The fact that Windows XP Find in Files only searches files with known file extensions drives me crazy because it skips, among other things, .cs  files. Every time I set up a new system, I have to re-figure out how to fix this. To facilitate that, I put together a .reg file that will search all unknown file extensions as text files. Enjoy.

Here. The one where I step into the breach and propose yet another RSS extension.

Here. I don't know how long it's but up, but the C# version of my WinForms book is up on Amazon. If you were a reviewer, please post a review. Thanks!

Here. Pick the new name for this feed and win a free seat at the Applied XML Developer's Conference in greater Portland, OR, July 10-11. If you're already registered (a good idea, since it's filling fast), you can have a free seat for a friend or co-worker. Here's the scoop: When I built this news feed, it was an attempt to build a Windows equivilent of SlashDot. Unfortunately, I'm not interested in keeping up on all the news in the Windows developer space and the few folks that have stepped up to post on this site are largely spammers (although not all of them, by any means). So, I'll be moving this feed to be just stuff from me. The problem is, I don't know what to call it. In addition to posting links to stuff I produce, e.g. tools, writings, editorial, etc., this blog (ok, I admit it : ) is really about the things that I find interesting and my personal insights, so I'll want a name that reflects that. Also, I'm a big fan of puns, alliteration and double meanings (the logo has *three* meanings). If you suggest the best name by 8am PST, Friday, June 19th, you win a free seat (travel and hotel is still on you).

Here. "You are Neo, from "The Matrix." You display a perfect fusion of heroism and compassion." I'm guessing that Don's Morpheus, Sam's the Oracle, Sara's Trinity and Tim's the Architect. Bets?

Here. I'm speechless. I can't imagine what this will lead to. [radio.weblogs.com/0001011]

Here. Oh sure, Pope Pius X, Johnny Weissmuller, Marvin Hamlisch and Dana Carvey were born that day, too, but definately Mr. de Sade is the coolest on the list.

UPDATE: Since publication, this recommendation has been incorporated into many RSS feeds. You can read the semi-official docs for the wfw:commentsRss element on rssboard.org.

So far, comments have gotten a lot of play in the RSS space:

• The RSS 2.0 <comments> element to expose a link for a browser-based UI to view/add comments
• The <slash:comments> extension element to expose the number of comments current made on an item
• The <wfw:comment> extension element to expose the URL endpoint for posting comments via the CommentAPI

However, what’s missing is the ability to pull out a list of comments associated with an item. Instead, folks like Sam publish their comments as a separate feed, and then feed readers thread the comments with the content by comparing the elements from the type feeds (as well as all of the other feeds). That works for most standard-sized RSS sites, but what about sites that exposes hundreds of thousands of entries like msdn.com? Cached per site comment feeds don’t scale as well as on-demand per-item comment feeds. Towards that end, I’d like to propose another element to the well-formed web’s CommentAPI namespace: commentRss.

The commentRss element would be a per-item URL for an RSS feed of comments. It looks very like the wfw:comment element:

<wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"> 
  http://bitworking.org/news/commentsRss/52
</wfw:commentRss>

With wfw:commentRss, the RSS reader can pull the comments down on demand, merging them in with the cross-references from other blogs as it does now. In addition, an extension to RSS like this would allow feed readers to subscribe to comments for a particular item, either manually for conversations in which the user is interested or automatically when the user posted a comment for an item.

Comments?