A new firmware just came out for the most ipods; I own a 60 gigs one, and I have it almost full... I should rephrase, HAD it almost full. I don't keep all my files in my itunes, so my master copy is actually in my ipod ... some should say dumb, but I chose it that way ... Anyways, I installed the new firmware and it overwrote the setting on auto-sync without prompting me, so next thing I know is that I plug the iPod into my PC, it opens itunes, and wipes my ipod ... how convenient! DAMN YOU APPLE!

I am really glad I bough the CopyPod software and ran it before I ran the update... I have a full copy of my library, which I will start restoring now ... but beware of this issue: I'm not sure how to set it to manual sync before you plug it in, but try, somehow, anyhow, find a way, or you'll loose your library.

Damn, I'm mad ... bloody firmware ...

SYS-CON Events (www.events.sys-con.com) announced today the speaker line-up for the upcoming "Real-World AJAX" (www.ajaxseminar.com) one-day seminars, added new venues; April 24, 2006 San Jose, CA; June 5-6, 2006, New York City; and October 2-3, 2006, Santa Clara, CA. SYS-CON will announce four more dates in March for Toronto, Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Austin, Texas.

The March 13, New York, and April 24, San Jose events are exclusively sponsored by the world's leading AJAX technology providers: Adobe, telerik, Backbase, Tibco/Perficient, and Microsoft. The sponsorship opportunities for the upcoming seminars will be made available on March 13, 2006 during the New York City event.

CFUnited here I come! Just made my reservation at the lovely Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center; well, assuming ;) I’ve never been there.
I’ll be staying 5 nights to make it to Tuesday’s pre-conf classes... If you plan to be there early, drop me a line so we can meet at the bar.