Despite my hope for a quick turnaround on the Parley release things just didn’t go that way... they rarely do. I’ve got all kinds of excuses as to why it’s taken so long. Phil, Simone, and I each taking new jobs at Microsoft, Avande, and Quick, respectively, would be one. Carli and I buying a house and getting totally wrapped up in Buckeye Football would be a couple more. But in the end, who care because no one like excuses. Isn’t there even some old cliché about how. excuses are like... something... and they...

Like everyone else, I’ve been playing the uninstall-before-we-install dance in preparation for the new Visual Studio 2008 bits. One hott tip for getting the uninstall part right is to follow ScottGu’s excellent post, Steps to Uninstall VS 2008 Beta2 before installing the VS 2008 Final Release. One pseudo-problem that my co-workers and I have run into is trying to find those particular programs in the huge list of programs in the list of programs on your box. It’s like the old needle in a stack of needles problem. Search Driven Navigation If you’re running on...

Yeah, I really struggled to come up with a clever and catchy title for this post, so that’s what I ended up with. At any rate, I’ve got an announcement that’s a bit overdue. After some sixteen months of working from home with some of the smartest folks around I’ve decided to shake things up a bit. I guess just couldn’t stay away from all of the water cooler chats, office parties, and crummy coffee. That’s right, I’ll be heading back into an office for the J-O-B. My new office digs Today was my first day as...

Windows Live Writer has been out of beta for a while now with all of the normal buzz and blogging that we’ve come to expect from the community of users following this sweet little application. However, I’ve not seen read anything about one of nicest new features - the markup generated by WLW is now XHTML compliant! Enabling XHTML compliance As far as I can tell, WLW won’t just magically start building XHTML markup... you need to tell it to do so. Luckily, it’s pretty easy to do. Open the Weblog Settings dialog via Weblog -> Edit...