Lounge Scene

Today in the course of my work, I came across a situation where some of the files referred to in our SQL database were not actually on disk where we thought they were.

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Well, I was very excited about getting the Vista sidebar to work on XP, until I started playing with the Gadgets.

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So, I was perusing codeproject.com and I came across their current Vista Gadgets Competition. Well, this sparked my interest, not because I am interested in prizes, but because until now, I hadn't heard of Gadgets, or the Vista Sidebar, or really much about Vista at all.

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So, upon creating this blog, the first thing I felt obliged to do was to show it off to my roommate and idea-raquetball partner Max Strini (his blog).

His first reaction was "that's sort of militant". Probably in reference to the original name for the blog, Vanguard Against Confusion. The term vanguard is generally used to refer to an aggressive front-line force of some sort. I concurred, but still felt I had made a good choice.

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Creating this blog today was extremely simple. I am duely impressed.