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What Is In a Name?
I've been wondering for a while about brands. It wasn't until last night I realized this meant I'd...
Author: johnmont Date: 05/05/2004
Will This Change the Point System?
Will a pedestrian in a crosswalk now be 5 points instead of 2?
Author: johnmont Date: 04/29/2004
Michael Howard: Funny, Good Guy
Yesterday, Michael Howard (the security guy) presented to my team on a kind of “fact vs....
Author: johnmont Date: 04/29/2004
Where Was I For 3 Months?
Two people have asked me why I wasn't posting for the last three months. A lot of it was FY05...
Author: johnmont Date: 04/28/2004
Ed's Famous
I always love to see folks on my team quoted in the press. Recently, Ed worked with CNet to explain...
Author: johnmont Date: 04/28/2004
Brown Sugar or Muscavado Sugar
Last weekend, I made some chocolate-topped toffee bars. It was late at night. I'd had a glass or two...
Author: johnmont Date: 04/28/2004
Don't Harsh My Mellow
I picked my wife up from the hospital yesterday after some work on some ruptured disks in her neck....
Author: johnmont Date: 04/28/2004
Is Ed Trying to Tell Me Something
A long time ago, a member of my team decided I was grumpy. He created a team alias for me called...
Author: johnmont Date: 04/27/2004
On Jon Udell, RSS, and RSSBandit
Jon Udell mentioned that one of the things he wants is for the RSS community to keep its focus on...
Author: johnmont Date: 01/19/2004
Mary Jo Noticed
For those of you who remember, a while ago I asked informally what we should call the Longhorn...
Author: johnmont Date: 01/19/2004
Latest WebMatrix
I noticed this morning that the ASP.NET team had posted the latest WebMatrix. I pulled it down. Nice...
Author: johnmont Date: 01/19/2004
Moving from MFC to Managed Code
Sitting on my desk is a new book: “Extending MFC Applications with the .NET Framework”...
Author: johnmont Date: 01/19/2004
More on the Coffee and Beer Diet
Yesterday my father in law and I did some side-by-side taste testing of Dunkin' Donuts coffee:...
Author: johnmont Date: 01/19/2004
On Phatnoise and Cables
For those of you who followed me at my old home (on gotdotnet using Chris Anderson's BlogX...
Author: johnmont Date: 01/19/2004
Measuring Namespace Complexity
One of the nice things about the .NET Framework (particularly vs. Win32) was its discoverability....
Author: johnmont Date: 01/14/2004
Coffee and Beer is All You Need
I was born and brought up in Boston. Consequently, I was born and brought up on Dunkin' Donuts and...
Author: johnmont Date: 01/14/2004
Interesting Outlook Plug-Ins in Managed Code
I know of two: DateLens and NewsGator. What are the other cool ones?
Author: johnmont Date: 01/09/2004
The Cable Man Cometh
Today, I got High-Definition cable. This is after my Christmas present to myself of a 43-inch...
Author: johnmont Date: 01/09/2004
Welcome To Your New Home
With blogs.msdn.com coming online I get to start afresh after a long hiatus (during which I was...
Author: johnmont Date: 01/09/2004