Daily Archives: January 27, 2005

the .NET Celebrity Charity Auction: Why the bids still all say $100

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multi-item auctions are REALLY wierd on ebay.

According to EBay’s algorithm (designed for the thrifty, not for the charitable) nobody is supposed to have to pay more than the lowest winning bid. So, though many have already bid more than $100, there are still not enough bids to push away the last of the $100 winning bids. Therefore all of the “winning bids” still are sitting at $100. I don’t know what it will take to get these things moving. Lots of bids. Lots and lots of bids. EBay doesn’t really like charity auctions, I think.

Here’s from the eBay site about multi-item auctions:

Bids are displayed when you click on the “Bidders list” link. Bids that are not currently winning show their bid prices, but bids that are winning show the price that they would pay if the auction ended immediately. This means that, in the Bid History, all winning bids show the same price per unit – the lowest winning bid. To place a winning bid (a bid that wins at least some units), you need to exceed this price.



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Don Kiely: “will work for Indian food”

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Don Kiely says he just can’t get good Indian food where he lives in Alaska. When he came to Vermont in July we took him out for Indian one night. It was his only requirement during the whole visit. Now he is in Alberta and I see that he went out again with John Bristowe for Indian last night.

Don who is a new addition to the INETA Speaker Bureau is speaking at the Alberta.NET user group today as an INETA speaker. Yippee.

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Cheer up Sussman!

Just Rambling

Poor Dave. Already a “grumpy old git” at such a young age.

It seems that students are not only not being taught math properly, but they are being given high marks for very poor achievement. I really thought this was going to be something about the “no child left behind” plan and elevating grades to keep funding coming (yes, sadly, I can envision that it has come to this) but this is about the U.K. education system. Dave’s depressed about this. Rightly so.

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Why the INETA Newsletter is BEAUTIFUL to look at

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People keep emailing me to say how great the latest INETA newsletter looks (Jan ’05 went out a few days ago but is here online). I have nothing to do with it’s wonderful good looks.

Sheri Nawrocki is the graphic designer extraoadinaire. Though she is a professional graphic designer, she also knows a lot more about .NET than most designers (and has access to whatever she needs to know). So she is a great graphics person to partner with on .NET projects, don’t you think?

Sheri is working on her own design website, SheriBDesigns, (you know, the old shoemaker’s kids syndrome), but watch this space. Sheri tells me that my pointing to her website will light a fire under her to finish it up. Hey, what’s a friend for? 🙂



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WSE2.0 Hand on Labs – Excellent News

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Mark Fussell writes that the Hands on Labs for WSE2 have been updated for the SP2 version, added to and released. Mark refers to the first rev of these HOLs  written by Aaron Skonnard, as “without doubt the best resource for getting up to speed with understanding WSE 2.0 quickly.” I couldn’t agree more. I have mentioned these HOLs in many posts and both my WSE2 presentation and an upcoming article make many references to them i.e. “please refer to the HOLs for more details on ______” just about everything.

So the one I worked with Security & Policy C# version now has a VB partner! Hooray. Though I loved the opportunity to keep working on my C# skills, it’s really hard to deal with two learning curves at once.There is also one for Messaging in both C# and VB.

See Marks’ post for more details. If you want to learn WSE2.0, you must must must do these HOLs.

The security one also is the best resource I have seen for installing certs into your windows box, by the way!

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Code Camp III Room Reservations – looking for a FEMALE roommate

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Thanks for the reminder Dave! Since I’m going to Code Camp (sure hope my sessions get selected), his post made me think to actually book my room.

So I booked a room at the Waltham Westin. Funny, they have an internet discount of 15% but it is a non-refundable reservation. I could get a 21 day AAA discount, but it, too, is non-refundable. So I paid the regular room rate. (I just hate being locked into anything) Got two beds. Looking for a chick roomie for 3/12 to split the cost.

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