"There's not much spam in the spam and eggs."

Monty Python had it right. There sure is a lot of spam.

I've reached the point on this blog that I'm sufficiently annoyed by the comment spam that I will do something about it. Not immediately, mind you, but soon.

When I switch over to the jeffablogger engine, I'm either not going to bring any comments along, or selectively prune them down to just the real comments (or what I think are real).

I'm also going to implement anti comment spam measures like Antispam from Typepad or Akismet.

I have avoided doing so for a long time because I wanted free-flow of ideas, but it has reached the point where there are just a ton of meaningless posts that are simply there to get the linkback.

There are sites that give you lists of hapless blogs such as this one where comments can be added without moderation. I am on a few of those.

Now the real humor here will be when we see if anyone is BOLD enough to leave comment spam on THIS post.

Made pretty good progress over the past few weeks.

• Converted to MVC2 with no major headaches.
• Reduced scope from all-purpose content management system to basic blog engine that works with webcomics as first class citizens
• Refactored to use Repository pattern for model access.
• Implemented several Repositories using Entity Framework
• Got tired of Entity Framework (the current, shipping version)
• Re-did all Repositories with Linq To SQL
• Got main bits of the blog functionality working
• Create blog entries
• Editor or Admin must approve before display
• Display blog
• Admin settings to display Extract or Full Content (for most recent post or for older posts)
• Paging of archive
• Working on Basic Page functionality
• Began working on import functionality

Once I finish the Basic Page functionality, I will add the Comic functionality. When that reaches an adequate state I’ll set up an Alpha test website.

During the Alpha phase I will continue to add functionality and refine the UI.

Once I reach Beta status, I’ll begin to convert existing sites to use the new blog engine.

When things are looking good I’ll release the code as an open source project, probably on Codeplex.

Just reading an entertaining article about dumb tech trends of the '00s (find it here).

When I got to the Youtube video promoting the Segway I was surprised to see that they shot it in the city of Atlanta. I always find it strange to see familiar places on movies and videos.

The bold predictions for the Segway make it comical to see how the "future" has played out for the UBER-ADVANCED FUTURE-SCOOTER.

Since I work in Atlanta (near most of the shots in the video) I find it interesting to examine where you actually do see Segways in Atlanta today.

We have "The Ambassador Force" who sound like a super-hero team, but actually just ride Segways around (at least before budget cuts) bedecked in uniforms that make them look like postal workers on safari. They hand out advice to bewildered tourists who DO want to see CNN Center, Centennial Olympic Park, The World Of Coca-Cola and the Aquarium but DO NOT want to deal with panhandlers, drug dealers, street performers, hippies, Martians, zombies, etc, etc.

Of course the OTHER place you see Segways in Atlanta is underneath tourists. At least the ones who were willing to shell out a few bucks to rent a Segway.

Where you do NOT see Segways is on MARTA (our bus and rail system shown in the video). You don't see them in virtually ANY office building. You don't see them out riding trails either.

That was my favorite bit. It's JUST LIKE MOUNTAIN BIKING WITHOUT THAT NASTY EXERCISE!!! Of course trail-riding a motorcycle is like mountain biking without the nasty excercise too, just WAY cooler than riding a Segway.

In FACT I'd go out on a limb and guess that to the average HUMAN a Venn Diagram of the words "cool" and "Segway Rider" would look like this:

If only George W. Bush hadn't fallen off that Segway, we would ALL be riding them around everywhere as predicted before their release. 

OK, after all that build up, here you can see the video for yourself:

New book: Microsoft Application Architecture Guide, Second Edition

Microsoft has just released the second edition of their Application Architecture Guide and you Learn More Here.

The eBook version is a free download, but you can also buy a printed copy if you like.