This weekend I spent some time investigating two of the top blog packages: SubText and DasBlog in preparing for a new site I launched (http://www.keithelder.net).  I've heard of each app equally it seems and each seem to be the top two players in the .Net blog space.  After downloading both of them and poking around the source and trying to get them to build I am no where further along in my evaluation this evening than I was when I started.    DasBlog Installation Stumps Me For starters DasBlog is still using VS2003 for its solution.  For me, this was a huge turn off right out of the...

Saturday was the Alabama Code Camp in Montgomery.  I didn't get to blog about it too much since I spent most of my energy either updating my demos or driving (5 hour drive).  I finally got to meet Doug (the new DE for the area) as well as chat with a few of the other speakers (Bruce Thomas, Todd Miranda, Mark Dunn, Jeremy Chance (thanks for the ride!), Jim Wooley and William Howell),  at the speaker get together on Friday.   The turn out was really good, rumors are floating around 150 or so attended.  It was also good to see some familiar faces...

Like most people I use Google for various tasks such as searching, finding local businesses, viewing maps, satellite images etc. However, as Google adds more and more services I find myself getting more and more discouraged trying to remember is the service a sub domain or is it a sub directory when typing the URL into a browser. Here are some sample URLs from the Google page that lists their offerings: Alerts - http://www.google.com/alerts Blog Search - http://blogsearch.google.com/ Directory - http://www.google.com/dirhp Finance - http://finance.google.com/finance Picasa - http://www.picasa.com/index.php?tid=Y2NpZD0zNzQ4 Talk - http://www.google.com/talk  These are just a few samples to show the inconsistency. As...

As first noted by DevFish, Tech Ed 2007 is being moved to Orlando.  Previously it was going to be held in New Orleans.  This is kind of a bitter sweet move for me.  It is sweet because now I get to go fishing with DevFish since I got on the list first.  And it is bitter because instead of me driving 1.5 hours to New Orleans it is now a 595 mile trip.  Honestly I can't say that I blame them for moving it.  New Orleans is just a wreck still (at least that is the word on the street...

"Announced at our all company meeting back last month, our Chairman, Dan Gilbert, is starting a non profit academy for people that have an entrepreneurial interest, but may not really know how to get going. The organization will be known as Bizdom U. They are currently taking applications for the academy to open in January 2007. Ten to twenty lucky people will get to learn about business inside and out. Live and breath it and in order to graduate you have to write a business plan. Once you do, your business gets funded by the academy. If you live in...