Some very kinds notes lately from folks who noticed my ever changing MSN Messenger Name.  I've indeed been ill lately, having some diabetes troubles and unusual associated vertigo.  I was literally propped up all weekend, as lying down induced horrible spinning (presumably of the room, although possibly me).  I'm getting better...

Well, crap.  It's 10:10pm.  I'm at work.  I missed the Portland [.NET] Bloggers Dinner.  It was one of those coding things...just one more class...then I'll get validation working...then I'll add configurability...you know.  Poop. But, I did learn something interesting that wasn't obvious to yours truly.  I have a...

Two cool things this weekend.... One, saw The Rundown which is probably the most all around fun I've had at a movie in years.  Probably since the Matrix (the first one).  I'm a bit of a gourmand when it comes to cinema, and certainly there have been lots of great movies in the last few years, but name one that you walked out of saying...

It's 12:18am and I'm hopped up on at least 96 ounces of Diet Pepsi and vibrating with the excitement that you only get after a 15-hour-marathon-coding-just-one-more-method session.  Having a blast, or hooked on crack?  You decide. Here's what I'm hip deep in and did today: Cookieless Forms Authentication - You may have noticed that...

For Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314056 To view the list of services that are running in Svchost: Click Start on the Windows taskbar, and then click Run. In the Open box, type CMD, and then press ENTER. Type Tasklist /SVC, and then press ENTER.  For Windows 2000: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;250320...

Seems like a lot of my posts lately have started with something like "Here's a weird IE bug" or "Here's something odd in .NET" but... Here's a weird IE thing.  We do a lot of Check Imaging and Statement stuff here, so if someone wants to go online and get an image of a check, they can.  We often use Web Services to talk to a Check...

Well, my Hanselman.com email (as well as for all my Hanselman relatives) has been down with DNS and dumb problems since Friday, so it's official.  I'm switching.  I'm switching to ORCSWeb.  I'll move all my domains there, including www.hanselman.com, www.diabeticbooks.com, www.glucopilot.com and www.computerzen.com.  Expect...

Wow...good thing I'm covered! ;) A Forrester research project, funded by Microsoft inc., has determined that developing software using a Linux/J2EE development environment increases a developer's risk of dying from colon cancer by up to 40% over the risk when developing with Microsoft's .Net technology.

Why do I code?  Because I can't cook, or change my own oil, or mow lawns.  Because I lettered in drama in High School but I never got discovered walking an L.A. mall.  Because I never made any money doing standup.  Because, God help me, if I wasn't coding the only think I'd be good at would be selling cars.  (I'm REALLY...

I'm sitting on a plane from St. Louis to Orlando on the way to VSLive/ASPLive.  I was thinking about who I'm going to see at the conference.  I figure that my buddy Chris Kinsman will be there and possibly acquaintances of mine such as Keith Pleas.  Why just acquaintance?  I've had the pleasure to email Keith four or five times...

It came in the mail today, and it's about time.  What's next?

So, two people commented (one email, one blog comment) with some confusion over the 11/9.  Here's the explanation: It was an internationalization joke (and a good one I thought) When we say 9/11 (formatted mmddyy) most people in the STATES assume we mean September 11.  In the last two years the word 'nineeleven' means more than just a...

Tomorrow, I'm leaving for Orlando to speak at ASPLive on Internationalization.  I'll be flying exactly two years (to the minute) from September 11.  Needless to say, the wife's justifiably not happy about it and I have mixed feelings.  My boss says that even flying on September 11th is safer than driving any day.  I'm not sure...

Well, that was a nice little spike of traffic.  A few random thoughts: Thanks to everyone for comments and author corrections for the tools on my List o' Tools.  Too bad Radio doesn't appear to support Trackback/Pingback from 'Stories' or I'd know who's linking to me.  I'll continue to update the tools list as I add more.  I'll...

Roy Osherove suggested that I post a list of the contents of my C:/UTILS folder.  Everyone collects utilities, and most folks have a list of a few that they feel are indispensable.  Here's mine.  Each has a distinct purpose, and I probably touch each at least a few times a week.  For me, util means utilitarian and it means...