Eli Robillard's World of Blog.

I'm pretty happy to write that I'm on the roster of SharePoint Portal Server MVPs. This is my second time in the program, the last was as an ASP.Net MVP. Since then I've shifted my primary focus from web development to knowledge systems, though I still enjoy web dev and get my fix on that end with continued involvement in the ASPInsiders.

Here's a great feature idea for weblog articles - versioning. I went looking for a book link today on my resources page and SONNOVA, the article's been truncated at the Site Template list. Hmmm, I was just updating those the other day. . . ARGH! (These reactions have been heavily sanitized for family viewing.)

So maybe there's a way to recover rather than rebuild. In fact, maybe you can help. I wouldn't expect anyone to save a page of links but hey, maybe you have it cached (and have so far resisted temptation to click the link above). All versions include the phrase:
improved list of SharePoint Resources

A recent version would include the phrase:
New 2006-Mar!

This link explains how to find your MSIE cache folders, usually:
C:\Documents and Settings<i>username\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files

From there it's up to your favourite text search utility. I like Total Commander for all thing file management  you'll have your own. I located a version from January, can you do better?

As noted by good friend Blake (sans blog):

_well if yer workin the graveyard this week you'll be in for some sort of
historical triva. at 2 min, 3 sec after 1am wed the time n date will be:
01:02:03 04/05/06
that one won't happen again till the emperor decides to change the
calendar on us.

Shane Young had a great post a few days ago on adding a preconfigured XML Web Part into a Site Definition. The pain is that all the examples in ONET.XML use the Image Viewer WP, so how do you figure out how to write the CAML for your own? And while Todd has posted about exporting his tricked out Content Editor Web Parts (CEWP) into reusable DWPs, I haven't seen exactly this trick from him (though I could have missed it).

Are there any Germans in the haus who can explain this one to me?

The drive on my Toshiba Portege died last Friday. The good news is that I recently picked up a 400Gb external and most everything was backed up. As a replacement I bought the 7200RPM 80Gb Hitachi; the 60Gb version reviewed well and so far it's definitely a fast quiet unit. While most everything on the old drive was backed up, there are a few things I'll do different in the future.

The Toronto SharePoint User Group meeting is moving from tonight to next Wednesday, March 15. It will be a great one, Scott Howlett of iMason will be coming in to show off some really nifty tricks integrating AJAX with SharePoint. What's AJAX? It's how sites like Live.com, Google Maps and Netvibes work their drag 'n' drop and layered UI magic. Whether you're a developer or just want to see some really great SharePoint customization, come check it out.

Putting a logo above the menubar on a WSS site
http://weblogs.asp.net/bsimser/archive/2005/12/19/433512.aspx