Here. If you liked Don's Essential .NET (I know I did), then you should vote for it on the .NET Developer's Journal Reader's Choice Awards. You also get the opportunity to vote in all kinds of other categories besides books.

Here. It's the little things in life...

Here. I didn't know that XmlTextWriter could format your code for you. I've written the code to do it myself. Doh! Is there nothing that the .NET Framework Class Library authors haven't already thunk up?!?

Here. Visual Studio Magazine posts the results of their latest salary survey. Average Visual Studio programmer salary is $76K, up 12% from last year. Unfortunately, layoffs and such like are still the order of the day.

Here. From Ramon: This SDK provides the information necessary for developers to integrate their applications into Microsoft CRM or to build a vertical solution on the Microsoft CRM platform. An architectural overview includes descriptions of the object and security models, as well as the integration points. The API references are documented and the database schema is provided. There is a “How To” section with sample code.

• Running sellsbrothers.com for one month: $150
• Round-trip ticket from OR to FL to give a 90-minute talk: $1200
• My son picking me for his “famous person” school report: priceless

I don’t know how my son picked up on the tiny bit of fame I’ve acquired amongst a small, strange (but loveable!) group of people, but he did and now he thinks I’m cool. I’m sure it won’t last, but I plan to enjoy it while it does. : )

Here’s the SellsBrothers Beaverton Area Little League team looking very serious. Notice the SellsBrothers logo on the hats. Having your own company definitely has it’s perks. : )

Here’s the SellsBrothers team looking more natural.

Beaverton, OR
Saturday, April 12, 2003

Here. Just in case you're confused about what editions of Windows Server 2003 do what, here's a nice summary.