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Working on the Duc

Posted Saturday, July 18, 2009 4:37 PM by alanpa
Although it’s Saturday and I’m currently doing a bit of work, I’m happy to say that I have had a bit more time lately for non-work projects. In addition to a few small projects around the house, I’ve had a chance to do a bit of work on my motorcycle (Ducati Read More...
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Travel Notes

Posted Friday, November 14, 2008 5:52 AM by alanpa
Travel notes below, but first, I have a question for you . Parkinson's law states that "work will always expand to fill available time" - that the lengthened schedule encourages procrastination or inefficiency. Is the inverse ever true? I.e. Read More...
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My blogroll

Posted Thursday, September 14, 2006 10:56 AM by alanpa
If you read my blog through syndication, you won't know what I'm talking about. However, if you read it from here , you have probably noticed the long list of blogs cluttering up the right side of the screen. I use newsgator to read blogs, and also to Read More...
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Live Writer

Posted Friday, August 18, 2006 5:10 PM by alanpa
I had doubts about live writer working with community server, but it looks like it works. I'm also going to see how well live writer edits existing posts, so I apologize in advance for making edits to this post. It seems to do most of what I need. It's Read More...
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Pens and Microphones

Posted Friday, August 11, 2006 3:58 PM by alanpa
Last week I was home taking care of a few random work issues after dinner. I was wrapping up, and, as I usually do before I go to bed, logged into my hotmail account to clean up the daily deluge of email (I use my hotmail account primarily for non-work Read More...
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Catch up...catsup...ketchup...?

Posted Thursday, August 10, 2006 11:27 AM by alanpa
Not that there's anyone eagerly anticipating my next entry, but anytime I don't blog for a while, you can safely assume that my day job is taking all of my time. The good news is that I have a lot to get off of my chest, so I'll be getting some writing Read More...
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Finally, a blog editor I really like

Posted Saturday, June 03, 2006 2:22 PM by alanpa
Since I started this blog a few years ago, I’ve gone through a few phases where I took some time to try to find a blog editor that fit my needs. My needs are pretty simple – all I really want is an editor where it’s easy to do any text formatting I want. Read More...
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The post that will never happen

Posted Tuesday, May 09, 2006 9:08 AM by alanpa
I mentioned a few weeks ago that I like being a "d-list" blogger . I know I don't post often, but I enjoy writing and many of the posts I've written have actually helped me think through testing issues close to me. My current team contains some of the Read More...
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PSQT

Posted Tuesday, May 02, 2006 5:57 PM by alanpa
I'm on my way home from PSQT . McCarran airport in Vegas has free wireless, so I was able to find an unpopulated corner to charge my laptop and get some work done. The conference was good - presentations were on the level of STAR , but this is a much Read More...
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Pictures of jack girls in synthesis

Posted Friday, April 28, 2006 12:26 PM by alanpa
Only a few will know what the title of this post is. It has nothing to do with this post, but it was the line playing on my Zen player when I began typing this. I just finished a week teaching in Ireland. I didn't have time to do much in Dublin other Read More...
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Managers, managers, managers

Posted Friday, April 14, 2006 11:27 AM by alanpa
Readers who know me already know that I have no plans in my career to manage people. Although I've been a successful manager in the past, I get more satisfaction as an "individual contributor". However, since I work with managers so much, I crashed a Read More...
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Back again

Posted Wednesday, April 12, 2006 9:45 AM by alanpa
Once again, the beast called work has taken me away from blogging. The good news is that I thought of a bunch of stuff to talk about - which is a good thing when you don't really work on a product and have to find other stuff to blog about. It was a few Read More...
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Spaces after sentences

Posted Tuesday, March 14, 2006 11:27 AM by alanpa
I "learned" to type about 25 years ago in high school. The truth is that I went to typing class, but I didn't pay attention much, and I was in a stage where...certain..."chemicals" altered my outlook on school, and in particular that little round ball Read More...
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Interlude: Random bits

Posted Monday, February 27, 2006 11:38 PM by alanpa
Ever have one of those periods of time where you work your butt off all day long and at the end of the day realize you barely made a dent in the backlog of work that has to be done "asap"? That was the last two days for me. My wife was generous enough Read More...
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This is not an excuse

Posted Monday, February 06, 2006 2:06 PM by alanpa
I wanted to reflect a bit on why my posting has dropped off so much since I changed positions at Microsoft. I'm not convinced that my postings will become more regular while I'm in this position, but on the other hand, I don't see why they shouldn't. Read More...
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