Keith Barrows

I don't keep up with all the latest trends, breakthroughs and buzz in every corner of the industry.  Wish I could!    I've been a fan of Virtual PCs for quite awhile.  While they have their pain points they allow one to have a complete environment separate from the physical PC it runs on.  Virtual Server does the same for Servers (and you can run Virtual Server on a PC for those really complex environments from your client.)  Microsoft and VMware are the two leaders that I am aware of.

Scientists say stem cells from cloned embryos could provide a valuable tool for studying diseases, screening drugs and, perhaps someday, creating transplant material to treat conditions like diabetes and Parkinson’s disease.

Scott Guthrie announced the release of the .NET Framework Source Code!  Scott Hanselman has an excellent post on how to step through the Framework source as well as a caveat on 64-bit installation.  Another other fantastic source on how to actually step into the Framework code is Shawn Burke's blog on configuring Visual Studio for Debug.  You will need the Visual Studio 2008 QFE for this.

It's been a few, hmmmm, decades since I took an English writing course.  In my job I've done tons of technical writing and that is still very strong.  However, I am quite rusty at writing the standard English paper.  So, to help me knock off the rust I am starting to do book reviews.  To keep it interesting, for me at least, I'll be reviewing books of a technical nature as well as leadership and relationship books.  I may eventually bite off some fiction and other "light" reading.