Yesterday I installed Graffiti on this site. Previously, I was using Community Server . However, that was overkill for this site since I was running a single blog. For a while, I had contemplated migrating my blog at http://community.strongcoders.com to this site. Graffiti made that easy with the migration...

Continue reading "Welcome to the new RyanOlshan.com"

Today I was working on a MindMap and got the below error (click to enlarge). It was very helpful.

Here's a couple of funny videos I came across today: oPhone - http://tinyurl.com/2fu88t Horrible presentations - http://tinyurl.com/yrofdc...

Continue reading "Funny Videos"

I'm happy to announce that this June I will be moving back to California. Also, later this month, I will be joining Avanade . I'm excited and look forward to starting a South Orange County user group, which I was about to start before I moved to Virginia....

Continue reading "California and Avanade here I come"

A couple of days ago, I was walking to get some lunch in Washington, DC and I saw the below truck. I couldn't resist taking a picture. It seems so wrong. I can't imagine the lobster, cow, and chicken acting like that. Click on the photo to see it in full size....

Continue reading "The Happy Truck"

If Fox created a special called When Bad Code Attacks , I think this would be in the first episode: http://msmvps.com/blogs/williamryan/archive/2007/02/01/programmatic-malpractice.aspx...

Continue reading "When Bad Code Attacks"

I was first addicted to blog flair (those RSS feed subscription images on the left) when visiting Rob Carons blog and noticed his blog flair. Since that time, I'm proud to announce that I now have 21 pieces of blog flair, which is above the number of recommended pieces....

Continue reading "Blog Flair"

Tonight, I was attempting to connect to MSN Messenger via webmessenger.msn.com and got the below screen.

It's about time. Steve Smith tagged me. Here's 5 things you may not know about me. 1) I used to be very active in the animal rescue field, mainly with abandoned ducks and geese. I've literally rescued hundreds of abandoned birds. With team of people I gathered together, we were able to successfully rescue...

Continue reading "Tag. I'm it."

For those who haven't noticed, Microsoft.com has a new look.

I was using a Audiovox XV 6700 as my cell phone. I didn't like it because it was too bulky. Today I purchased a Samsung Blackjack. It's much more compact. Now it's time for me to play with my new toy.

Last night at dinner, Wally McClure said I look like Christoph Wille. You be the judge. Christoph Wille is at the top and I'm at the bottom....

Continue reading "I think I've found my twin"

I arrived in Virginia today and it was one fun trip. I was traveling with my cat and left at 10:00 AM PDT for John Wayne airport. My flight left on time and was headed for a stop-over in Minneapolis, MN. However, as the flight got ~30 minutes from Minneapolis, a thunder storm had already started with...

Continue reading "Fun Trip"

It's been quiet here on my blog. As you may have read from I'm for hire , you may know I was on the job market. Since that time, I've accepted a job in Northern Virginia and am in the process of relocating from the west to the east coast. Lots to do, so my blog will probably get quiet again until I settle...

Continue reading "What have I been up to?"

I'm currently on the job market and am looking for employment preferably in the Southern Orange County, California, Northern Virginia, and Maryland areas, but am willing to relocate anywhere in the US if the job is right for me. My resume can be downloaded in Microsoft Word format here ....

Continue reading "I'm for hire"

My laptop had a display problem about 6 months ago and as a result the display was messed up, so I purchased a desktop. At the time, I borrowed a co-workers 15" bulky monitor. After feeling bad for the many times I heard, "My daughter wants her computer back" I finally purchased a 20"...

Continue reading "My new monitor"

When I started this blog in November 2005, I didn't image that it would grow to the popularity it is today, averaging 500+ visitors a day (give or take) and growing. Amazing how something that starts out with 2 or 3 readers can grow. Below are the hits by day and total visitors by day stats since I created...

Continue reading "The Little Blog That Could"

As a computer geek, I'd like to wish everyone a happy April Fools day the geekiest way I know how. using System; using System.Runtime.InteropServices; class AprilFoolsDay { [ DllImport ( "user32.dll" , ExactSpelling = true , SetLastError = true )] internal static extern bool ExitWindowsEx( int flag,...

Continue reading "Happy April Fools Day"

For a change, I'm blogging about something non-programming related. This is my 100th blog entry. I'll let The Simpsons take it over from here.

What is piracy? Websters dictionary defines it as, "The unauthorized use or reproduction of copyrighted or patented material." Piracy is one of my pet peeves. I recently came across a site that contained hundreds, if not thousands, of e-book downloads of books in their entirety. I was throughly mad to...

Continue reading "Piracy and You"

Good news. Tonight I got my MVP nomination from the MVP lead for my contributions to the ASP.NET Community. Yeah!

A special thanks to all that made this possible.

I arrived a couple of hours ago back to California to be greeted by the nice smog and congested traffic that I miss oh so much and a bonus fire off in a mountain range that is visible from where I live. I really enjoyed my trip and speaking for an hour about generics. While, I'm really tired and will...

Continue reading "I'm back"

Yeah. 6 more days until my Maryland trip. I'm going to attend a class being taught by Charles Carroll of LearnAsp.com . I'm really excited because I will get to meet the many programming nerds that I've met via IM and other means. Maryland here I come....

Continue reading "6 More Days..."