Yeah that's me

A friend at work came up with a description of me that seems to fit well. Mark Deffenbaugh n. Short for computer geek, an individual with a passion for computers, to the exclusion of other normal human interests. Social interests are deeply rooted in Sci-Fi and include, but are not limited to, Harry Potter, Star Trek and Lord of the Rings. Depending on the context, it can be used in either a derogatory or affectionate manner. Basically, Mark Deffenbaugh and geek are synonymous; "Look at that freak wearing that Harry Potter costume sitting in front of that computer. He is such a Mark Deffenbaugh."

Nintendo Revolution

XBox 360 and PS3 will be great machines though I have a feeling very expensive.  I'm not that much of a console gamer so they're a bit out of my league.  The last time I was really into playing was when the NES came out.  Nintendo's new game system, Revolution, is very tiny and will be backward compatible.  So it will play every game Nintendo has ever made - I think that's cool.  They say it's geared more for the casual gamer, like me, so I'm curiously waiting for the price of the system.  Link

Google Maps - Traffic hack

http://supergreg.hopto.org/google-traffic.com/

 Another cool hack of Google Maps is combining it with traffic.

The Energizer Bunny has nothing on this

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7843868/ A new type of battery that could last for 10 years. And it's possible that it will be available in the market in 5 years.

Google ponders Blogger, Gmail integration

http://www.macworld.com/news/2005/05/11/google/index.php
Man I hope they do something. Right now Blogger is constantly having issues when you send an e-mail to do a post. Every e-mail gets bounced but the post will still show up - sort of. Most of the time I have to go into Blogger and reedit the post, then republish the post (which works 70% of the time). I think e-mail is really the best way to do a post anyway so a Gmail Blogger integration would be cool.
Update: Yeah, I had to edit this post too.

What Great .NET Developers Ought To Know (More .NET Interview Questions)

Here's a list of possible interview questions for .NET. It's even broken down into categories like: * Everyone who writes code * Mid-Level .NET Developer * Senior Developers/Architects * C# Component Developers * ASP.NET (UI) Developers * Developers using XML After perusing the questions I realized that I, a self proclaimed half-way decent c# asp.net developer, doesn't know squat. I could answer some of those off the top of my head but if that's really what could come out of an interview then I'd be sweating by the end of it. That's what Google's for anyway - right?