My lazy a** is scrolling through the Win32 API Reference. It seems everytime I look through there I see something to amuse. Today, it's the PathYetAnotherMakeUniqueName Function. "Creates a new filename based on an existing filename." (and takes 4 parameters...

http://www.inkblog.com/2003/05/06.html#a38 My two favourite MSFT evangelists, David and Thomas are seeking those folk who are still using the Microsoft JVM. Why? Becase in January 2004 it goes away . I for one will miss Bejeweled , and the other Java...

I have a love:hate relationship with XSLT. It's frighteningly powerful, but oftimes seems just a bit beyond my grasp. Also, I don't use it often enough to get good at it. If you set a progress bar watching me write some XSLT, it would look something...

I was at a talk by Anders Hjelsberg yesterday. He was discussing the already well documented v.Next features of C# (and other .NET languages). I've commented in the past on my weakness for hero worship, but he awes me whenever I see/hear him. Such power...

D admits to learning a word today. For this, of course there is a website. In this case the Fun with Words site. Worth checking out to learn the meaning of callipygian, its antonym steatopygian, or other fun words. Bonus marks if you can get spanghew...

OK, courtesy of another group on campus, I saw "it" this morning. Well worth going to, IMO. Assuming you like crazy fight scenes, vague mythical references, questioning your humanity, and/or 'splosions. And at the end... <spoiler removed to save...

http://dotnetweblogs.com/datagridgirl/posts/6679.aspx Not sure if Don would like that comparison ;) DevConnections, Day 1 (and so far of 2) Spent my time talking with assorted cool people . The ASP.NET community is amazing -- I love these people...

Back in NOLA for DevConnections. Managed to munge my travel arrangements -- booked the hotel from Tue-Sun, but the flights from Mon-Sat. Ah, well, I'm here, it's hot (and humid), and I didn't pack any short pants. It just never occurred to me. Redmond...

SeaTac Airport. Wi-Fi good. My last job at the Shining Empire made me addicted to e-mail. I would often get little other work done during the day, as my Inbox was usually good for a few new messages as I replied to each. I would typically send 60-80...

One thing I still haven't gotten used to at Microsoft is morale events. Back when I used to work for myself, a morale event was taking the day off. During my stay at Infocorp , a morale event was "Who's getting the case, we're playing Unreal Tournament...

OK, LaunchCast is good, but occasionally, people make me worry. This latest association was a bit of a stretch. Or maybe it's just that I don't see a link between fans of Twisted Sister, and fans of Enya.