Atlanta .NET Regular Guys

March 2006 - Posts

• My job has great perks

  Everyone has something to complain about with their job, that's why they call it "work".  However, mine job is pretty nice as far as jobs go.  I get to do all kinds of development here as one of the only two developers on staff.  Application Read More posted 30-03-2006 12:59 by Matt Ranlett | 0 Comments Filed Under: General

• Why have I been so quiet lately? I've been busy working for YOU!

  Why have I been so quiet on the blog front lately?  I'm going to say that it is because I've been working hard for you!  This does of course ignore the hours I've poured into playing my Xbox 360 (I've nearly got COD2 beat on Veteran level).  Read More posted 30-03-2006 11:31 by Matt Ranlett | 1 Comments Filed Under: General, .NET Community

• Wonder machine

  I'm not talking about the Xbox 360 this time.  No, I'm talking about my new most favoritest coffee machine ever.  This think kicks butt.  It uses little discs to prepare coffee, tea, hot chocolate, espresso, lattes, etc.  By reading Read More posted 30-03-2006 11:22 by Matt Ranlett | 0 Comments Filed Under: General

• Reading Usenet in your RSS Reader

  Every once in a while I feel the need to check for something in the Microsoft Usenet groups.  Every time I'm rooting around in there I'm struck by how much great information goes through there that I never see.  I also see tons of questions Read More posted 21-03-2006 12:16 by Matt Ranlett | 1 Comments Filed Under: General

• INETA User Group Leadership Summit - Boston

  INETA is going to have another user group leadership summit before TechEd this year.  Make sure you attend the meeting and meet other user group leaders from around the world! For more information check out the special INETA newsletter this Read More posted 20-03-2006 09:53 by Brendon Schwartz | 0 Comments Filed Under: .NET Community

• INETA Live! starts March 22

  INETA is starting a series of webcasts to help user group leaders with best practices called INETA Live! Learn how to organize your very own code camp by attending the INETA Live! webcast on March 22, 2006. Register to attend the eventhttp://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032291526&Culture=en-US Read More posted 20-03-2006 09:42 by Brendon Schwartz | 0 Comments Filed Under: .NET Community

• Muglets? Even I let scripting run for the Muglets

  Matt emailed me yesterday and told me to look at his Muglet.  Well as some of you know I don’t let javascript run much less activeX controls, but he told me I really needed to for this one.  Glen is the one that let us know about it and he always Read More posted 16-03-2006 09:37 by Brendon Schwartz | 2 Comments

• I've got GRAW!

  I went out yesterday and grabbed one of the first copies of Ghost Recon Advanced Warrior from Best Buy.  This game looks simply amazing and promises to be the first game to really do something that the classic Xbox and PS2 couldn't accomplish (including Read More posted 09-03-2006 11:06 by Matt Ranlett | 0 Comments Filed Under: Xbox

• VB User Group meetings suspended until further notice

  Due to a sudden loss of venue, the VB User Group (and the Atlanta FoxPro Group) is suspending future meetings until a new meeting location has been secured.  If anyone knows of a free meeting area complete with projector and screen that can accommodate Read More posted 09-03-2006 11:04 by Matt Ranlett | 0 Comments Filed Under: .NET Community, VB.Net User Group

• Yesterday was Kim's birthday

  Kim and I went out to a local restaurant - Aqua Blue.  I've got to agree with the review on CitySearch, the inspiration outpaces the execution at this beautifully decorated eatery.  The decor and the people inside are all gorgous, but I've had Read More posted 09-03-2006 10:53 by Matt Ranlett | 1 Comments Filed Under: General

• Atlanta happenings - Microsoft CRM 3.0 Launch Tour

  What's a customer relationship managment system and why is it important for a business that has customer-facing employees?  If you even need to ask this question, you definitely need to read the overview for Microsoft's CRM product called Microsoft Read More posted 07-03-2006 12:06 by Matt Ranlett | 0 Comments Filed Under: Microsoft Products, .NET Events

• I had the Sony rootkit on my work PC

  I came in this morning to hear my workstation cranking away at nothing.  The disks were really churning and nothing was running, not even a screensaver.  So I decided to figure out what was causing this problem once and for all.  I checked Read More posted 07-03-2006 08:39 by Matt Ranlett | 1 Comments Filed Under: General

• Atlanta happenings - Free Security Summit April 13 2006

  Coming to Atlanta's Cobb Galleria on April 13th, 2006 is the Microsoft Security Summit 2006 on a five city tour.  This entirely free event lasts from 8:30am to 5:30pm and contains sessions for IT Professionals and Developers.  Being a developer, Read More posted 07-03-2006 08:34 by Matt Ranlett | 1 Comments

• Xbox360 Commercial where you can just Jump In

  In that I'm pimping all things Xbox 360 these days, have you seen the commercial voted in the top 10 by AdWeek?  Go here to watch it. Read More posted 06-03-2006 12:59 by Matt Ranlett | 0 Comments Filed Under: General, Xbox

• Professionally taken photograph

  This time I can’t blame the photographer if I look bad: Read More posted 02-03-2006 10:53 by Matt Ranlett | 2 Comments Filed Under: General

• The last piece of the puzzle is in place - XBOX360 and Xvid videos

  Last night I managed to get the last piece of my Xbox 360 home entertainment center hooked up and running to my satisfaction.  Now I’ve got: purchased games on DVD (of course) downloaded games from the Xbox Live Arcade (SmashTV is sweet!) Read More posted 02-03-2006 08:51 by Matt Ranlett | 109 Comments Filed Under: General, Xbox

• A rare gripe about Xbox Live

  I tried playing Call of Duty 2 online last night and had some fun with the Headquarters game.  When the game ended, however, I was unable to sign back into any of the CoD game lobbies - the server was full.WTF!?!  Someone has fallen down in Read More posted 01-03-2006 08:03 by Matt Ranlett | 1 Comments Filed Under: General, Microsoft Products, Xbox