September 2005 - Posts
http://www.cnn.com/video/partners/clickability/index.html?url=/video/us/2005/09/30/cooper.waveland.30days.cnn Save Waveland!!
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Several months ago, my parents booked a vacation through Expedia to come up and visit. Amazingly, New Orleans started allowing commercial flights last week, and Delta honored their tickets. Their flight was only 30 minutes off the original itinerary.
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Coming home today to see my karate exam results in 3 dozen pieces gave a whole new meaning to “the dog ate my homework.” What Kyle was able to find 2 hours later What Graham must have eaten
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Visual Studio 2005 now has the option to change the font and font size for Intellisense. To change settings: 1. Go to Tools – Options – Environment - Fonts and Colors 2. Under Show settings for: select either Statement Completion or Editor Tooltips (for
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I think they were just being nice to me and passed me. =) The results weren't nearly as bad as i thought they were going to be. It was kinda tough to focus just two weeks after Katrina hit. I definitely had an off night, but apparently it wasn't that
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Drop me a line if you want to meet during the MVP Summit. I will be attended the Thursday evening Product Group Fair, if you want to catch me then. Feel free to email me if you want to get together at another time while you are on campus. Topics I love
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This segment comes from the Waveland Drug Store, about 0.25 miles away from my parents’ house. It withstood Camille (the Cat 5 that hit in ’69), so the photo gives you an inkling into just how strong Katrina really was. Yeah, it has changed hands in the
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Highlights Customers absolutely love Whidbey and PDC. Customer quote from the PDC Underground Party, "Visual Studio 2005 is just an excellent product. Everyone on your team should be really proud. My overall favorite new feature in 2005 is the tool window
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There’s apparently some sort of lawsuit going on between the state of Mississippi and the insurance companies. A claims adjuster came to my parents’ house yesterday and surveyed the damage. He said that the insurance companies are requiring home owners
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To hand-modify your managed project file, right click on the project, choose Unload, right click again, choose Edit. After editing (with intellisense!) save and close. Right click on the project, choose Reload. (If you are using Beta 2, after unloading
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Just had an attendee from PDC today tell me that Waveland made the front page. I haven't had a chance yet to pick up a paper (just starting my shift at the pavillion), but i found the article online. Article - http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-09-14-waveland-cover_x.htm
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I'm free for lunch for the rest of the week. Anyone want to join me? My goal is to each lunch every day with a new customer to find out more about your experiences (both good and bad, and what you want to see included) with Visual Studio. I was planning
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Despite all of the hurricane chaos, i'm here at PDC. Here's where you can find me. Tuesday Product Pavillon - Visual Studio Extensibility Booth from 11am - 3pm Wednesday Product Pavillon - Visual Studio Extensibility Booth from 10am - 12:30pm Track Lounges
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My parents and close family are back in Waveland trying to clean up. I'm absolutely going home sometime in October. I'm going out of my mind crazy not being down there to help. I've asked my family to contact either the Fire Dept or Waveland Police Dept.
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For those of you who were in Waveland prior to the casinos, this American Public Media segment was taken from Waveland Resort Inn (aka the Holiday Inn aka Coast Inn and Suites for those of you who came after the casinos) located on Hwy 90 and 603 intersection.
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Update 10/30/2005: The answer to my own question: Save Waveland!! Maybe it is way too early to be asking this question, but I want to start doing fundraisers up here specifically for the reconstruction of Waveland, MS. I guess it is going to take a while
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If you’re working in a large solution or a project that contains numerous files, one quick way to jump to the file you want to open is to type the first few letters of the filename. For example, if I were on filename “Class1” and wanted to select “ReadMe.txt”,
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Over the weekend, i was able to help route the American Miniature Horse Association to the Bradfords, confirming the minis have been rescued. More information and how you can help is located at www.amha.org . The AMHA Press Release is at http://www.amha.org/pdf/memb/Bradford%20Press%20Release.pdf
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http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4832344 Traveling with a Rescue team in Mississippi Producer Giselle Grayson accompanied a search and rescue team from Virginia Beach, Va., as they went house to house in Waveland, Miss., looking for
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http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4830495 If you see anything on Waveland or Bay St. Louis in the news, please either leave a comment or let me know. Thanks! Save Waveland!!
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Save Waveland - Click here to learn how I can't place where they are standing. Must be somewhere between Coleman Avenue and Bay St. Louis line. Sounds like they just moved down there on the coast. Makes me wonder if there's anything left of that "Deja
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Posted with permission from sender... Hey Sara, I am a Captain with Hancock County Emergency Services in West Virginia. Our County Commissioners would like to assist Hancock County, Mississippi, but we have been unable to contact anyone there with which
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Updated 10/5/2005: If you are looking for the NBC Nightly News segment, you can find out more about it at http://blogs.msdn.com/saraford/archive/2005/10/04/477217.aspx I probably should have posted this much earlier in the week, but yes, I have been known
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Another crazy day has past. The awesome new of the day is that my family has evacuated the area and all are safe. I nearly passed-out in the grocery store about 30 minutes after I talked to them and found out they were on their way to Dallas. I just zoned
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Update: 5:21pm - A miniature horse agency (sorry, don't know which one) is going down there Saturday, Sept 3, and will rescue the horses, so it's all good. This is what my mom has told me all weekend. The bradfords are our neighbors, but it's been difficult
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http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/09/01/obliterated.town.ap/index.html www.wlbt.com has videos of Waveland and Bay St. Louis. They start off in front of Our Lady Academy (my high school) and St. Stanislaus. When they get to Waveland, they are on Coleman
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Jonathan, a PM intern on my team VSCore, is requesting feedback on his Visual Studio File Tabs Design. I know he'll love your feedback. You can view the file tabs and send feedback here http://blogs.msdn.com/vside/archive/2005/08/31/458371.aspx Yes, despite
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GulfCoastNew.com has a Katrina Survivor-Connector List at the following mirror sites http://www.bergedalen.com/katrina/survived.aspx or http://wx.gulfcoastnews.com/katrina/status.aspx . These sites are being hit very heavily, so please respect those looking
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Oh lord, what a crazy 72 hours it has been, and I’m in Seattle! This is my attempt to leave my family members and friends of family more information about the whereabouts of my family and their well-being. As I get word from other families, I’ll post
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