Nick Wienholt is an independent Windows and .NET consultant based in Sydney, Australia. He is the author of Maximizing .NET Performance and co-author of A Programmers Guide to C# (formerly A Programmers Introduction to C#) from Apress. He has written articles numbering in the hundreds for Australian Developer Journal, ZDNet, CodeGuru, Pinnacle Publishing, Developer.com and MSDN Magazine (the Australia and New Zealand Edition). When not cranking out the semi-colons, he can be found pounding the trails in preparation for the next ultra running event, and is keen to stretch his 100km finishes out...