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- Duane

I’m in the process of getting Vista set up on my bootcamp partition. Here’s a little tip out there for the edgy kids on the block: use 32-bit Vista. I’m sure that someone out there figured out a way to get 64-bit working with some kind of devil dance in the moonlight, but if you want to save yourself a lot of headaches, stay 32-bit. I run 64-bit on non-Mac desktop at home with no issues. Apparently, I lucked out with the hardware in that box having 64-bit drivers available. The bootcamp drivers on the other hand, are strictly 32-bit compatible.

Leopard, on the other hand, is absolutely lick-able. The big features are great (such as time machine and spaces), but the stuff that really stands out are the unified interface, simplified control panels, and much better Rosetta (PPC-emulation) support.

- Duane

Holy writer’s block batman! After over 2 years, I’ve finally written a new editorial article! It’s actually something I started over a year ago, but attending a Web Technology Summit recently inspired me to finish it up. When I browsed through my articles-in-progress, I noted quite a few that could be finished up. Perhaps a few new ramblings will make it onto the homepage in the near future…

- Duane

The flight into Seattle was cozy (I’m 6’3″ and 250 lbs.) and the landing was interesting. There must have been high winds, because the 757 landed at a 20 degree angle (known as crabbing). After an audible gasp from the passengers, we straightened out and were just fine.

The accommodations are very nice and the welcome mixer/dinner was better than I thought it would be. I’m not really a social butterfly and dealing with crowds of strangers is not my forte. However, the crowd was smaller than I expected and everyone was very friendly. Microsoft had a decent showing of folks to chat with about their web technologies and server solutions. These folks weren’t reps or advocates, but hands-on developers and product managers. Very nice.

It appears that Microsoft has taken a more collaborative approach to PHP (and Ruby for that matter) rather than a competitive one. Much of the summit will focus on integrating PHP with Microsoft solutions as well as collecting feedback form the development community.

So far I’ve met folks from Facebook, Simple Test, PHPDoc (PEAR), PDO, and of course, Microsoft. I feel a bit out of place as a team leader and end user of this technology, but the collective experience is pretty darn awesome.

- Duane

Brad and Lisa were married a few weeks ago. The wedding had a ton of music and flew by quickly, the reception was a lot of fun with a little work thrown in for variety’s sake. All of the groomsmen carried plastic swords because Gina and I made the mistake of telling Brad the history of groomsmen (they once defended the bride from being carried of by a competing village). Brad was the picture of calm the entire day. Whatever meds he was on… I want some.

Gina is traveling to New Orleans for a Neurology Conference, then I’m heading over to Washington State to participate in a Web Developer Summit. We’ll be pretty business traveled out afterwards, but it’s good to widen your professional experience every-so-often.

The race season is over. Glenn finished his last race at Indianapolis with a strong finish against some good drivers despite some damage affecting his suspension geometry. The weather was nice and the hotel was excellent. We had a chance to visit Indianapolis Motor Speedway, take a tour, and check out the museum. We’re not huge Indy Car fans, but it was neat seeing the history of the cars. There were a few F1 cars, but most everything was Indy focused (duh).

- Duane