Random updates
Man, its been far too long since I last posted, and the last post wasn’t even (that) geeky.
Heres what been going on:
- I’ve been using MonoRail for a side project. I don’t think I’ll even develop another .net web site that doesn’t use MonoRail. The productivity gains are insane. You can get a working forms-over-data application up and running in no time, and thats not even using the Scaffolding support. It feels great to be liberated from TextBox, Label, and GridView objects
I almost suggested using MonoRail for a project at work, but I decided against it because its a short project (~2 months) a I couldn’t justify the time for the learning curve, maybe next time. - I finally got Vista installed at home, and I brought up the other monitor from the basement, so now we’ve got a dual flat panel setup upstairs which is nice. I’m liking Vista so far, but I got a scare recently when I booted up and I couldn’t get past the screen that says: “Press
-Tab for network book options…” Nothing worked, it would just freeze. I finally started unplugging stuff and it ended up being the Seagate FreeAgent drive that I had. So thats unplugged for now, we’ll revisit that at a later date. The UAC isn’t nearly as bad as some people make it out to be. I’m a sucker for the eye candy, and I haven’t even upgraded to 2 gigs of RAM yet. - Jason Bock has been raving about the new Rush album, and though I’m definitely not a Rush fan, I heard the new single on KQRS and I gotta say, its not half bad The new song that I’m really digging is the new one from Maroon 5, its not on Yahoo Music yet, but you can hear it at their web site: http://www.maroon5.com/hi_fi
I’m gonna try and get back on the posting bandwagon, but thats enough for now.
