Site Maintenance

Update: Things should look like normal again. Comments should be working now as well. I may wind up breaking the layout again and go back to a default template at some point, so things may look different again. I’m in a situation where I need to redo my templates and stylesheet to make it easier …

Doctor Who Made Me Cry

Yes, I admit it, Doctor Who made me cry. I was a bit behind on Doctor Who episodes (which is unusual as I normally watch these immediately along with Battlestar Galactica) and finally watched the final two episodes of Series 2 tonight. I knew that Billie Piper was leaving the show, but when her character, …

New Car: Dodge Caliber R/T

As I mentioned in my previous post, I bought a new car recently. I sold my PT Cruiser to my parents and bought a 2007 Dodge Caliber R/T. Over Thanksgiving we took several cars for test drives and narrowed it down to the Caliber. We didn’t plan to buy anything until next year, but Chrysler …

Battlestar Galactica on the Big Screen

Watching Battlestar Galactica on a 42” TV is pretty good, but tonight I’m watching it on a really big screen. SciFi is showing the mid-season finale at movie theatres tonight, a day early. I’m sitting at the Tivoli in University City for tonight’s showing. Kristin elected to stay home and wrap Christmas presents so I’m …

TechEd Split in 2008?

Brian Marble asks if they should split TechEd back into separate IT Pro and Developer events. If this were up for a vote, I’d vote yes. The first Microsoft Conference I attended was MEC back in 2002 which just happened to be the final year for that conference. In 2003 they moved to a consolidated …