October 2004 - Posts

• One of the funniest books ever

  I was going to the Chicago .NET Meetup yesterday evening and I realized that I was a good half hour early. Leave it to Chicago Transit Authority - if there is one thing you can rely on it for, it's that you'll arrive earlier or later than you expected. Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 26, 2004 5:26 PM by jacobcy | 2 Comments Filed under: Personal Life

• You heard it here first, folks!

  That's right... if you have seen me at a live MSDN Event and thought, "Wow, that looks like a fun job!", you're in luck. We have an opening in Northern California for a Developer Community Champion like myself. You'll get the opportunity to travel around Read More... Posted Friday, October 22, 2004 10:18 AM by jacobcy | 1 Comments Filed under: Developer Knowledge

• Permission to "play" with performance counters

  At my Decatur event yesterday afternoon, we had quite a bit of dialogue around the Optimizing Web Applications session I am presenting as part of the Oct-Dec MSDN Events . One question that I promised I would post to my blog (with an answer) was "Who Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 20, 2004 3:11 PM by jacobcy | 1 Comments Filed under: Developer Knowledge

• CNUG Day of .NET and .NET Job Fair

  Chicago .NET Users Group is hosting a Day of .NET on October 30th in Palatine, IL. RSVP online by noon on October 27th. For more information and to RSVP, visit http://www.cnug.org/index.html . The Chicago . NET Users Group invites you to attend the 5th Read More... Posted Monday, October 18, 2004 8:58 PM by jacobcy | 2 Comments Filed under: User Group Events, Developer Knowledge

• Has anybody else seen the video for the new "Legend of Zelda"?

  I was talking with my friend Joel about new video games and he told me that there was a new Legend of Zelda title on the way. I said, "Do you mean Four Swords?" and he replied, "No, this is supposed to be a much darker game." I had to find out more and Read More... Posted Sunday, October 10, 2004 9:24 PM by jacobcy | 3 Comments Filed under: Personal Life

• Truly "rolled gold"

  Flashback: July 2004 - I have a party to celebrate moving into my new place. The snack selection included one bag of Rold Gold pretzels. At the conclusion of the party, all of the chips were gone, but there was still half a bag of pretzels. I don't have Read More... Posted Sunday, October 10, 2004 8:15 PM by jacobcy | 2 Comments Filed under: Personal Life

• Random developer tidbits from the Madison, WI MSDN Event

  During my most recent event in Madison, I got one question and one observation that I felt were particularly worth sharing out on my blog. Both the observation and the question took place during the Optimizing Web Applications session. The observation Read More... Posted Sunday, October 10, 2004 11:30 AM by jacobcy | 3 Comments Filed under: Developer Knowledge

• Chicago movie fans - free classic scary movies in October!

  Those of you who know me are well aware that movies are a big part of my life, so when I found out about this special offer from Loew's at 600 N. Michigan Avenue in Chicago, I felt I had to share this on my blog. You can get free passes for you and one Read More... Posted Saturday, October 09, 2004 3:14 PM by jacobcy | 0 Comments Filed under: Personal Life

• New format for MSDN Events Ready Reference Handout

  Hey everybody, For those of you who have attended my live MSDN Events or are regulars on my blog, I wanted to announce that I will be reorganizing the way I post the quarterly MSDN Events Ready Reference of URLs going forward. I will be posting them to Read More... Posted Saturday, October 09, 2004 3:08 PM by jacobcy | 1 Comments Filed under: Developer Knowledge