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Windows Phone 7 - Impressions and Transparent Lockscreen

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So last week I impulsively bought a Windows 7 Phone, a Samsung Focus, partially to mess around with development on the new platform, but mainly because I like toys and wanted to play with it - and also to be able to compare between the major mobile OS players right now - iPhone, Android and now WP7. I really like the interface. A lot. And the screen is very pretty-not quite the resolution of the iPhone 4, but it's still quite nice. It's quite responsive, and the way tiles move and slide around almost imparts an organic feeling, alost playfulness. I do miss Android's awesome notification system and the wealth of great apps that are available on iOS4, but I think Microsoft can gain ground on both fronts with the right moves. Anyway, so far there are two features that I really love so far: 1. You can use the phone as an FM radio through the Music + Videos player - it uses your headphones as the antenna. How cool is that??? 2. Via @brianfeucht, it came to my attention that
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USA World Cup Bid

Breaking radio silence for a cause - USA World Cup Bid. How awesome would it be to bring the world's game, the beautiful game, to the states, Seattle even? I signed up and I absolutely think everyone else should, too :)
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Last Beach Night, cont.

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One more before I pack up and leave. It was a good night for a walk and perfect weather to soak in the last few minutes as the sun disappeared behind the ocean horizon. Makes me glad to live on the west coast- no way I could possibly wake up early for a sunrise :)
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Last Beach Night

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I would love to say that Blake had a contemplative moment on the beach as the sun went down, but really, I just got lucky and timed things right. I think this shot turned out pretty well :).
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Seafood and a Sunset

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Salmon grilling on cedar plank, and halibut wrapped in banana leaf. Delicious! I can't say that I ever pay attention to sunsets, or sunrises, but it seems you just can't not when you have scenery like this.
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Manzanita Vacation - Day 1

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Ok, so Day 1 of time off from work, we drive out of SUNNY, 90° F, Seattle to Manzanita, OR, where C and I are vacationing with her family for the next 6 days. Although the weather here is definitely cooler and overcast, nothing can really beat the ocean air and the sense of calm you get from hearing the waves crash. And maybe I just need to pull myself away from computers. Cheers!
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SPWebConfigModifications and Manual Config entries don't mix

This is just a short post for my own retention and edification - As it is considered best practice to deploy web.config modifications using the SharePoint object model and calling  ApplyWebConfigModifications() and Update() on the SPWebService , I want to make note of a few caveats. When  ApplyWebConfigModifications()  is called, SharePoint behind-the-scenes looks at the collection of SPWebConfigModifications for EACH web application in the farm and applies those changes. It doesn't matter if you called it for a specific web application; this propagation of config changes is pushed for every web.config that is associated with a web application that contains these SPWebConfigModification entries. The problem here, is that if you have made any manual configuration changes (for example, if you have to encrypt a section for security purposes), once that  ApplyWebConfigModifications()  gets called, those entries are reverted back to whatever value they were entered within that SPWe
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