Thursday, June 28, 2007
Due to future maintenance concerns, I will be moving to GeeksWithBlogs.net. My new address will be http://geekswithblogs.net/robz. It is unknown at this time if I will be migrating my posts over to the GWB server or leaving them here for future reference. I do have some older posts that belong here that I have not posted yet. If you see any show up for 6 months ago, that is just me finally adding those posts. Thanks for your continued reading and sorry that I have been silent up to this point. Life has not slowed down for me recently, and it is apparent that it probably will not. I will just need to schedule time to reflect at least weekly and get these thoughts out of my head. :D
Saturday, April 07, 2007
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930379
If you ever try to login to Windows Vista and you get a license installation error (and it tells you that your copy of Windows is not genuine), but you know that it is incorrect, it is possible that you have set the Software Licensing service (Slsvc.exe) to Manual or have set it to disabled.
An error occurred during the license installation
Error Code: 0x80070426
Error Information:
The service has not been started.
For assistance please try one of the following support contacts:
http://merchantsupporturl
mailto:merchantsupport@merchant.com
The help on here says that this may occur during an anytime upgrade process. I have submitted that it also happens if you set the Software Licensing service set to manual and reboot the computer. I also submitted a more complete workaround.
You would follow their workaround, except you need to reboot the computer into Safe Mode and set the Software Licensing Service to Automatic. To reboot the computer in Safe Mode, you just restart the computer and hit F8 repeatedly until you are presented with the boot options screen. Then you select Safe Mode and log in as normal. Open services by pressing Right Clicking on the [Computer] icon and selecting [Manage]. Select to [Continue]. Expand the [+] next to [Services and Applications] and select [Services]. Find [Software Licensing] , Right Click and select [Properties]. Set the [Startup type:] to Automatic. Click [Apply], then [OK]. Close out the window and reboot the computer. Login as normal.
Sunday, October 15, 2006
If you don't think walking 10 miles is bad, you should try doing it with
- IBA (Individual Body Armor) +30lbs
- Weapon (in my case M249 aka SAW) +25 lbs
- Ruck Sack with numerous items +35 lbs
- Molle Gear and ACH +8lbs
Now walk ten miles in the dark through fields with uneven terrain and lots and lots of dew on the ground. And it is 40 degrees out. Okay, so five miles through fields and the last five on or next to roads. Your feet get soaked, and then they get cold. When you are done, drop your ruck and go on a mission to the top of a mountainside that has you walking well over 2000 meters. I have pictures to document the mountain and the distance.
So we started at midnight with this march and it carried through until 0800. We actually started the ruck march around 0100. That is about seven hours of walking. I fell a couple three times because the ground was uneven and there were lots of drop offs from where people drove vehicles over wet earth. We had one guy fall down to his midsection when he stepped into a hole. It was kind of funny, but I was worried about not getting hurt because I have a PT test to pass on Tuesday. I think I rolled my ankle twice while I was walking, but not bad enough that it would cause a sprain. We kept stopping for breaks, which sucked at first, but it was very nice the further we went because that weight on my body was getting heavier.
So I am not one to normally complain, but this was horrible. I had to keep placing my mind other places to get past the cold. I kept thinking that I was at home in front of a nice fireplace with the fire going and getting cozy with my wife. When we finally arrived where we were going to be, I put on my Polypropylene because I was starting to get cold.
At this point we had been up for 10 hours and now we were going to go do a mission which like I said was to take a mountainside. Our mountainside was two mountainsides away. We got to the first one, and I thought that one was ours, but it wasn't. The one we were going to was way off in the distance. So we moved tactically back down the hill to the bottom and used the ravine to cross over to a strategic position. There was a section of the ravine that didn't have much tree cover and thus we needed to low crawl. Now most of the people out there had M4s, which are 7lbs, and easy to low crawl with. If you have ever tried to low crawl with the SAW (again around 25lbs with ammo), then you know what I was going through. Plus, I forgot to put on knee pads before we left, and I was paying for it during this part. It is two days later and my knees still hurt from this. Then we bounded up to the strategic position which was still nearly 1000 meters away from the target. We could see the OpFor at the top of the mountain standing there looking out for people to be coming up. At this point we are two squads and my squad decides that they want to bound up the side of this mountain, which I may add requires us to go back down the side of the hill we are on and into the ravine, then all of the way up the other side, which moving out in the open took people nearly 40 minutes to come down from the top (and we were going to do it tactically). I switched spots with someone from the other squad because I was already loving life and didn't want to take a chance at injuring myself with something that was not a graduation requirement (the ruck march was a requirement, the exercise was not). So I stayed here to provide support for them as they went up the hill. They bounded up and down the side of two hills trying to stay out of sight. I think they were out there for an hour and a half before they finally got up to the top where they took out 6 people before getting annihilated by the rest of the OpFor. This to me was a suicide mission in the first place because the OpFor had the high ground and was in a much better position than we were.
When the exercise was complete we ate out there and checked sensitive items, then loaded up and headed back. At this time I was hoping that we were done and go into our rooms.
When we unloaded we knew differently. We were to stay outdoors and turn in our IBA and then clean weapons for a couple of hours before we would be allowed back into the barracks. When we turned in weapons, we had been up for approximately 18 hours. Then we finally were released at 1830. At this point we changed and went to dinner at Hong Kong Buffet, which is an awesome place to eat! I highly suggest it. They have sushi on their buffet and it is great! It was pretty much all I ate while I was there.
I decided against heading to Tulsa on this night because I had been up for 22 hours by the time I was ready to leave.
Total Training Time: 20 hours
Total Time awake: 23 hours
Be sure to check out the pictures on Flickr.
For the last two weeks we have been in the FOB (Forward Operations Base). During this time we were not allowed to have any electronics on us except for a camera. A whole bunch of connexes are set up in a square to create a perimeter and they have 8 guard towers set up on them to survey the surrounding area. Inside the FOB we have several buildings that all have AC/heat. I have to say that although there is a lack of running water, this is the best field experience I have ever had.
Last week we came out here and stayed two nights to prepare for this week and staying out for four days and three nights. This week however has been encompassed with increased security and missions.
Our first day out here we did 3 missions, with two of them after dark. The first mission was to clear Liberty City with an entire platoon instead of just by squad. This was pretty awesome! Only one time did I lose my squad and that was when we had smoke going off and we ran through it. I caught right up with them after I choked through that. One of the night missions was a recon, but it turned into a break contact mission after we received fire. The third mission started around 2AM and carried us through 6AM. This mission was to locate and sieze a weapons cache. This turned into a dismounted ambush. It was kind of fun, but we were also crawling around in wet grass... So we got a total of two hours rest our first day out at the FOB.
The second day we got more rest. Our mission was to secure the FOB. Three hours on, three hours off gives you about 2 hours of sleep at a time. The second night we started OpFor (Opposing Forces) to counter other platoons missions.
One thing we have done in our room (two squads) is to name ourself pirates. We went as far as to get a pirate flag and eye patches. We have a room commander and each of us have pirate positions. We are possibly the only platoon that is having a good time at the FOB. I think most of us like this better than being at the barracks.
Last night some members went to do OpFor and they took the pirate flag with them. They held Liberty City while another platoon attempted to clear it. They pretty much annhilated the other platoon. When they were done, they turned on a white light and waved the flag atop one of the three story buildings!
Did I mention that Miss America came out here to visit us? She was young and pretty, but she mostly looked lost, as if she was completely unsure of what was going on. She smiled way too much, and it didn't seem like a natural smile either. I haven't seen the Miss America Pageant since I was in high school. Mostly it seems so fake, the whole idea of it. What does Miss America really stand for? If we no longer had a pageant, would anyone notice? We did get her to do the Captain Morgan with us which was cool.
A couple of weeks ago we did Urban Operations. We did the training in the daytime and the actual during the nighttime because it has been said that we own the night. Why? The US Army is able to distribute night vision to every soldier it has. We have been able to mass produce the ability to see in the dark. That has set us ahead of everyone else in the world.
Urban Ops were pretty awesome. We learned how to clear a village or city, then we went in and cleared a place called Liberty City, which is a mock city that was created by Ft. Sill. I remember that if only we had the newer clips for the ACH with the NVGs, then it would have been easier to put it on my helmet than having to use 550 cord to get it secured. It was pretty sweet out there nevertheless. Plus we got to play our own OpFor (Opposing Forces). I elected not to do this because my weapon was one of the squad weapons and it was heavy enough just carrying it around through the city that I didn't want to go back out with it again. The SAW weighs somewhere around 25 lbs with ammo. I did watch what was going on as other squads went through and attempted to clear a building and our OpFor was just going crazy. It was pretty sweet.
Sunday, October 08, 2006
http://spotted.cjonline.com/pages/photo_page.php?m...
We went down to the Blue Moon Bash at the Capitol yesterday to look at cars and enjoy live music. CJOnline, which is the newspaper at Topeka, KS, came up and took our picture. They also took like 200 pictures of other people and cars. We went home and brought our dogs back up to the event because other people had dogs there as well. We had a blast!
http://www.bluemoonbash.com
Saturday, October 07, 2006
About a week ago we learned about the Mark 19, the .50 Calibre, the M240B, and the M249 SAW (Squad Automatic Weapon). We went through some classes this morning and then we went out and fired them. It was pretty sweet! I have video of me and some others firing the .50Cal. The Mark 19 was cool and it had huge rounds, but it was nothing like the .50Cal. Some of us wanted to fire more than once, but they ran out of ammo.
Then we went back to clean some SAWs because we had fired ours. That took some time, but I have the help of about five other people on my SAW, so that saved quite a bit of time. I am trying to get a link up to show the movie of a couple of us firing the .50Cal. It was AWESOME!
Update: Pix up at Flickr!
I just wanted to post a short note on LASIK surgery and how I am excited that I went ahead and had this surgery back in January. First of all, I no longer have to deal with glasses or contacts. It is amazing to get up every morning and be able to instantly see 20-15 without help from contacts or glasses. There is no irritation of having contacts in for too long or from accidentally falling asleep with my contacts in. I recommend it to anyone. If you are going to have the surgery done, you want to pick the best doctor there is for it. In the Kansas City area, I would highly recommend Dr. Jeffrey Couch at the Vision Correction Center. He is one of the best LASIK eye surgeons in the country. He has over 20 years experience with refractive eye surgery and has a 98% success rate. When you do have the surgery, they video tape your procedure and you get it on DVD when you go back in for a checkup the next day. The price is all inclusive, and usually you can find a coupon that will save you around $200 per eye. Right now for a limited time if you take in a sports ball or toy, they will donate it to Toys for Tots and you'll get $1299 per eye.
http://www.kansascity-lasik.com/
Sunday, October 01, 2006
Last weekend my wife came down to visit me while here at BOLC. We have friends in the area which makes the stay cheaper, but it was still over $$$ to have her here. It is much cheaper for me to go visit her, because I have a smaller vehicle and I don’t have to board the dogs.
We went to do quite a bit this weekend. Our first stop was Common Grounds, which is a nice coffee shop here in Lawton. I actually like the coffee better than Starbucks and they have a nicer atmosphere, with free internet. After that we went right to lunch at Atlanta Bread Company. Supposedly the story is that Panera Bread was started by two brothers. At some point they got into a disagreement and one broke off and started Atlanta Bread Company. The food is pretty good there.
Our first stop along the tour was the Winery of the Wichitas (http://wineryofthewichitas.com/mainpage.htm). They have a wine tasting, which if you pay $5, you get to try all of the flavors and keep the wine glasses. We did that and found that we liked the Vignole. It is very flavorful and semi-sweet. The winery has live music on Friday Nights starting at 7PM. You want to get up there before the sunsets I hear, because it has a beautiful view out from it.
We were already in Medicine Park, which used to be a resort. We went on the drive around town, which included some of the touristy spots and houses up in the Big Rock Road area.
From there we went to Medicine Bluff, which is the spot where it is rumored that Geronimo jumped from. We took some pictures there and then moved onto the Fort Sill Museum. The museum is free and open to the public, and has quite a few artifacts of old, some with even Native American paraphernalia. They have plenty of cannons sitting outside as Ft. Sill is the home of the Field Artillery.
Our next stop was back at Emily and Terry's home for a few hours before we went to Rinie's Kitchen and Wine Bar (www.rinieskitchenandwinebar.com). This place had live music, I believe it was a violin. It was a very comfortable atmosphere that you want to dress up for. So we dressed up and went to it. The wait staff is excellent and the food tasted great! It really wasn't as expensive as we thought it would be either. We really enjoyed it.
The next morning we went to Starbucks and met up with our other person for the hike up Elk Mountain in the Wildlife Refuge. I have pictures up on flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/trueblue28/tags/elkmo...)so be sure to take a look at them. So we park at the base of this little mountain and begin our long journey to the top that only took about 30 minutes. The trail was well defined and we talked all the way up about all kinds of things. When we got to the top we walked around and found some areas with beautiful views! The pictures show the views. We saw a buffalo while we were up there all by himself hiding from the wind. We didn't want to go up to him, but we did want to get closer for some pictures, so we worked our way up to about 100 feet away so I could get a couple more snaps of him before we headed back down from the mountain. The trip down was much quicker than the trip up. Then we had a picnic which I still hear I need to take my wife on.
A day at the range, or, um, a week.
Last week we went out to the range. We had some classes last week and this week we went to zero, night fire, and qualify.
One thing I have never used before is the M4 Carbine Rifle and it took some getting used to. One of the hardest things to get used to is not looking down those iron sights and trying to line them up anymore. All you do now is look through the laser sight (A.K.A. the CCO) and put the little red dot on the target. If you have it sighted properly, it should hit exactly where you put the dot. It is kind of nice except that it takes some getting used to. The Army's preferred firing of the CCO is with both eyes open. I have two eyes that are very close to both of them being dominant so the preferred method didn't quite work for me. It took me a little longer to zero my weapon as I had never used the new sight before. So here I am on a new weapon system, with a new aiming mechanism, and I am thinking, what else can we possibly screw up to make it hard for Rob to finish one of his graduation requirements (i.e. qualify with this stuff)? Let's add a new position to qualify from, and we'll make it slightly painful for you. Let's call it the "kneeling" position! So now instead of 20 shots from a fox hole (supported) and 20 shots in the prone unsupported position, now we are going to do 20 prone supported, 10 prone unsupported, and 10 shots from the kneeling. This position is awesome. It took me forever to find a good place for me to get my butt to rest on the heel of my foot.
So now we have a new weapon with a new sight, a new firing position, what else can we work into the equation? Oooh! How about 35 mile/hour winds! Yay! It took me twice to qualify, which it took most people, because those gusts made firing from kneeling nearly impossible. Last month in August using the old positions and the M16, I qualified expert with 36 out of 40. What did I get here? 27 out of a possible 40 points. Oh well, at least it is passing and that is all I care about. <grins>
Pictures are up at Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/trueblue28/tags/bolc/) for some of what we did this week.
Saturday, September 23, 2006
0515 - Wake up
0555 - First Formation
0600-0602 - Reveille
0602-0700 - PT (Physical Training)
0700-0830 - GRF (get ready for) Training (Shower, dress, clean barracks, etc.)
0830-1700 - Training
1700-UTC - Supper and the day is ours
That is a normal day, sometimes we work more hours, sometimes we work less hours.
How many normal days would you say we have? Not very many. It varies from day to day when we get off of work. Ahh the life of an Army school. :D
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
I got a mileage pass for the weekend of September 09, 2006, so that I could come to Brandi's cousin Crystal's wedding. She is marrying a guy with a good heart and he has become a friend of mine. It's too bad we don't get to do more things with them as we live all the way up in Topeka and they live down here in Independence, KS.
They are using the same DJ service that we did in our wedding a few months back, including the same DJ. He did really well during our wedding, even adjusting to one or two last minute changes.
The church we are at is the Baptist Church in Independence, KS. It is a pretty nice church on the inside, although it is not that large. It will make the room seem fuller when more people show up vs making it feel unfull like ours was even when we had quite a few people show up.
They are having the reception down at the VFW, which I hear has a nice reception area on the first floor in the back. I have only really been in there a couple of times, and we went upstairs both times.
Paul Graham has put together some of his most comprehensive essays into this novel. This is an amazing book! He is not only one of the most articulate writers I have had the pleasure of reading, but also one of the most intelligent and candid. He attacks subjects such as why nerds are unpopular, to why startups are more productive than established companies, to how to make wealth.
If you go to http://books.google.com, you can read a few pages of this book to see if you think you might like it.
http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0596006624&i... [To read some pages to see if you like it]
Hackers, in the sense of the word that Paul uses it and the true meaning of the word, refers to those who make programs. A commonly used synonym is programmers. Hacker is a term that people who program refer to each other as, so he decides to use that term in his essays. I also believe that it makes for a more compelling title.
This book can be picked up for around $15 at amazon.com, and I higly recommend a copy. Paul Graham brings you into his world and walks you through his mind in a manner I haven't seen since Philosophy.
Buy it here: http://www.amazon.com/Hackers-Painters-Ideas-Compu...
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Emily and Terry suggested a nice place for Friday evenings where they have live music. I thought this meant that they would have a live band. I was wrong. It was two guys on guitar playing folksy music. It wasn't quite what I thought it would be, but it made for a much more relaxing atmosphere. So here I am a 2LT hanging out with a bunch of CPTs (two ranks above me). They were all pretty cool. I was listening to Terry tell a story about a 25 mile hike he and some buds went on in Alaska that had to do with the book "Into the Wild" or something like that. Terry can tell stories very well and just keeps embellishing on different points. This is probably the first time I have ever really heard Terry say more than a few words. Not to say that he is bashful, its just that I haven't really had the chance to hang out with Emily and him since they got married. Before they were married he was overseas for a year. Before that I heard good stories about him for some time while they were dating and we got to meet him a few times.
The active Army is an interesting place, sometimes I wonder why I didn't go into it full time. Oh wait, I thought I could make more money being a programmer. While this is close to true, I never took into account all of the untaxable monetary benefits that come with being in the military. There is an allowance you get for housing, an allowance for food, and travel pay. If you are away from your spouse, you get family separation. If you are in a combat zone, you get hazardous duty pay. And the best thing is, if you are in a deployment overseas, then your base pay is also non-taxable. So really a 2LT that is married makes quite a bit of money. In fact, they make a lot of money. Fresh out of college, do you think you could find a job where you are making over $$$? It's possible that you could, but most people don't make that much fresh out of college, they have to build a few years experience and change jobs a couple of times first.
Tonight we went to a mandatory fun event where we got to interact with cadre in an informal setting, at a really nice establishment that had refreshing beverages and hors d'oeuvres. Mandatory fun? Yes, the concept the military has to get 100% participation in fun events, they require you to come and have a good time. This works well because otherwise you probably couldn't get people to show up that otherwise don't like to go out and hang out with people in public. Plus it makes things look better with a full room vs. a room that only has a few people in it. Besides, the idea of meeting and talking with people that are higher ranking than you in an informal setting is daunting to some. Probably the coolest thing we got to do was speak with a British Liaison Officer. He had a good accent, so it took me a minute before I could really understand what he was saying.
So the evening starts off with us heading over there from the dining facility. Being the first group there, a couple of us decide that we are going to be the receiving line. So we stand there and welcome other LTs into the reception hall. I am the one that is starting the conversation with random LTs and passing them down the line to the other two guys. It's completely random and funny and most people are getting a kick out of it. I misread one guys rank and thought he was an LT (he was a Major). I did the same routine and passed him down the line. He had a good sense of humor for me misreading his rank. Right after he finished going by, one of the guys was like "Guys, that was a Major!!" We were like Oops and "the greeting line is over." Then we dispersed and went back into the reception. We laughed about it right after, but that could have been a butt chewing for goofing off.
So in this reception the idea is that we interact with our cadre and talk to them about things we want to learn or random things like sports. What I noticed is that people that already knew each other hung out in the little groups. This is pretty normal for any party. I kind of wondered around and took the time to meet some more people, although I can't say I really got to talk to any cadre. The problem with this is you don't really get to talk long with everyone you talk to, and you don't get to form the really close bonds that you might like to with a few people. This is how I am by nature, so it doesn't bother me too much. Some of these guys I will be spending the next five months around, because we are going to the same school after this is over.
Afterwards we were bused back to the barracks where some changed and made trips to the bars, others stayed in, and I went to a winery for live music and to meet some friends.
Friday, September 08, 2006
Here I am at Basic Officer Leadership Course, Day 5. So far it has been pretty much inprocessing. That is when they gather up a bunch of people and have them wait in lines alot. See some pictures of lines here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/trueblue28
I was so excited that I passed my 2 mile run right after getting here albeit being somewhat dormat for the past couple of months. I didn't pass my pushups for the second time since I have been in the Army. That's fine, I will get them next time. We get to work out every morning. Here lately we have been getting up around 0330, but I am hoping that is going to change soon to like 0530.
The food hasn't been bad here at all, but it took some getting used to the water. It is a little less filtered than I am used to in good ol' Kansas.
For the last couple of days I have been getting to know the people in my platoon. I have never seen so many Lieutenants in one place at one time! Everyone is very cool here so far, but all of the personalities and personality conflicts haven't come out yet. Being my observant self, I am noticing where those might possibly be.
I went out and got myself some ACUs. Those are the new Army standard issue uniforms. I have been waiting to come to training and get some of these. They are pretty nice. They feel much more comfortable than BDUs.
Ruck March
This morning we did a five mile ruck march. It was long and a good march, but I am not sure how my feet feel about me right now. Basically for those of you who might be unaware, you put about 35 pounds on your back (in a ruck sack), wear a helmet, and carry a weapon with you while you walk in line for a few miles. With all training events, you are required to have an After Action Review to see how everything went. This is where everything lines up with Agile development (or where Software people got it from). In an AAR, you talk about what was supposed to happen, what really happened, then what went well and where you can improve. In Agile during a retrospective, you talk about what happened vs. the iteration that just happened, then you do a Start, Stop and Continue.
Thursday, August 31, 2006
What would you think if you came in one day and your employer had sent you an email like this?
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FROM: Management
TO: Joe Employee
SUBJECT: Layoff Information
Dear Joe Employee,
As mentioned in previous meetings, we have decided to give layoff notices by email rather than in person. We spent much time collaborating and while we want to keep all of our good employees, even some of our best employees are in positions that have been eliminated for the company to remain above water. We feel that you are one of our best employees, so it is with great regret that we must inform you that your position has been eliminated. This is effective at close of business today. Based on your time here, you will receive 16 weeks of severance pay. We will need you to report to Conference Room B and sign all termination paperwork and turn in your security badge. Thank you for your service and we regret that this decision had to be made. Please have your desk cleaned out by close of business today. We will keep you in mind if there are any future opportunities.
Thanks,
Management (a.k.a The Man)
PS. Security will be by to ensure that no one forgets anything. Please leave your number with them on your way out tonight in case they find you have forgotten anything. |
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060830/ap_on_hi_te/radioshack_layoffs
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Friday, July 07, 2006
We're going to the Staind concert on August 8th here in Topeka! It's going to be awesome! I have been a fan of Staind since I first heard DYSFUNCTION. “Mudshovel” and “Me” remain some of my favorite songs from that album.
We bought our first home. It's pretty nice and in a quiet neighborhood. We are dealing with settling in at this time and we moved a month ago. Of course we got married after we closed on the house and were gone for another week on a honeymoon.
Well, I'm a married man now. It doesn't feel any different. In fact, it actually feels pretty good. I married up as far as leagues go. :D
It's kind of nice to have someone take the trouble and money to change their last name to be yours. That's when you know they really, really like you!
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
If suddenly you wonder why your computer doesn't connect to your network anymore and you can't figure out what the heck is going on, it could be a possible TCP/IP Stack corruption. I spent three evenings on this problem on a shared (me and the fiance) laptop. In 2 minutes after reading the posts below, the error was fixed. I am putting this in my must remember in case weird s### happens box. :)
| http://www.devhardware.com/forums/networking-34/not-able-to-renew-ip-address-20811.html |
| http://www.techwarelabs.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=3131 |
Symptoms: In a command line, during ipconfig /release and ipconfig /renew.
An error occurred while renewing interface ‘Internet’: An operation was attempted on something that is not a socket.
From a command line, issuing a ping command (to a local network address) shows: "Pinging * with 32 bytes of data destination host unreachable(repeated 4 times)Ping statistics for *:etc etc"In the above msg, in place of the * it shows a different non-alphanumeric character (such as a triangle); whereas on a properly working machine, it shows in those locations the IP address it was pinging. Something is wrong...
One of the tools to fix the problem. Another tool available here.
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
Beougher - Reynolds
Richard and Melinda Beougher of Longton announce the engagement of their daughter, Brandi Denise, to Robert Benjamin Reynolds, Jr., son of Christine Reynolds-Shinkle and Gil Shinkle, Coffeyville, and Robert and Angie Reynolds of Douglass.
Brandi is a graduate of Elk Valley High School and Kansas State University with a degree in Family Studies and Human Services. She is employed by the Boys and Girls Clubs of Topeka as the Netsmartz Coordinator.
Rob is a graduate of Neodesha High School and Coffeyville Community College. He then graduated from Kansas State University with a degree in Management Information Systems. He is employed by the Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka as a Programmer/Analyst.
Their wedding is set for 2 p.m. Saturday, June 10, 2006, at the Church of the Nazarene in Independence, KS.
Thursday, April 13, 2006
It was a great conference and I still need to get out there and get all of the code samples that were put out.
Rick Strahl had a great session on AJaX and also a few good sessions on other Web Items. If you went to the conference and you need a good pointer to that stuff, look here.
AJaX: http://west-wind.com/weblog/posts/5096.aspx and http://west-wind.com/weblog/posts/5139.aspx
Integrating Credit Card Processing into ASP.NET: http://west-wind.com/weblog/posts/5145.aspx
Scott Guthrie gave a great Opening Keynote Presentation and also a session on ASP.NET 2.0 Tips and Tricks. He has slides available here: http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2006/04/03/441787.aspx and more information here: http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2006/04/09/442332.aspx
Michele Leroux Bustamante gave a few great presentations. Her information is here: http://www.dasblonde.net/PermaLink,guid,2a996943-5bd3-48c4-94e9-97368c00222d.aspx
Rob Howard and Code Smith: http://weblogs.asp.net/rhoward/archive/2006/02/13/438156.aspx
Dino Esposito gave a couple of great presentations, but I have not seen his slides up on his site yet. It is possible that he only put them up on the conference link.