W7-1: Windows 7 Beta
Killed the crapware with a fresh install
In my previous post I bemoaned the amount of value added software crap that Toshiba installed for me on a new Satellite-Pro U400. Straight out of the box and after a good hours worth of installing Vista. the machine was taking 4 minutes to boot from cold to a usable desktop.
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FREE! ASP.NET MVC eBook Chapter
Scot Hanselman (and others) have a download link to the first chapter (more of a section at 1850 pages long!) totally free and totally cool. Get the NerdDinner.com walkthrough here.
ASP.NET MVC RC1
Scott Guthrie made the announcement that ASP.NET MVC has reached Release Candidate 1. Go grab the bits at http://www.asp.net/mvc/
EverSave for OS X
You should be saving your work on a regular basis in case of crashes, but for those who forget to cmd+s like clockwork EverSave seems like a great idea.
DNS is hard
Setting up DNS on an OS X Server is bloody hard! One step forward two steps back.
Wordpress for iPhone
It's free and it does exactly what it says on the tin.
Party!
Father of the brides 60th last night. Great party, not so great hangover.
Fantastic!