Robert McLaws: FunWithCoding.NET

Seven long hours of work later, and I FINALLY get my new web server to talk to my new SQL server. Geez man this was getting ridiculous. For whatever reason, after installing SQL on the server, I could not connect to it through EM on my local machine. The ports were wide open, but my EM was doing a really good Stevie Wonder impression. The web server couldn't see it either.

I've been heads-down all week working on the finishing touches to everything I have going on. The DNS settings started transitioning over to my new servers, and I've been hard at work prepping the new production servers for the new websites we are launching. It's getting pretty intense now. Only two more business days and the rest of the weekend before the big launch day. This time it cannot be missed, due to the timing of other announcements that are outside my control. Things are moving well tho. I'm in for a few sleepless nights, that's for sure.

How about we all go to Universal Studios instead? Um, that would be way more fun than not drinking and yakking for hours about BS that we're all gonna be yakkin about all week long anyway.

Microsoft To Shut Down MSN Chat In Several Markets

I stumbled upon the ASP.NET Checklists today (courtesy of Roy Osherove), and have been roaming around the Patterns and Practices section all day. I've found some truly outstanding gems, and just in time to configure my new servers that are slowly coming online.

WOO HOO! The Weblogger BOF session topic was selected as one of the first 23 picked on Saturday. I'm really excited that it's a go, and very soon I'm going to put together a working group to help determine how the session is going to work. Currently, the following people are signed up to help:

It seems to me like the easiest way to get rid of SPAM would be to have mailservers check to see if the IP address of the e-mail sender resolves to the domain references in the “From” field. This would require people like me to register their home computers in their business DNS system when sending business mail, but so what?

Who does this guy think he is, Joe Scarborough? I am constantly appalled by the commpany that I work for, and the meaningless drivel they publish. If the media has a liberal bias, then the tech-media version of the political parties would have to be Microsoft (Republicans/Conservatives) v. Linux/Sun/Open Source (Democrats/Liberals). Haven't I read this before? Oh yeah, I have. Scott McNealy talked the same kind of smack 4 months ago. Here are some highlights: