I use NLarge during my presentations to draw attention to things on the screen. I gave a presentation on Astoria last Friday (you can download the un-branded slides here) and at the meal in the evening afterwards some of my ’friends’ kindly pointed out that the desert bore a remarkable ressemblance to my NLarge skills.

Thanks to Oliver Sturm for helping me make the point.

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And the winner is... Andy Maggs! Congratulations, Andy, you are now the proud owner of a day’s worth of WPF Training from Patrick Long of Charteris on Wednesday 31st October 2007. Many thanks to The Next Generation User Group for donating the prize. The course is full now so if you’re not on it then you’ve missed your chance. And the winning limerick ?

There once was an MVP called Guy
Who thought he could actually fly
So he jumped off a cliff Whilst smoking a spliff
Now he walks with a limp and a sigh.

(According to my lawyers I never actually inhaled though).

Here are a few more that couldn’t be included in the competition because the author is remaining anonymous (no, it’s not me):-

There was an MVP called Guy
who figured that he might as well try
to learn vb.net
but he aint got it yet
The rest of us would much rather die

There was an MVP called Guy
who wanted to learn how to fly
he turned up on the day
but the pilot said nay
You have eaten just far too much pie

There was an MVP called Guy
Who spilled ale down the front of his tie
As he sat down he thunk
I’ve plenty left to get drunk
But not one single drop did he buy

There was an MVP called Guy
who kissed a young girl - my oh my
She layed on the floor
and offered much more
But it turns out that Guy’s rather shy

There was an MVP called Guy
who would get up each morning and fry
his doctor said cease
so he gave up his treats
now he eats toast and tries not to cry

Thanks to everyone who entered and thanks to the few who managed to write funny limericks without humiliating me.

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You can now register for DDD6 on Saturday 24th November 2007: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032357828&Culture=en-GB. The agenda will be posted on the DDD6 site shortly.

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There is so much going on in Bristol, the UK and beyond over the next few months I thought it would be worth putting all down in print. Here’s what’s happening between now and the end of the year:-

• Wednesday 10th October 2007 6:30pm - DotNetDevNet: C#/.NET Training with David Ringsell
• Tuesday 16th October 2007 6:30pm - DotNetDevNet: An Overview Of WPF And SilverLight with Oliver Sturm
• Wednesday-Thursday 17th-18th October 2007 - VBUG Annual Conference
• Wednesday 31st October 2007 9:30am - DotNetDevNet: WPF Training Day with Patrick Long, Charteris
• Wednesday 31st October 2007 6:30pm - VBUG Bristol: Accelerate Your I.T. Learning with David Ringsell
• Monday-Friday 5th-9th November 2007 - TechEd Europe 2007, Barcelona, Spain
• Tuesday 13th November 2007 6:30pm - DotNetDevNet: DDD6 Practice Night with The .NET Developer Network
• Saturday 24th November 2007 - DeveloperDeveloperDeveloper6
• Thursday 29th November 2007 13:00pm - MSDN Bristol Roadshow: What’s new in Smart Client Development
• Tuesday 4th December 2007 6:30pm - DotNetDevNet: Xmas XNA eXtravaganza (XXX) with Pete McGann, Dave Bonner and NxtGen

Hope to see you at at least one of these.

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