okay, now that john let the cat out of the bag himself, i'm glad to say that john lam of rubyclr fame has joined microsoft and will begin january 2007.
see john's post: dynamic languages, microsoft and me for his story.
i think this is a great hire for microsoft and the clr team. will this mean ruby will instantly be a part of the .net framework and take on the roadmap of an ironpython-ish project? let's wait and see. i, for one, hope so and welcome john to the organization -- a great move for the clr guys.
well, back in august i knew things weren't going to be smooth with the cox buyout of cableamerica (my local provider). i already cancelled my internet service because, well frankly, cox internet sucks (at least in my area). qwest dsl has proved to be a better choice so far (crossing my fingers for verizon fios).
well 5 days ago i got a note in the mail about having to turn in my dvr/cable box. it was not something i was looking forward to, but i planned for it -- they let me know that on oct 18 the box would be rendered useless.
i unplugged it and took it down -- little did i know it was a sales process...'do you have internet?' -- yada yada -- give me my new box. i got it and went home. the user interface sucks. it's like the cableamerica ui on the motorola was a slick wicked xbox/wpf/mediacenter looking thing...cox ui? atari. the process of creating a series recording sucks arse.
anyhow, i used it. until today. october 18. channels abruptly changed. on the cox box, fine. on my tivo units, not so fine. no problem, rerun the setup...it found cox as a new provider...but then started asking me about the channel lineup -- and it didn't match. now i have a dvr service (in 2 rooms) that is useless if the channel lineup doesn't match.
contact cox: not our problem (their probably right); contact tivo: 3-5 days for an answer.
argh.
well, it's out in the wild now -- ie7 has been released. you can read dean's (gm for IE) note on the IEBlog regarding the release.
now that it is out -- and likely windows update people will start downloading it, there may be some adjustments that sites may want to consider. why? because even in ie7 we are more standards compliant to the point that ie7 may break some of the hacks you had to do in ie6 browsers, etc.
to understand more about ie7 development here are some resources:
two great places to get some knowledge...and as always, the IEBlog is listening...
check out the recommendations from target.com when adding a zune to your shopping cart -- the suggested 'better together' is a white and a black zune...
i guess they are really pushing the community aspect of zune to the limits, making sure you can share music with...yourself.
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