Following some emails and comments, I've updated tutorial 1 in the WCF Hello World series to RTM 1. It covers the basics of installing WCF and creating and consuming a Hello World service.
I got hold of an old classic Spaghetti Western this weekend called The Magnificent Seven with Yul Brynner and they need to put a team of gunslingers together to defend their village. We're looking for "good" people for various projects at the moment (mid level upwards, let me know if you're interested...), so it reminded me of our situation, especially when the following conversation ensued:
Chris: I'll just pass the word around that you're looking for men.
Villager: I won't be hard to find men here ... everyone wears a gun.
Chris: Sure, same as they wear pants - that's to be expected, but good men - that's something else again.
Villager: How can you tell they are good?
Chris: There are ways...
There's no doubt Windows Vista ships with some stunning wallpapers, but one in particular struck me instantly:
The reason it struck me is because I am absolutely convinced it is a shot of Cape Town, South Africa (where I live). The main centre of town sits in a basin surrounded by some rockland and the famous Table Mountain, and this picture looks like a shot from a low peak called Lion's Head. Here is a shot I took recently while hiking the peak during the day:
The clouds are obscuring the geography slightly, but it looks the same to me! Can anyone confirm / correct this?
Oh, and just to be gratuitous, especially to any northern-hemisphere visitors who are heading into winter, here's a 90 degree CCW turn:
