Day of .NET Events Near You! (and details about poker this weekend)
Monday, April 14, 2008
There are three opportunities for you to get your "learn on," for FREE, in the next month.
April 19 - Central Ohio Day of .NET - Wilmington, OH
Registration has already maxed out for this one at 250 people! A great number for the third year of this event! They will have 27 different sessions to choose from, and on top of being a great day of learning, I am putting together a little event afterwards for anyone that is sticking around at the Roberts Centre that night. More on that at the end of this post.
May 10 - West Michigan Day of .NET - Grand Rapids, MI
The second year for this event, in Grand Rapids, MI. The day will focus on the future of .NET an cover all the world-class technology Microsoft has or will release this year. In addition, the day will consist of breakout sessions with breakfast and lunch included!
May 17 - Cleveland Day of .NET - Cleveland, OH
Cleveland Day of .NET is a free one day conference targeted at developers using the Microsoft .NET platform. It is a collaborative effort among the various local user groups and is open to all developers, local or otherwise. This event is occurring on Saturday, May 17, 2008 from 8:00 AM to 5:30 PM.
There will be numerous sessions to choose from covering a variety of topics. The exact session list will be coming in a few weeks but you can look forward to topics such as:
ASP.NET
Silverlight
DLR / IronRuby / IronPython
SharePoint / MOSS
SQL Server 2008
... many more
Poker .NET (Newbies Encouraged to Try)
I am hosting a Texas Hold'Em Poker Tournament for the first 20 responding attendees of the Central Ohio Day of .NET. It will be held at the Robert Centre, the evening of the CODODN. I've reserved a "parlor suite" that will accomodate us with a full (unstocked) wetbar, refrigerator, and furniture for hanging out. You are welcome to bring anything you'd like to eat and drink while you're there.
We will get started with the tournament at 8:00 PM...plenty of time to hang out with folks after the CODODN and still have some fun in the evening playing cards with your geek friends. The hotel room also has accomodations for sleeping, so if you were looking for a place to crash after the event, I can provide that for a few travelers as well.
The buy-in will be $20, and all of the rules, etc. will be provided when you arrive. Expect your standard Hold'em rules to apply. Please contact me directly at jeffrey.blankenburg@microsoft.com to "register."
April 19 - Central Ohio Day of .NET - Wilmington, OH
Registration has already maxed out for this one at 250 people! A great number for the third year of this event! They will have 27 different sessions to choose from, and on top of being a great day of learning, I am putting together a little event afterwards for anyone that is sticking around at the Roberts Centre that night. More on that at the end of this post.May 10 - West Michigan Day of .NET - Grand Rapids, MI
The second year for this event, in Grand Rapids, MI. The day will focus on the future of .NET an cover all the world-class technology Microsoft has or will release this year. In addition, the day will consist of breakout sessions with breakfast and lunch included! May 17 - Cleveland Day of .NET - Cleveland, OH
Cleveland Day of .NET is a free one day conference targeted at developers using the Microsoft .NET platform. It is a collaborative effort among the various local user groups and is open to all developers, local or otherwise. This event is occurring on Saturday, May 17, 2008 from 8:00 AM to 5:30 PM. There will be numerous sessions to choose from covering a variety of topics. The exact session list will be coming in a few weeks but you can look forward to topics such as:
ASP.NET
Silverlight
DLR / IronRuby / IronPython
SharePoint / MOSS
SQL Server 2008
... many more
Poker .NET (Newbies Encouraged to Try)
I am hosting a Texas Hold'Em Poker Tournament for the first 20 responding attendees of the Central Ohio Day of .NET. It will be held at the Robert Centre, the evening of the CODODN. I've reserved a "parlor suite" that will accomodate us with a full (unstocked) wetbar, refrigerator, and furniture for hanging out. You are welcome to bring anything you'd like to eat and drink while you're there.
We will get started with the tournament at 8:00 PM...plenty of time to hang out with folks after the CODODN and still have some fun in the evening playing cards with your geek friends. The hotel room also has accomodations for sleeping, so if you were looking for a place to crash after the event, I can provide that for a few travelers as well.
The buy-in will be $20, and all of the rules, etc. will be provided when you arrive. Expect your standard Hold'em rules to apply. Please contact me directly at jeffrey.blankenburg@microsoft.com to "register."
Labels: .net, cincinnati, cleveland, cododn, columbus, day of .net, grand rapids, poker
Snow Day? Are You Kidding Me?
Friday, February 22, 2008
Snow days in Columbus, OH are an absolute farce.
I've certainly Twittered about this in the past, and this probably will not be the last time I complain about it. Today, nearly every school in the Greater Columbus area is closed.
Last night, you'd have thought we were living in New Orleans the day before Katrina hit. "Winter Storm Warnings" and "Weather Advisories" were all I could find on the television (when I wasn't completely glued to LOST.) But yet, this morning, the roads were clear, and my driveway had just a little snow on it.
I had to pick up a book from the library today. So I went out. The roads are DRY. There are a million cars on the roads. The mall looked like tomorrow was Christmas.
How is this a snow day?
Maybe my memory is spotty, but I recall snow days in Cleveland when I was a kid. Snow days shut down the city. Snow days meant your parents weren't going to work...not because they had to watch you, but because their office was closed as well. Snow days always meant tons of time to play in the snow, because there was 6-10 inches of the stuff.
I've always been confused by Columbus's policy of the "2-hour delay." FOG causes a 2-hour delay. Heavy rain causes a 2-hour delay. This means working parents have to miss even more of their workday because...
1) School bus drivers can't drive in the fog/rain?
2) Lawyers love a good "schoolchildren injured by weather" lawsuit?
3) Superintendents just don't feel like working on gloomy days?
I can't think of a good reason to postpone school and interrupt everyone's lives for FOG?
But back to today's rant: Why today is a snow day. It's raining here in Columbus. Most of the snow is melting. So why is school closed? Why was the city in a panic last night?
Why do we base so many of our daily decisions on the ramblings of a guy that's right about 40% of the time? Lewis Black said it best: "In Latin, meteorologist means LIAR. Al Roker was the weather man in NYC, and three years ago we had a blizzard. We were supposed to have, according to Al, 4 to 12 inches of snow. That's his prediction. We had 36 inches. Giving him the benefit of the doubt, he was 2 feet off. That's not even in the ballpark. If you were a roofer and you built a roof and it was two feet off, you'd still be serving time. Al Roker makes 1.5 million dollars a year as a weather person and he doesn't know sh** about the weather."
I've certainly Twittered about this in the past, and this probably will not be the last time I complain about it. Today, nearly every school in the Greater Columbus area is closed.
Last night, you'd have thought we were living in New Orleans the day before Katrina hit. "Winter Storm Warnings" and "Weather Advisories" were all I could find on the television (when I wasn't completely glued to LOST.) But yet, this morning, the roads were clear, and my driveway had just a little snow on it.
I had to pick up a book from the library today. So I went out. The roads are DRY. There are a million cars on the roads. The mall looked like tomorrow was Christmas.
How is this a snow day?
Maybe my memory is spotty, but I recall snow days in Cleveland when I was a kid. Snow days shut down the city. Snow days meant your parents weren't going to work...not because they had to watch you, but because their office was closed as well. Snow days always meant tons of time to play in the snow, because there was 6-10 inches of the stuff.
I've always been confused by Columbus's policy of the "2-hour delay." FOG causes a 2-hour delay. Heavy rain causes a 2-hour delay. This means working parents have to miss even more of their workday because...
1) School bus drivers can't drive in the fog/rain?
2) Lawyers love a good "schoolchildren injured by weather" lawsuit?
3) Superintendents just don't feel like working on gloomy days?
I can't think of a good reason to postpone school and interrupt everyone's lives for FOG?
But back to today's rant: Why today is a snow day. It's raining here in Columbus. Most of the snow is melting. So why is school closed? Why was the city in a panic last night?
Why do we base so many of our daily decisions on the ramblings of a guy that's right about 40% of the time? Lewis Black said it best: "In Latin, meteorologist means LIAR. Al Roker was the weather man in NYC, and three years ago we had a blizzard. We were supposed to have, according to Al, 4 to 12 inches of snow. That's his prediction. We had 36 inches. Giving him the benefit of the doubt, he was 2 feet off. That's not even in the ballpark. If you were a roofer and you built a roof and it was two feet off, you'd still be serving time. Al Roker makes 1.5 million dollars a year as a weather person and he doesn't know sh** about the weather."
Labels: columbus, jeff blankenburg, ohio, weather
Jeff Blankenburg is a Developer Evangelist for the Microsoft Corporation. I have a passion for user interface technologies, including CSS, 