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May 2007 - Posts

Not broken after all
I'm so glad I went to a specialist. The bone scan didn't show a break, and i was amazed in how just in the past week how much my leg has healed. Still on crutches, but i'm supposed to try walking a little each day. It's interesting how hard it is to walk Read More...
10 year high school reunion at Mardi Gras 2007 - Laissez les bons temps rouler encore a Nouvelle Orleans!
Only 3 months behind on my blogging... What a crazy, crazy week. Wish i could share more, but not really. You'll just have to trust me on this one =) high school reunion photos pass christian parade, aka Kinski's photos Mardi Gras Day photos - all work Read More...
Bay-Waveland Bridge Opens!!!
Yesterday, the Bay-Waveland Bridge opened, reuniting the Mississippi Gulf Coast. I can't even begin to describe the significance of this. I would say, "imagine if the 520 or I-90 bridge went out one day," but it doesn't really translate well. It's closer Read More...
The Braidy Tester interviews me about software testing on Dr. Dobb's blog
Michael Hunter , our very own Braidy Tester, interviews me about software testing. Yep, it has been a while, well over a year, since i've done pure software testing. But fortunately, he let me pick the 5 questions i wanted to answer =) http://www.ddj.com/blog/debugblog/archives/2007/05/five_questions_17.html Read More...
Should I create a single Power Toys for Visual Studio CodePlex project?
As I prep for my EE talk , I find myself wondering what I would have done differently a year ago. Looking at the huge success of the Ajax Control Toolkit, I wonder if I should have had one “Power Toys for Visual Studio” project on CodePlex, where all Read More...
EE Talk May 15: Lessons Learned Going Open Source with the Power Toys
Just wanted to share with you some of the internal-facing work I’ve been doing as of late. Over the past 6 months, I’ve given a series of 3 divisional presentations on giving out Microsoft source code, including “How to release code to the community” Read More...
Trip Report: Online Community Business Forum
It's been an intense couple of days, meeting with those who run online communities in business environments (read: for-profits, not non-profits). In other words, people there either ran an online community, like a support forum (Apple's support forums, Read More...
Welcome SourceForge Visitors!!
First of all, congrats to the Port 25 team for the Microsoft site on SourceForge. The same guys who bring you Port 25 are now bringing you a site on SourceForge on what Microsoft is doing in the open source space for the windows platform: http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/msft Read More...
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