Visual Studio 2005 Smart Client Setup and Deployment Woes

I gotta tell you, the new CAB builder that comes with Visual Studio 2005 is a glorious failure. It is glorious because it is intuitive, easy to use, and simple. It is a failure because it doesn't friggin work.

Sure, it will build a CAB. And sure it is easy to setup the first time. But everytime we open the project a day or two later, all sorts of dependencies are out of whack and it won't build, even if nothing changed! And it hides so much that it is difficult to trace where exactly the failure is. I'm really getting fed up with this tool. I can't wait for the next service pack, cause this one is an abomination.

Successful Weight Loss!

I have lost 100 pounds! That's right! Yep! 100 pounds! I've lost 5 pounds 20 times. 5 times 20 equals 100! Woohoo!

How to perform a self-vasectomy...

You wanna talk about a bad day? This is a picture of a Dell laptop (according to the article) exploding at some kind of convention. Imagine if this had been on somebody's lap? I just moved my laptop to the table! :)

XV6700 Firmware Update

I'm going to give credit where credit is due. These dudes have found and installed the firmware updated for the XV6700 update from Verizon. Supposedly, this fixes the WiFi problem AND voice recognition problem, which should have been on the phone to begin with.

Make a Decision

"An executive is a person who always decides; sometimes he decides correctly, but he always decides." - John H. Patterson

I love that.

To lose is to win...

I found this very brave lady on blogger the other day. I've never posted my weight on the net. And I probably never will. And I'm a guy, we don't usually worry about such things. But she's done it, and she's fighting hard!

I've always struggled with my weight. As a programmer, I don't get a lot of exercise. And I love to eat. And I don't like vegetables. Or fruit. Or artificial sweeteners.

So you would think that a diet like the Atkins would work well for me. And it does. The problem is that I cannot stay on that diet for very long before I just get sick of all the meat and protein bars. It does work well, though. I recently went on it for 3-4 weeks and dropped 10 lbs. I went off of the diet and I've kept those 10 off, but I need to lose 40-50 more.

But I really want to exercise. Well, want is a strong word, but I really need to exercise. That's the tough part.

So I started running, and lifting weights again. With willpower, and a little less travel, I can accomplish my goals. There are a lot of people like Gigi that are in the same boat.

What's the Theme?

I subscribe to many different blogs, and many of them I enjoy. Most of them are technical in nature, but a few are not. But one thing I am finding out is this: the blogs that are successful, the ones that have a lot of readers, and a lot of commentors, are the ones with a theme. It doesn't seem to matter what the theme is, as long as it has one.

So how does one come up with a theme for a blog? My life has many facets that are exciting to me. Whether it be work or play, I've never narrowed my life down to just one thing. So how does a blogger do it? How do you boil everything else out of your life until you have just one thing to talk about?

Everytime I post here, I realize more and more that this is pointless. If there's no theme, it won't be found, and if it isn't found it won't be read.