I built the setup for my .NET application, and started it from my Virtual PC test instance, to see exactly how the process would go. As expected, I get a message box explaining that the .NET framework is needed:

This setup requires the .NET framework version 1.1.4322. Please install the .NET Framework and run this setup again. The .NET Frameword can be obtained from the web. Would you like to do this now? Yes / No

Well sure, I would like to download it - so I click yes. And I'm directed to the Microsoft's .NET Framework page, of course. Only it's the latest page, with no mention or link to version 1.1 of the framework, only version 2.0.

I want a little better experience for someone installing my program - I guess I'll be compiling it for 2.0 (for starters,) and then trying to automate the process some more, with the bootstrapper sample.

I recently ordered a present for Katrin from Crumpler, which is the strangest storefront website I've ever seen. Strange as in weird. They sell various kinds of bags and totes with very goofy names, like "The Sinking Barge" and "The Considerable Embarassment."

I would love to have a client come to me with that project: "Hey - can you make it totally bizarre?"

Here's the checkout button; the filename is "buttonofmadness.gif"

So I'm reading an article on Slate and I come across this quote:

Prima donna software developers who get anything they want have traditionally awarded themselves second, third, and even fourth monitors.

Ouch:

However, the article goes on to say:

You could cite the industry studies that find increased productivity among multiple monitor users, or you could just accept the formula of computer graphics veteran Jon Peddie: "Can't have too many pixels."

That's what I'm talking about.