Oh, what a beautiful morning. Oh, what a beautiful day....

Greetings from balmy central jersey. The weather has been preeeeetty nice lately, and for that I am happy. I get my energy from the yellow sun, so the winter makes it rough for my vim-vigor quotient. I really can't wait for the sun, and the beach.... when that spring smell gets in the air it's all I can think about.



My new machine is all set up, and it's super sweet. I'm dual booting in Win 7 and Vista, kind of by accident but it works out well because I'm more comf in Vista and I really wanted to play in Win 7.

Windows 7 is REALLY good looking. The whole thing looks very WPF-y. I haven't messed around enough to give a real review, so I'm going to hold off on that.



Last week I went to the .NET User Group meeting held at Set Focus in NJ. Our local evangelist  Peter Laudati gave a talk on MVC, it was very informative. This week there is a talk in NYC about Iron Ruby I believe I am going to.UPDATE: It's actually Iron Python, iffy now. Should be interesting, I'm trying to get more involved, it's all about staying current.



Things I will be purchasing in the next few weeks:

1. Monitor: working on a desktop means I don't have that extra monitor. I need another 22" (maybe 24") from my desk. Right now I have an "HP w2207h", at least that's what it's saying in the corner. I need the new one to match, so I will likely get another HP, going to snatch that tonight online hopefully.

2. A netbook. Now, this I am not sure about at all. If anyone has any recommendations please let me know. I have no preferences as of brand or anything, just looking <$500 which I'm sure will be easy because pretty much all the ones I have seen are.

3. A new camera. UGH, my camera was stolen this weekend!!! Stinks but it was about 3 years old so I've been needing a new one for a while. I'm looking <$200 for that. I'm not a photog, I just need something to take kissy faced club pictures of me and my friends. If you know of a good one let me know.



Regarding the Sexiest Bachelor Developer Contest: I promised the results THIS WEEK. That was a lie, and I'm sorry. However, it's for GOOD REASON. We are having a guest judge, my good friend Erika Leonardi who is an expert on all things sexy, rate our candidates and decide the contest. It will be published in the next few days. I apologize for the delay but it will all be worth it, I promise.



Hope this finds you all well, enjoy your week (AND your St Paddy's) and for all of you going to MIX, have a blast!