It has been a while since I posted - a cardinal sin in blogging I'm sure since no one will bother coming back unless there is fresh content regularly.
Here is a little bit of what is going on in my life:
Personally:
Dealing with health issues - I had a 3 hour x-ray session this morning to ascertain whether or not I have an ulcer or some other excess acid problem that has been keeping me awake (and in pain) at night.
I'm taking french classes on Saturdays. It started as a whim but it's a lot of fun - definitely a different part of the brain to exercise.
Oh, and on Sunday I turned 27. Some people think I'm still too young to complain, others think I'm ancient (all my friends who are younger than me).
Professionally:
I'm all set to deliver a couple of back to back sessions on .NET up in the Seattle area. The first will be for Primera, the second for SafeCo. There isn't too much one can cover in depth in a single day, but the road map includes:
1. CLR/CTS/.NET Essentials
2. C# basics
3. Assemblies
4. Interesting APIs: Reflection, Serialization, Remoting
5. Web stuff: web forms, web services etc...
6. Security
7. Data Access and other miscellany
At some point I'll post all the code samples online. While some of it may be redundant to what is already available via the web, it will be centralized and simple, thus giving an interested party a single place to look things up.
Ever since I found it I've been quite a lurker on Philip Greenspun's website. He taught (teaches?) a course on web development at MIT and of course it intrigues the hell out of me since my pipe dream was to go there. Along the way I found out that there is another project related to him called Ars Digita - not the hardware website Ars Technica, but an "Open Source" university concept, focused on computer science. All the material is free and available online even though the brick/mortar had to close because of lack of funding. I was ecstatic but the files are gigantic for regular download (one of the lectures I tried was ~330MB). But further revelation indicated that you can buy an 80GB hard drive from ADUni and get *everything* with it for $200. I'm not a hardware junky but methinks it's quite a deal.
Just about it... some links to send you on your way:
If you have a penchant for architecture, check greatbuildings.com or architectureweek.
I usually hate portrait art but Aaron Jansinki has captured my imagination for quite some time now. I wouldn't call his work "portrait art" but it does focus on the human.
You will find some excellent pictures of Shanghai here - go up to pbase.com and you'll find more interesting photos (like these images of Prague).
11:52:19 PM 
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