WebVisions turned out all-in-all to be a good time. The sessions were great and I came out of it plenty inspired and am trying to review notes and reviews this morning so that I don’t lose track of the important bits. AJAX Inside Out (Workshop) Jack Herringon Slides: http://muttmansion.com/webvisions.pdf Code Samples: http://muttmansion.com/webvisions.tgz Waste of time. They should give refunds for this. Not sure if it was a horrible mis-communication between WV staff and Mr.

I’m at WebVisions today and tomorrow. Jeremiah is streaming live on Ustream if you want to check out the action. Ahhh, conferences. If I had the time and money, I’d probably just go to conferences and classes for a career. It’s a blast to learn new things and listen to different perspectives. But, I’m practical and know that you won’t get much done if you’re only learning, so usually end up doing one or two outings a year.

For the longest time I’ve been aggravating over a Log4Net problem using the RollingFileAppender with a RollingStyle of “Date”. This is probably the most popular style of logging, with the log file rolling over every day. But, I could never get it to work consistently. Log4Net would always start the log file over each day, but would not always archive the previous day’s log. End result being the entire log from the day before was gone!

Why do do new or moderately trafficked sites insist on using a <a href="CAPTCHA on their registration form? A CAPTCHA is a simple test to verify an actual person is using the computer and not a machine, usually in the form of a “type the letters in this graphic” question. They are used primarily to thwart spam bots roaming the web. Sites create an unnecessary roadblock to user adoption, and it seems to be becoming more common.

I bet you will soon. I remember how aghast my sociology prof was in college when some CEO made $100 million in one year. Well, imagine what will be thought of about this hedge fund manager’s 2006 take: $1.5 – $2 billion. Given Arnold’s record 2006 — the largest sum, we believe, anyone has ever earned in one year — a slap like that just might land someone in intensive care.