Here. Want to develop deep extensions to VS.NET as a Visual Studio Integration Partner for free? Want to develop those extensions using managed code with new managed samples and a new wizard? Then check out the VSIP Extras Beta and have fun!

Here. In my post last night [1], I was using exaggeration to make a point. The point was that the new openness of Microsoft product teams is a *good* thing. The evidence of this new openness is the blog, which puts all kinds of "why" knowledge on the web in google form for future developers. I was crying wolf a bit when I said that blogs/openness would put authors like me out of work. It might put some authors/consultants/speakers out of work, but as Mike Abercrombie at DevelopMentor used to say, "There's always room in the market for quality." Or, in other words, there will always be a need for *good* books, articles, conference talks, training courses, etc. I'll just have to try to write well from now on, that's all. : ) [1] http://www.sellsbrothers.com/spout/#Time_For_An_Exciting_Career_In_Electronics P.S. I appreciate all the offers of encouragement and hugs that I got from this post [1]. It's nice to know folks care and hard to believe that anyone would ever consider me "subtle." On the other hand, I was accused of claiming to have invented Java the other day, so maybe I need to post another naked picture or something... : )

Here. "Microsoft will announce on Wednesday that it will offer two $250,000 bounties for information leading to the arrest of the people who released the MSBlast worm and the SoBig virus, CNET News.com has learned." Holy cow! Did Microsoft just create a new profession: the cyber bounty hunter?!?

Here. Looks like the folks that video taped the break-out sessions at the PDC have a DVD of the videos. Even if you did get to go, like me, you probably didn't get to see everything you wanted. Now just gotta talk to boss into it...

Here. Because of increasing popularity, Carl Franklin asked the community for some help mirroring the audio from his .NET Rocks! internet talk show. MSDN has answered the call and is now mirroring the audio for each of the past .NET Rocks! shows and will be mirroring it into the future. Enjoy (I know I do).

Here. ExtremeTech has a review of the PDC Longhorn bits. [radio.weblogs.com/0001011/]

Here. Don Box says it nicely: "XAML is just an XML-based way to wire up CLR types - no more no less."

Here. The one where blogs and RSS have removed the inefficiency in the market in which I make my living. Luckily, few people make full use of such technologies, so I may be able to make the mortgage for a few more months...