I just got back from a great vacation in Florida. This was first time in ages I was able to just get away and forget it all, probably because I left my work laptop behind. I was concerned about someone stealing it from the rental car so I brought my bare bones Tablet PC instead, only to leave it behind in a St Petersburg restaurant under the table. Luckily there are still plenty of honest people in the world and I got it back when I returned about two hours later. Yes, it took me that long to notice that I indeed had taken my knapsack from the hotel when we went out.
I am now rested and caught up with my TIVO list so I am ready and psyched to work with the April CTP, as soon as that bloody download is finished (20 hours and counting). Why we just can't download a bunch of zip files when and if we need them instead of that huge ISO is beyond me...
I will also be presenting at the PASS Community Summit just like many other SQL Junkies. My session will be “Overview of ADO.NET 2.0”. At one of my old jobs I briefly enjoyed the status of being the “ADO man”, but then I never learnt enough about ADO.NET to retain the status so I am hoping that the prep time for this presentation will get me back there.