I’ve discovered the dumbest error ever, and not surprisingly, it’s in a Microsoft product.

I spend most of my day coding in Microsoft’s Visual Studio 2003. Its the latest version of their .NET IDE and does everything I need it to. Up until now, I’ve had no complaints.

Now I have one.

I use a dual monitor setup for development as shown here:

It gives me enough room to keep my IDE in one window, and whatever I’m testing in the other. My primary monitor (my work laptop) is on the right, while the secondary CRT is on the left.

In VS 2003, you have the option of compiling certain parts of the application you’re working on. This is handled through the configuration manager:

Here’s where it gets dumb. The configuration manager allows you to edit the values for each of the dropdowns and checkboxes.

At least, that’s how its supposed to work.

Since I have VS in the left window, the configuration manager opens there, But the left monitor uses “negative” coordinates for placing windows. Nicely, the configuration manager window won’t let you edit it when its coordinates are negative.

That means that for me to change the options, I have to drag the configuration manager onto my main monitor window where it works as designed. Then I drag it back to the monitor on which I want it to actually live.

Sheesh.

Our youngest loves baseball.

A lot.

We’re not sure from where he got this obsession; we’ve taken the boys to a couple of Timber Rattler (farm club) games, but that’s about it. So we don’t know what piqued his interest so much in the Great American Pasttime. He especially loves to hit. He’ll get out the home plate, my glove, the ball and bat, and ask to play baseball. The fact he is two and can’t really hit yet doesn’t deter him one bit. He steps up to the plate with the widest stance he can muster, knocks the plate with his bat, and takes a couple of practice swings. I do my best to throw the ball directly to the bat on the random chance he won’t move and I’ll make contact. When I do, I cheer for him like he’s knocked it out of the park.

Yup, he loves baseball.

To really get the full effect, he wants to put on his Packers jersey. We’ve tried explaining that the Packers are a football team, but to him its a baseball jersey no matter what we say.

So Mom decided to buy him an actual baseball jersey. She went to the Timber Rattlers’ and Brewers’ websites to see if they had any in his size. After searching there and elsewhere online to no avail, she decided to run over to Scheels All Sports and see if they had any.

Whimsically, she said, “If we were going to raise you right, we’d get you a Cubs jersey.”

His small voice piped up in response. “You gotta be kidding me, Ma-mum.”

He got a Brewers jersey.

I was listening to Dave Ramsey again, and a quote he said caught my attention:

Powdered Butt Syndrome: once you’ve powdered someone’s butt, you don’t want their opinion [about money].

Dave said it to a man who needed to convince his parents there was a better way to spend their money.

I laughed at hearing that, and recalled many conversations with my dad over the years about computers, considering that’s what I do for a living.

People would rather take the advice of a stranger than a family member with experience.

A friend pointed out that Jesus had the same problem.

1: I can’t go to Crossings at church because it’s for 18-30 y/o.
1: but I’m hip…
1: I don’t want to hang out with boring, old people!
2: i know it.
2: our singles ministry needs help — the only people in there are divorced women over 40

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinal (reg. required) reported massive fish kills in southwest Wisconsin. The DNR has blamed the kills on cow manure, but I think that is just bulls**t.