If you are having trouble with eSATA devices not showing up under Windows 7 be sure to check your SATA settings in your bios. On my Dell Latitude system, using ATA mode versus AHCI mode prevents eSATA devices from functioning.

Careful though, you can’t change from ATA to AHCI mode with out making the registry change contained within. Read more to find out how..

You may be a redneck if . . . you have spent more on your pickup truck than on your education.

My previous Claim to Fame may be retired due to Volume 11 Issue 4 of Kiteboarding magazine…

I’m on page 57.

Alfie’s “It Could Happen” Birthday Sky Diving Extravaganza!

A sunset from my new office…

I moved out of the Drewbicle and into a new office this week.

ICON A5 – scheduled release in 2011.

Next up – Sports Pilot License!

www.BVIKiteJam.com has been updated with event photos and video.

Keep an eye out for me here!

Burlington Vermont Lake Champlain Water Temperature.

Live feed.

Xcode, Subversion Error: 155007 (Path is not a working copy directory)

- Solution within.

Visual Studio 2008 EventType clr20r3 system.invalidoperationexception when using ServiceModel Metadata Utility Tool (Svcutil.exe) to generate service model code from metadata documents and metadata documents from service model code.

A few photos from the 2010 BVI Kite Jam.

I make about 8 appearances in this JetSet Extra Video. I’m wearing black on black when wake-boarding behind the catamaran in the first 30 seconds of the video, and then a white t-shirt through most the rest.

Sir Richard Branson on Anagada for the inaugural BVI Kite Jam.

In biztalk if you are getting messages like “warning BEC2004: Root element is missing”

Old Man Jonny.

Google Games 2010.

Kite Skating in Vermont.

The BVI KiteJam 2010!

Tahoe Part 2.

Tahoe!

Right on Schedule.

BVI Kite Jam 2010!

Hanging out in 9 degree weather for 8.5 hours.

Last night I ordered a 2009 Slingshot RPM 12m kiteboard.

BVIKiteJam.com here I come.

Back to the US and British Virgin Islands for 12 days of sailing!

In Biztalk if you are trying to “Test Map” and get a message similar to the following:

Error 3 Output validation error: Data at the root level is invalid. Line 1, position 1.

A caller has attempted to import a transaction from a remote system, but MSDTC is currently configured to disallow inbound transaction manager communication on machine. Please review the MS DTC configuration settings.

Taken from my office one evening. Vermont has it's moments.

Spent a couple days out in Nashville this summer. Checked out the Hard Rock and some local bars with kick ass live country music. yeehaw.

More birthday shots from the BVI

On the way to the Penny Powell wedding I met a cow.

BTV -> BVI

Some photos of the first few days at sail on my 30th birthday trip.

and so it begins…

A Labor Day weekend of sunsets.

Gale Force Wedding Weekend.

flotilla.

A few shots from the lake.

Back flip.

There was a time when men were men.

Jumping over Burlington.

Claim to Fame.

First day on Malletts Bay in '09

A cruising permit for my first bareboat charter to the British Virgin Islands.

What can I say, I’m enjoying the ride.

It had 414 miles and just about as much horse power.

Some shots from the first day on Lake Iroquois.

125cc’s added to the garage this week!

This December, while sailing in the British Virgin Islands, me and my brother Kev did some diving on the ship wreck of the RMS Rhone. 

On my motorcycle tour of western Europe, we stopped in Köln. Köln is located in North Rhine – Westphalia, the most populated state in Germany.

A weekend on the Lake.

Just call me Captain.

Malletts Bay Benedict Arnold Sailboat Race.

Camera 2: 8 days, 8 countries, 1350 miles.

An excuse to drink rum punch.

A ride on the Appalachian Gap.

An early morning in Shelburne Bay with Greg, Ben, and John.

Camera 1: 8 days, 8 countries, 1350 miles.

I chartered the boat below for seven days in January.

Here is the last wake board jump in July 2008.

Weekend in Grand Rapids Michigan.

Virtual Server encountered an unexpected error, 0×00000003.

Frustrating.

If you are running Microsoft Virtual PC the problem is the Virtual Machine Additions. Either restart Virtual PC or see this to disable clipboard sharing.

This was my lunch break today.

Some new corals.

Select row on DataGridView right click

Kiteboarding Lesson 1.

A quick way to get installed Applications on remote PC in VB.NET.

Wakeboarding in the rain.

Out on the wakeboard boat today.

While testing SQL Server 2008 RC0, I ran into a problem when connecting to the server via IP address on the default installation.

An error has occurred while establishing a connection to the server. When connecting to SQL Server 2005, this failure may be caused by the fact that under the default settings SQL Server does not allow remote connections. (provider: Named Pipes Provider, error: 40 – Could not open a connection to SQL Server) (.Net SqlClient Data Provider)

Whiteface Mountain, NY.

LTD Weight Reduction.

Out with Dahlberg.

When working on a VBS script today I ran into the following:

Tyson smokes the Cuban cigar I picked up in the BVI while sailing and Scott grills with a fish.

Coca Cola 600.

U.S. National Whitewater Center. Largest man-made river in the world.

Scott the Master Mechanic.

Picked up a Ducati 848 today.

Sold the Ducati Monster (In 30 minutes on craigslist) to be replaced with the 848 Superbike.

Pulled over and got this shot with my Canon XTi.

You can view all my Sailing photos here.

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