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I Felt The Baby Move!!!!!!

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On May 18, 2006

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I felt the baby move this morning!  It was the first time for me, although Kelly has been able to feel it for a while.  I had tried before when she said the baby was active, but never with any luck.  I was about to give up again this morning when I finally felt it.  [:D]

You know how sometimes when you press your fingers against something you can feel your pulse in your fingertips?  It felt a lot like that, only stronger, and it didn’t happen ~60 times per minute like I could feel it in my other fingers.  I felt her kick with the ring finger of my right hand.  (I’m sure no one cares about that detail, but I wanted to write it down for my own benefit.)

That was really cool.  As far as I can remember it is the first time I’ve ever felt any baby kick at all.  In two weeks this may be old-hat, but it was pretty exciting for me this time.

[:D]

Comment Moderation

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On May 16, 2006

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Well, for now I have turned on moderation for comments posted to this blog.  The last couple weeks I’ve been getting a lot more comment SPAM, so until I take the time to find another alternative, this will be in place.

Of course, I don’t get that many comments anyway, so if you do leave a comment it shouldn’t take me very long to approve it so it gets posted.  Also, you can get around the moderation by creating an account on this site.  Comments from authenticated users aren’t moderated.

Can’t Install Expression Web Designer CTP

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On May 15, 2006

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So I downloaded the new Expression Web Designer CTP today on my work computer (new Dell, XP Pro SP2, 3+GHz PentD, 2GB RAM, 160GB HDD), but can’t seem to install it.  I get the EULA prompt, then the status bar starts.  It makes it about 90% across then I get a dialog box that says “The installation of this package failed.”

I don’t see anything in the event logs either.  Anyone have any ideas?  I’ll try on my home computer later.

Obviously I’m missing something but don’t know what.

LINQ

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On May 10, 2006

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LINQ.  Rhymes with Pink.  Maybe my next post will be titled “Think”… [:)]

Based in part on Sean‘s presentation last night, I finally looked at LINQ today for the first time.  As it turns out the latest CTP seems to have been made available for download today.

I’ve looked at it for all of 10 minutes so far, but it looks pretty cool.  I’m a little “behind” on the “future” technology, so I have no idea how performance compares, but it looks like productivity will increase.

Pink

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On May 5, 2006

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Didn’t know for sure before, but we found out today.  It’s pink.  [:D]

BTW, today is our wedding anniversary.  It is our cinco-th anniversary this Cinco de Mayo.

(Love you, Kelly!)

Google Really *IS* Evil

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On May 4, 2006

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Regardless of what you’ve heard or read, Google is evil. Here is proof.

[;)]

Article: How To Have a Successful Day-Long Conference

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On April 30, 2006

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I am the president of the WI .NET Users Group, and we held our 4th annual Deeper in .NET conference on April 22, 2006 (our first since I became president last year).  The event was a great success, and people keep talking to me about wonderful they thought it was.  I’ve just posted a summary of the work that went into that, as well as our results.

Deeper in .NET 2006 was a great success with about 400 people in total attendance.  We had five incredible speakers – Michele Leroux Bustamante, Scott Hanselman, Julie Lerman, Bill Hatfield and Jason Beres (four on the Speaker’s Bureau) – and we had over $70,000 in prizes (150+ pieces) to give away!

Are you a users group leader?  Many groups are having these day-long, mutli-session events.  Why not yours?  To find out how we made ours a huge success, take a look at this article.

Site Stats

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On April 27, 2006

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Wow.  I just checked my site stats, which I normally get around to about once a month.  I’m surprised to see that I’ve had three days with over 5,000 hits in the last 7 days, one of them being nearly 7,000 hits.  I know those numbers aren’t huge, but I’m happy to see them given my typical volume and content of posts.  Normally, I average around 3,000 hits/day on this site, so I was a little suprised to see those numbers given that I haven’t posted much recently until today.

Now that I’ve thought about it, though, it makes sense for two reasons:

  1. Deeper in .NET was this weekend, and a good number of referrals are related to that.
  2. I just took down my other site, www.scottisaacs.com, and forwarded all of that traffic here.

Now if I could just find a way to turn 5,000 hits into 50,000 hits…. and then find a way to turn each hit into $10….

Hmmmm…  [;)]

What the F#?!?

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On April 27, 2006

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Now that I have your attention, I should clarify in case my mother happens upon this and makes me wash out my mouth with SOAP. [;)]  (Sorry.  For some reason I can’t seem to resist the silly geek puns…)

In case you aren’t aware, F# is a new .NET language from Microsoft Research, and a new community site just launched last night in support of that.  “The Hub” (or more completely, “hubFS: THE Place for F#”) is a site that I’ve been privileged to be involved with for a few weeks of BETA now.  I have to confess that I’m not fully up to speed on F#, so that makes this site even that much more valuable to someone like myself.

It is my understanding that Dr. Syme, the architect and designer of F# at Microsoft Research, is the champion of generics in Microsoft’s .NET Framework v2.0.  This stuff must be good.

Check it out.

Domain Names For Sale

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On April 27, 2006

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I used to have quite a collection of domain names.  At one point, I had nearly thirty.  It was an addiction, and I needed help.  Now I’m a recovering domain-name-aholic, letting unnecessary registrations lapse as the expiration date approaches.  I’m currently down to 17.  (The road to recovery is long and lonely.)

Well, I have three that I am planning to “let go” very soon, putting them into an indefinite “domain name purgatory” until my registrar decides to release them back into the wild.  If you’re interested in any of these domains, let me know.  I don’t need to get rich from this, but I do want to make sure they make it to a good home.  [;)]

Here are the names I am currently planning to let lapse:

  • hypothesize.org
  • resemblance.org
  • wordforsale.com

Please help me keep from falling back into my old addictions.  I am still weak, and may falter at any time.  With your help, I can overcome this hurdle.

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