVDs (as opposed to professionally pressed media...

Some good tips from Mike Gianotti

So I've just gotten up from my mandated post-Lasik nap, and here are my initial thoughts: Wow, it's amazing how much better I'm seeing already. Wow, the procedure is amazingly fast (the actual laser firing is less than a minute, and I'd...

Peter's got the low-down on a new event coming up in Pennsylvania next month. It's called TechBash 2007 , and it's kind of like a code camp, but with good stuff for IT Pros as well as developers.

It's not news that there have been lots of critics of the Zune. I own one (brown), I like it, and I use it as regularly as any electronic device I own apart from my computer and cell phone. So clearly, I'm not likely to jump on the "Zune sucks" bandwagon...

So community guru and ultimate connected geek Julie Lerman was traveling through my neighborhood on the way to snowy Vermont, and having flight issues decided to hang out with my family overnight . It's always great to have a surprise visit from a friend...

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Just a quick reminder on the latest code camp, and one you definitely don't want to miss. The first CMAP Code Camp is this Saturday, starting at 8:30am. Finally folks from Maryland can get all the code camp goodness without crossing the Potomac. Check...

So I'm blogging from my Smartphone (thanks, blogmailr!) at Richmond Code Camp. I'm hanging out with Robin Edwards (of Roanoke .net UG) and Tablet guru Frank LaVigne, discussing user group and code camp stuff. Frank will be at MEDC next week, and then...

Just finished up my 24 hour LASIK follow-up and my vision is now 20/20, and will likely only improve from here. My eyes feel great, and I've been OK'ed to drive. So my results are as good as one could hope for! Published with BlogMailr

So my LASIK procedure is in a couple of hours. At noon today, I'll be getting the procedure done, then I'm supposed to nap for 4-5 hours. Always nice to have a nap mandated by your doctor. I'm having my surgery performed by the same surgeon who did Tiger...

The Visual Studio team has signed off on Beta 1 of Visual Studio codename "Orcas". Somasegar has the skinny .

That's according to this article in PC World , which says that the rumor of a Microsoft-branded recharger, which I mentioned earlier this week , turns out to have been merely something we're ordering for giveaways at events. Which is still pretty cool...

You always hate to kick someone when they're down, but this story sure makes me glad that my mobile email isn't subject to a single point of failure. Not that the occasional break from email is a bad thing...once your hands stop shaking from withdrawal...

There's an updated version of the Anti-XSS (cross-site scripting) library that I blogged about a while back. Check it out here: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/security/aa973814.aspx

The schedule and speakers for the next Philly Code Camp have been posted to the Philly .NET Website . Registration is also now open.

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I'll be at Tech-Ed 2007 in Orlando this June. For those of you who can't make it, I'll be sure to post lots of good info via my blog. For those who are going, please let me know via the Contact page on my blog, especially if you're from Virginia, Maryland...

Pretty remarkable...the next Philly Code Camp filled up in a day! More evidence of the demand for great developer info...and don't forget that Richmond Code Camp III is this weekend!

Congrats to CMAP on their first ever code camp ! I wasn't able to make it, having come down with a nasty cold, but all reports indicate that the event was a great success. Photos have been posted to the CMAP Code Camp website, so check them out .

While I'm on the subject of code camps, I should also offer an overdue congratulations to the folks who organized the Northern Virginia Code Camp on April 14th. Attendance was great, and everyone had a good time. Kudos especially to Jeff Schoolcraft...

So, back in the day, I was always a big fan of the Microsoft Knowledge Base . It used to be that I knew that if I got an error message in Windows, and typed in the first few words and did an exact phrase search, I could be fairly certain that I'd find...