Don Box’s PDC Talk – Applications and Communications Roadmap: The platform presents and the future

Don posts about his PDC Talk here. You can download the presentation here. Good stuff, dont miss it.

Servicehost and WinFx September CTP

I was wondering what had happenned to the ServiceHost<T> classe in the WinFx September CTP build. Finally found an answer here.

WCF a.k.a. Indigo whitepaper on MSDN

A good whitepaper on Indigo http://msdn.microsoft.com/webservices/indigo/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/dnlong/html/introtowcf.asp. Dont miss it.

 

Petals around the rose

Another brain teaser.This one is called the Petals Around the Rose. This game was sent by my wife to me. Enjoy playing it here.

WWF – Windows Workflow Foundation Beta 1

WWF – Windows Workflow Foundation Beta 1 is out. (Don’t get confused with the Wrestling Federation). Downloading it to play with it over the weekend.

Teach yourself Blah Blah Blah in 21 days

Was googling on, why all the books are written having 21 days in mind?

In essence

"It was proven after a research conducted by Dr. Maxwell Maltz that ‘It takes 21 days to make or break a habit’". Dr Maltz was a plastic surgeon by profession. His book Psycho-Cybernetics is widely acclaimed by folks around.

AutoCode Visual Studio .NET Add-in

If you still develop, and use Visual Studio .NET to do stupid applications, This is a neat little utility.

http://www.devprojects.net/acdownload.aspx.

It is a vs.net addin called AutoCode and it really saves a lot of typing.

The site has a few other cool utils too, which might interest you.

The fifteen Slider Puzzle

Here we go, yet another puzzle.

This one is called the 15 Slider puzzle, sure you would have played this in your yester years.

Enjoy.

http://www.geocities.com/r_sendhil/slider.htm

 

The other side of the Coin – Iraq War

Read this article from a US Sgt. on Iraq War, completely contrary to what the Press is reporting.

Courtesy: Rugged Elegance Network

This is what it was all about in essence

This is the list of things that has happened in Iraq recently:

(Please share it with your friends and compare it to the version that your paper is producing.)

* Over 400,000 kids have up-to-date immunizations

* School attendance is up 80% from levels before the war

* Over 1,500 schools have been renovated and rid of the weapons stored there so education can occur

* The port of Uhm Qasar was renovated so grain can be off-loaded from ships faster

* The country had its first 2 billion barrel export of oil in August

* Over 4.5 million people have clean drinking water for the first time ever in Iraq

* The country now receives 2 times the electrical power it did before the war

* 100% of the hospitals are open and fully staffed, compared to 35% before the war

* Elections are taking place in every major city, and city councils are in place

* Sewer and water lines are installed in every major city

* Over 60,000 police are patrolling the streets

* Over 100,000 Iraqi civil defense police are securing the country

* Over 80,000 Iraqi soldiers are patrolling the streets side by side with U.S. soldiers

* Over 400,000 people have telephones for the first time ever

* Students are taught field sanitation and hand washing techniques to prevent the spread of germs

* An interim constitution has been signed

* Girls are allowed to attend school

* Textbooks that don’t mention Saddam are in the schools for the first time in 30 years

Don’t believe for one-second that these people do not want us there. I have met many, many people from Iraq that want us there, and in a bad way. They say they will never see the freedoms we talk about, but they hope their children will.

We are doing a good job in Iraq, and I challenge anyone, anywhere to dispute me on these facts.

So if you happen to run into John Kerry, be sure to send him to Denison, Iowa. This soldier will set him straight. If you are like me and very disgusted with how this period of rebuilding has been portrayed, email this to a friend and let them know there are good things happening.

Read the Complete article here http://www.ruggedelegantliving.com/a/003092.html.

 

Nerd, Geek or Dork – What kind of a person you are?

Pure Geek 39 % Nerd, 52% Geek, 34% Dork

For The Record: A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia. A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one. A Dork is someone who has difficulty with common social expectations/interactions. You scored better than half in Geek, earning you the title of: Pure Geek. It’s not that you’re a school junkie, like the nerd, and you don’t really stand out in a crowd, like the dork, you just have some interests that aren’t quite mainstream. Perhaps it’s anime, perhaps it’s computers, perhaps it’s bottlecaps, perhaps it’s all of those and more. Your interests take you to events and gatherings that are filled with people you find unusual and beyond-the-pale, but you don’t quite consider yourself "of that crowd." Instead, you consider yourself to be fairly normal. Which, you are. Congratulations! You’re the one on the RIGHT! Also, you might want to check out some of my other tests if you’re interested in any of the following: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Professional Wrestling Love & Sexuality America/Politics Thanks Again! — THE NERD? GEEK? OR DORK? TEST

My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 16% on nerdiness You scored higher than 73% on geekosity You scored higher than 59% on dork points

Link: The Nerd? Geek? or Dork? Test written by donathos on OkCupid Free Online Dating