Birthday Clusters and Code Camps

Well today I turn old. 33 years old to be exact. A day after Hanselman turns really old. It seems I’m always following in that guy’s footsteps doesn’t it?

Oh look, Hanselman gets a blue badge so Phil has to go and get a blue badge. Hanselman has a birthday and Phil has to go and have a birthday on the next day. What a pathetic follower!

What’s interesting is that Rob Conery’s birthday was just a few days ago and we’re all recent hires and involved in MVC in some way. Ok, maybe that isn’t all that interesting after all as it is statistically insignificant, but I thought I’d mention it anyways.

Clustering is a natural occurrence in random sequences. In fact, when looking at a sequence in which there is no clustering, you’d pretty much know it wasn’t random. That’s often what happens when a human tries to make a sequence look random. The person will tend to spread things evenly out. But randomness typically forms clusters. Not only that, but people have a natural tendency to find patterns in sequences and phenomena that don’t exist. But I digress.

Code Camp Seattle

If you’re in the Seattle area this weekend, I’ll be speaking at the Seattle Code Camp. There are several speakers covering various aspects of ASP.NET MVC so I thought I would try not to overlap and maybe cover a bit of an introduction, a few techniques, and some Q & A.

In other words, I’m woefully unprepared because I’ve been so slammed trying to get a plan finalized for MVC that we can talk about. But I’m enlisting Rob’s help to put together some hopefully worthwhile demos. All I really need to do is get a designer involved to make something shiny. ;)

In any case, it’s 2 AM, I need to retire for the evening. I leave you with this photo of my son after he got ahold of a pen while my wife wasn’t looking. It was a brief moment, but that’s all he needed to change his look.

Cody Pen Moustache

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Requesting Gravatar... alberto Jan 23, 2008 3:49 AM
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Well, last saturday was my birthday too. Maybe I should send my CV to Redmond...
Requesting Gravatar... Keyvan Nayyeri Jan 23, 2008 6:12 AM
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Well, happy birthday, Phil :-) You're 10 years older then me! I feel younger now :-P
Requesting Gravatar... Eric Jan 23, 2008 6:47 AM
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LOL.

If I had kids, I'd draw cool mustaches on them too, and tell my wife that they "must have got a hold of a pen while I wasn't looking?".

Draw one of those Rollie Fingers mustaches next! :)
Requesting Gravatar... DarronJ Jan 23, 2008 6:58 AM
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Hey, take heart... 33 is only 21 in hex :)

Requesting Gravatar... Steven Harman Jan 23, 2008 6:59 AM
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Happy birthday, you old coot!
Requesting Gravatar... Dimitri Glazkov Jan 23, 2008 7:20 AM
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Old?! I'll turn 36 this year, and my "old" doesn't begin until 54! :)

Is it just me, or does the 'stash look very Salvador Dali?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Salvador_Dali_NYWTS.jpg
Requesting Gravatar... Adam Dempsey Jan 23, 2008 7:21 AM
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Happy Birthday :)
Requesting Gravatar... Joe Brinkman Jan 23, 2008 7:34 AM
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Happy Birthday. Your son has a nice moustache. Someday when you get a bit older you'll be able to grow one that thick as well ;-)
Requesting Gravatar... Jon Sagara Jan 23, 2008 7:50 AM
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You, too? Sheesh, all you 'softies are getting old! ;)

Well, happy birthday, anyway!
Requesting Gravatar... Haacked Jan 23, 2008 10:05 AM
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@Joe Nah man. The only way the Haack boys will grow a mustache is to draw one on. My son has the right idea. Facial hair is not one of our core competencies. ;)

@DarronJ Right! 21 in hex means I can drink now...in hex.
Requesting Gravatar... Skippy Jan 23, 2008 1:21 PM
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Have a Hoegaarden White. It is to be imbibed from a hexagonal glass.
Requesting Gravatar... Filini Jan 24, 2008 1:12 AM
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Happy Birthday :-)
Requesting Gravatar... alberto Jan 24, 2008 9:28 AM
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21 in hex means I can drink now...in hex

lol. Waiter! Gimmie A beers!

BTW, I forgot in the first post. Happy Birthday!
Requesting Gravatar... Karthik Hariharan Jan 25, 2008 9:15 AM
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Happy b-day Phil! You neglected to mention that you beat Scott in the dev face off too.

Cody might be taking this world domination thing too seriously...that's definitely a good look for a future overlord ;)
Requesting Gravatar... ses5909 Jan 27, 2008 7:21 AM
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Happy belated birthday!Glad to see you're older than me... if even if it is only 8 months. I'll take it!
Requesting Gravatar... Software Mechanics Jan 28, 2008 11:06 PM
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Lamenting the passage of a misspent youth
Requesting Gravatar... Cole Haan Feb 15, 2008 4:33 PM
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Aww soo cute, I'm expecting my first baby this year-mid. I hope he/she is as cute as your child :D

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