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June 2005 - Posts

Yay for Cowokers and Spain

Posted Thursday, June 30, 2005 4:56 PM by PeteL
I just had a coworker come into my office and say "Yay for Spain!" and was really happy to hear that Spain had just approved gay marriage. Spain is only the 3rd* country to legalize gay marriage in the world. I love that I work at such a company where Read More...
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Tracking Mysterious Bugs

Posted Thursday, June 30, 2005 10:53 AM by PeteL
The new MSDN feedback system has been a great thing for connecting our team with our user and finding some great bugs that we haven't found yet, or maybe wouldn't have found. But there is one class of bugs that usually drive me (and I file them too) a Read More...
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To strong or to b

Posted Tuesday, June 28, 2005 3:42 PM by PeteL
About a year ago, I filed a bug; when you highlighted text, and then clicked the BOLD tool bar button, it set the text to <strong> not bold. But the bold button is supposed to make things bold, not strong isn't it? In most browsers, the rendering Read More...
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Efficiency: Tables vs. CSS for layout

Posted Friday, June 17, 2005 11:31 AM by PeteL
In a post I made a few days ago, I said that tables were inefficient for layout out data, and someone asked why tables are less efficient. There are numerous reasons for this, and I want to explore some of them. First, lets look at size. If you take the Read More...
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June Patching Time

Posted Wednesday, June 15, 2005 5:56 PM by PeteL
It's time to patch your systems again! Read More...
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3 Column Layout in CSS

Posted Tuesday, June 14, 2005 4:29 PM by PeteL
One of the more difficult things I've found in creating decent web sites, is getting a three column, plus header and footer layout going without using tables. Tables are great and all, but very inefficient, and not very accessible. Getting the three column Read More...
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More TechEd Pics

Posted Friday, June 10, 2005 1:04 PM by PeteL
http://www.bigbackpack.ca/ngallery/albums/TechEd--+Day+4+Universal.aspx Pictures from last night! Read More...
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Visual Web Developer Express DVD's NOW Available!

Posted Thursday, June 09, 2005 2:26 PM by PeteL
Due to some manufacturing problems, we just got our Visual Web Developer Express DVD's this morning. If you're looking for a copy of VWD, you can get them either at the Web Cabana or the Pavillion. The disks are pretty awesome, complete with VWD 2005 Read More...
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Day 4 and Pictures

Posted Thursday, June 09, 2005 2:19 PM by PeteL
http://www.bigbackpack.ca/ngallery/albums/TechEd--+Day+4.aspx There are a few from today, I didn't take that many. This morning was my earliest morning, and I was at the OCCC by 9am. ScottGu was doing a talk at 10:15, and by about 9:30, our Cabana really Read More...
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More TechEd Pics

Posted Wednesday, June 08, 2005 11:35 PM by PeteL
http://www.bigbackpack.ca/ngallery/albums/TecheEd+--+Day+3.aspx I've posted more tech ed pictures. I'm going to take my camera again tomorrow! Night! Read More...
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Tech Ed: Day 1 &amp; 2

Posted Wednesday, June 08, 2005 11:02 AM by PeteL
Wow, TechEd has been pretty great so far. I'm sitting here today in the Web Cabana waiting for a few things to pick up. Most people are at lunch right now, so things are pretty quiet. It's been great to see all the excitement about VWD! Lots of people Read More...
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TechEd Pictures

Posted Monday, June 06, 2005 12:14 AM by PeteL
I've posted a bunch of my pics from TechEd, and will keep it up to date as the week progresses at http://www.bigbackpack.ca/ngallery/albums/TechEd+2005.aspx . Enjoy! Read More...
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TechEd: Day 2 (sorta)

Posted Sunday, June 05, 2005 11:36 PM by PeteL
Yay for the second day of being down in Orlando for TechEd. I love the fact that its also gay days!! I ended up meeting up with Mike (from last night) and his partner Heath today. We sat around the pool for a while, and just relax, it was quite nice. Read More...
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TechEd: Day 1 (sorta)

Posted Sunday, June 05, 2005 1:24 AM by PeteL
So I made it to Orlando. Not a big feat, but not a small feat either. It's been a pretty good day so far, got settled in to the hotel (not as nice as I'd hoped, but hey, it's a place to stay and rest my head). I ended up eating in the hotel restaurant Read More...
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