Tuesday, October 28, 2003 - Posts

Tuesday, October 28, 2003 10:52 PM

• Network problems

  HTTP is a disconnected protocol, and they definitely got the disconnected part right for the wireless network here at the conference. Read More Rory | 0 Comments Filed Under: PDC

• WinFS and your porn collection - Making life easier

  I knew WinFS was going to be awesome, but it's even awesomer than I expected. It isn't just going to make searches instantaneous. You're going to be able to easily create your own metadata schemas that can be tied into the shell. Think about it like this: Read More posted Tuesday, October 28, 2003 10:41 PM by Rory | 20 Comments Filed Under: PDC

Tuesday, October 28, 2003 9:10 PM

• Digging Avalon with DonXML

  DonXML and I are at an Avalon session right now, and it's nice to finally get to see this stuff for the first time. Yesterday technically would have been the first time that I ever saw Avalon in action, but I was so tired that I don't really count it. Read More Rory | 3 Comments Filed Under: PDC

• LA

  You know you're in LA when, instead of soap, your hotel gives you a "Ginseng Clarifying Bar": I don't even understand what this thing is for. I mean, I don't need to clarify anything. I need to clean things. I feel like it should be constantly saying Read More posted Tuesday, October 28, 2003 6:32 PM by Rory | 1 Comments Filed Under: PDC

Tuesday, October 28, 2003 5:23 PM

• Keynote v2.0

  Good morning. I just wanted to say that I didn't sleep in this morning, and that I'm not missing the keynote, and that this isn't being posted from the comfort of my own bed where I caught up on sleep missed due to driving out from Vegas. Nope. That's Read More Rory | 4 Comments Filed Under: PDC

• Blogger fight (BOF)

  Went to the blogger BOF tonight, and all I can say is that I'd like to flush this whole Atom vs. RSS debate down the toilet and do something more interesting, like shave off all of my chest hairs and then eat them. If the debate over the "best" method Read More posted Tuesday, October 28, 2003 8:53 AM by Rory | 5 Comments Filed Under: PDC

Tuesday, October 28, 2003 12:10 AM

• ASP.NET 2.0

  Sitting in Scott Guthrie's ASP.NET 2.0 overview. This is probably the session I wanted to see most, but I have to leave early, which is pretty frustrating. I have to return the rental that I picked up in Las Vegas last night by about 7:00 PM or else National Read More Rory | 1 Comments Filed Under: PDC