....I have a myspace account (finally) in case anyone is interested.

    ....all my fello geeks - we need a tshirt for this:

    "0 bottles of beer on the wall, 0 bottles of beer, you take 1 down, pass it around, 4294967295 bottles of beer on the wall."

    ....check out this most recent MSDN article.

    ...personally, as an amateur astronomer, I'm pumped - can't wait for the imagery to come back....

    If you haven't searched for images yet using the new live.com, then you absolutely have to - very amazing (and I did it all on firefox which should shut up the critics). Anyway, use this URI to do a search for Microsoft images on live.com: http://www.live.com/#q=microsoft&scope=images&lod=2&fi=false&page=results.

    ....it really kicks butt when you click on an image, the "other" images are displayed on the right in a scrollable region. Very slick.

    ...looks as though the March Atlas Refresh will add support for WebParts and Firefox. This courtesy of content downloaded from Scott's blog Re: recent lecture at the Dutch Microsoft Dev Days.

    ...one of the smartest guys I've ever met taught me something once and time and time again it's proven itself useful, so I thought I would share.

    When presented with a problem, if you haven't thought of three ways to solve it then you haven't thought hard enough - it probably also means that you don't understand the problem well enough.

    That thought is powerful for a number of reasons: it forces us to look at a problem in original ways as we try to get to that "third solution", it forces us to understand the problem (face it, you probably don't understand the nature of the problem if you're just copying someone else's solution), and it forces us to question what really is the problem as understanding the nature of the problem always reduces the 'noise' around it.

    ....this tactic just saved my can a couple minutes ago as I suddenly saw through a problem on the third 'way to solve it' that I had missed earlier.

    ....for those who find it interesting, my dishwasher is, indeed, hosed. The motor leaks water through one of the seals at the bottom of the base cover for the whole sprayer assembly. There is a little metal doohickey (yes, techn-babble) that has a seal that looks as though it was literally poured into the base itself to keep leaks from occuring - well, that seal is now dried and cracked. The only way to fix it is to get a new motor....so, I'm looking now....oh well....I learned a little about dishwashers, I guess....