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PND Recap

Wow! There were over 25 people at tonight's Portland Nerd Dinner - and the MSDN team wasn't the main event. Word is getting out that the in place to see and be seen is with the PND crowd.

I was so excited by the size of the group I forgot to use the HSoP Method of Photography. I hope the master will forgive me.

After everyone ate, Chris Sells got up and started giving away some "new" clothes. Well - "new" as in "never been worn" - but not "new" as in "made within the past 5 years." :o) He had a Windows 98 Beta Tester polo shirt (a collector's item for sure). (But nobody wanted it... I wonder why?) A couple of "COM is Love" t-shirts (I scored one of those puppies). A couple of "DevelopMentor original" t-shirts from 1932. A few XML DevCon (AKA "SellsCon") t-shirts (those were from last year). A nice fleece pull-over. And the big winner of the night was Stuart who shamelessly out-nerded Rich for the Columbia Sportswear C++ .NET waterproof jacket -- it was really sharp and it was new.

Oh, and a number of people -- the first 10 or so who arrived -- walked home with a brand new copy of "Writing Secure Code, Second Edition," by Michael Howard.

On the food side, I stuck with a "safe" sandwich from Subway. Rory went with his usual Indian cuisine -- and paid the price. Mmmm. Good crummy mall food court food. Nothing like it in the world. :o)