spiderwebwoman …

… step into my parlor

My Rose of Sharon is blooming

Filed under: Miscellaneous — spiderwebwoman at 8:38 am on Sunday, August 26, 2007

This was totally unexpected – a friend of mine at work gave me a cutting from her Rose of Sharon and explained how to plant and care for it. She also said not to expect much from it this first year, but that I would get blooms next summer. Today I went outside and found […]

Validation issues – Microsoft is having WGA server problems

Filed under: Microsoft — spiderwebwoman at 12:50 pm on Saturday, August 25, 2007

“After several email excahnges with Microsoft on validation problems, I just received this:Thank you for your response.I’m sorry to inform you that the Windows Genuine server might be down for few days. I have escalate the issue to our Genuine team, kindly try to validate again on Tuesday 28 Aug 2007.Thank you for contacting Microsoft […]

PayPal is coming to usairways.com

Filed under: Miscellaneous — spiderwebwoman at 12:11 pm on Saturday, August 25, 2007

It’s great when two of my worlds converge – I just got this email from US Airways: Soon you’ll have a faster way to book your tickets – just use PayPal instead of entering your credit card information every time.

Are you house hunting in North Carolina?

Filed under: Miscellaneous,North Carolina — spiderwebwoman at 8:04 am on Saturday, August 25, 2007

You are in luck! My parents have a wonderful house in Carolina Beach for sale and they are having an Open House this weekend. It’s only 4 blocks from the beach, but if that’s too far for you, it also has a pool.    

ReMIX07 Boston Speaker list has been updated

Filed under: Expression Web,Microsoft,ReMIX07 in Boston — spiderwebwoman at 6:28 pm on Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Added to the speaker list for ReMIX07 in Boston are Brad Abrams, Group Product Manager for the Microsoft.Net Framework Product Group, who will address the Rising Tide of User Experience, and Molly Holzschlag, who will give a Keynote on Monday afternoon about “The New Professionalism”. There are also some sessions on the Expression products that look real interesting. […]

It’s Tax-free week in Connecticut – get to the mall now

Filed under: Miscellaneous — spiderwebwoman at 7:31 pm on Monday, August 20, 2007

Sales Tax Holiday on Clothing Items August 19 – 25, 2007. Every year Connecticut shoppers have one week to buy items of clothing and footwear costing under $300 without paying Connecticut sales tax. This year, the tax free week is Sunday, August 19 through Saturday, August 25.

ReMIX07 is coming to Boston

Filed under: Expression Web,Microsoft,ReMIX07 in Boston — spiderwebwoman at 10:59 am on Sunday, August 19, 2007

I was so sorry to miss MIX07 in Las Vegas – the lack of time and money got in the way. So I was really glad to learn that ReMIX07 is coming to Boston on October 8 & 9, 2007. I’ve already registered even though the speaker list is not completely set, I’m sure it […]

New Connect web site for submitting feedback and suggestions for Expression Web

Filed under: Expression Web,Microsoft — spiderwebwoman at 10:32 am on Friday, August 10, 2007

The Expression Web Team has set up a new site on Connect for submitting feedback on Expression Web or any other Expression product, including Expression Blend, Expression Design, Expression Media, and Expression Media Encoder. The Connect website for Expression Studio provides a feedback form that allows you to submit feedback for any program in the […]

ASP.NET Web Site Administration Tool

Filed under: Expression Web,Microsoft — spiderwebwoman at 8:08 am on Thursday, August 9, 2007

From the Expression Web Team Blog – ASP.NET Web Site Administration Tool: The ASP.NET Web Site Administration Tool lets you configure different aspects of your ASP.NET website through a simple interface in your web browser. You can use the ASP.NET Web Site Administration Tool to setup users and passwords, create roles (groups of users), and […]

Nice dinner out tonight

Filed under: Miscellaneous — spiderwebwoman at 6:24 pm on Thursday, August 2, 2007

We discovered that there are 4 of us at the office with July birthdays, and tonight we went out to celebrate. We had a very nice dinner at the Olive Garden – I haven’t been there in years. I had the Grilled Steak Caprese and a glass of Yellow Tail Chardonnay – my new favorite. […]