I recently took a trip down to the local VW dealership to see what the ’07 Jetta‘s look like. I was rather impressed. The new Jetta is a very sharp, very sporty car; a rather impressive ride. I had no intention of buying, I just wanted to take one for a test drive.
That is, until I saw a black Wolfsburg edition. As soon as I saw the car, I knew it was true: love at first sight is real. 
After 3-hours and signing a small mountain of papers, I had a new car. Not just a car, my first new car.
Update: The promised picture (now that Flickr uploading works again):
I must have missed the memo on this, but it seems the first service pack for Visual Studio 2005 has been released (release notes). This release should add a lot of stability to the IDE and resolve of number of issues (such as the frequent VB compiler crashes). It’s a rather large download, approximately 450 MB, and is rather slow to install, but it promises to be well worth it.
The one real downside, is that you shouldn’t plan on doing much while it’s installing; the almost 400 MB of RAM consumed during parts of the installation may slow your system to a crawl. So, make plans to do something else while it’s working, because you wont be.
I’ve been a fan of Patrick’s blog for some time now, and one of his recent articles, Things You Shouldn’t Worry About, really shines. While I can’t agree with everything, most of the points really make sense. If you run an ISV, or are thinking about starting one, I highly recommend that you read this, it’s well worth it.
My blog has been rather quiet recently, largely due to a project I’ve been working on for one of the largest banks in the country. The project, a dynamic, script-able, plug-in driven data capture system, has finally been released and is in production. I’ll not bore you with any of the details, so I’ll get right to the point:
I’ve got a life again!
Well, at least as much of a life as a developer / technologist / workaholic ever has. I should be back to posting on a more regular schedule now, sorry for the extended silence.
