Clark Sell

Wishing you and your family a safe and happy holiday!

Merry Christmas

I couldn't resist it's just too funny.  There is one disclaimer; I actually think outsourcing is a great thing when used properly.

I have been using Konfabulator for about a year now and yesterday I realized there were over a thousand Widgets in their gallery.  I thought I would share the list of widgets I use ( in random order ):

1. SiteWatcher_3
2. Lazy Launcher
3. Battery ( Built-In )
4. WiFi Signal ( Built-In )
5. The Weather ( Built-In )

Yesterday Microsoft lauched their beta of Virtual Earth.  Why should you go look?  One answer, their Birds Eye View. 

I am really digging the Vegas strip! 

I have been a fan of this product for some time now.  Recently Yahoo acquired Konfabulator and it looks like it's now free.  http://www.konfabulator.com/

Nice little web utility to convert your code into HTML http://puzzleware.net/codeHTMLer/

If was finally time to move off of WordPress and onto DasBlog.  Why you ask? 

1. .Net based!
2. Rich text editior. I finally can display code as code should look.
3. Overall it's just a better blogging application, simple, easy and looks nice!

Installation is CAKE.  It took me about 3 mintues to get it up and running!  Exactly the way an application should install.

A few of my VSTS comrades discuss VSTS http://channel9.msdn.com/showpost.aspx?postid=139114

Possibly the funniest blog post I have ever read: http://neopoleon.com/blog/posts/16512.aspx

Overall Links

• Visual Studio Team System Home
• Getting Started with Team Foundation
• MSDN Technical Forums

WebCasts

• Introduction to Visual Studio Team System
• How and Why Process Guidance Matters in Visual Studio 2005 Team System
• Enterprise Project Management and Reporting
• Visual Studio 2005 Team System: Enterprise-Class Version Control
• Managing Work with Visual Studio 2005 Team System
• Test-Driven Development Using Visual Studio Team System

3rd party products which extend Team Foundation for other development platforms

• TeamPrise
• TeamPlain
• VSTSEclipse
• VSTSPlugins