October 20, 2003 spout writing

ASP Alliance reviews WinForms Programming in C#

Here. I don't know why an ASP site is reviewing a WinForms book, but they do a thorough job and, of course, I like their conclusion: "If you are looking for a Windows Forms book, don’t let this one slip out of your hands. The book has such insight and experience included that every reader, beginner and professional, will get benefit from reading it."
October 20, 2003 spout writing

Every Vain Author’s Best Friend

Here. Rory built me an RSS feed to track book reviews on Amazon.com. And then he thanked me for letting him do it. You're welcome, Rory... BTW, to complete your Vain Author's Toolkit, you'll need junglescan.com to track a portfolio of books' sales rank. If those ain't web services, I don't know what are!
October 19, 2003 fun

Black Cube for “Chris Sells (Likeness)”

Here. This caused me to laugh 'til I snorted. : )
October 17, 2003 conference

Aaron at the Applied XML Dev.Conf. part 2

Here. "Some XML applications don't require validation to function properly but others absolutely require it in one form or another to avoid disasters. Aaron Skonnard discusses when validation is a MUST, then presents different implementation techniques for tackling the problem."
October 15, 2003 conference

Part 1 of Aaron’s Applied XML Dev.Conf. talk

Here. "Some XML applications don't require validation to function properly but others absolutely require it in one form or another to avoid disasters. Aaron Skonnard discusses when validation is a MUST, then presents different implementation techniques for tackling the problem."
October 15, 2003

Lawrence Lessig on copyrights, patents and freedom

Here. Chris Anderson [1] is right. Now only is this a great presentation on the battle ranging between "theft" and "freedom," but the style in which it's given is fabulous. [1] simplegeek.com
October 15, 2003 .net

Scott Guthrie’s ASP.NET Whidbey Demo

Here. ScottGu describes his ASP.NET Whidbey demo at the ASP.NET Connections conference. I'm no ASP.NET programmer, but that *is* one tasty dish...
October 15, 2003 spout

How Does One Obtain Inside Information?

Here. The one where I list the steps I use to figure out stuff that isn't documented.

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