A nice listing of events in Seattle this weekend.

Quoted: Event this weekend in Seattle from the official website of the City of Seattle.

Great mention!

Quoted: InfiniteHoops was founded by Tosh Meston from Seattle (and yes he's ex-Microsoft). Meston told us by email why he created InfiniteHoops:

Just a reminder to register for the Chaya Auction if you have not already.

Quoted: Tickets are $90 each. RSVP NOW.

Quoted: Now, tomorrow, McDonald's begins a four-week promotion called "Free Latte Friday." Go to any McDonald's in Western Washington tomorrow before 10:30 a.m. and get a free (Mc)latte.

In addition to the quoted event, there is a surprise event at the Pike Place Market Starbucks at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, April 8th.

Quoted: We're doing something big at Starbucks. Like Venti big. We can't tell you what's going to happen because that'll ruin the surprise. Just come to any U.S. Starbucks on Tuesday, April 8 at noon Eastern / 9 a.m. Pacific, sharp, to celebrate something big.

Quoted: Whether you put your logic before or after calling base really depends on the scenario. Personally I always call base last, at the bottom of the method, just because in general I think it makes sense for my component/control to do its own 'X' before raising the 'X' event for external listeners to respond to. If I want to know about anything those external listeners have done to me, then I could have more code after calling base. But let me just say I can't really even think of a time where this should matter. If you end up with code that needs to worry about this, then just pause and consider your design, it's a CodeSmell. You should be able to design it in a manner that doesn't depend on such subtlety.

The 40-mile course looks cool, although I may need to upgrade to a proper road bike.

Quoted: Tulip Pedal will again offer two rides – a 20-mile course around the tulip fields between Mount Vernon and La Conner, and a 40-mile course that will begin and end near the tulip fields, and also will take cyclists past breathtaking views of Samish and Padilla bays, Mount Baker and the Cascade foothills. Both rides begin and end at the La Conner Middle/High School complex.

Looks like a great way to get familiar with board service in the non-profit world. I signed up for the series starting on 4/3.

Quoted: In a series of three trainings, you'll learn about roles and responsibilities of nonprofit and public board members in addition to completing personal skill and interest assessments.
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The Bridge coursework focuses on:
• financial and legal responsibilities
• governance structures
• fundraising and public budgeting
• personal reflection

Quoted: On November 29, 2007 Microsoft will be hosting Silverlight 1.0 Fire Starter on the Redmond, Washington campus. This daylong event is free to anyone who wants to learn about designing and developing with Microsoft Silverlight 1.0.