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The Far Corner of the EEC
There are no stupid ideas...well, there are. I don't know why people say that.
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over 8 years ago
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Leo McGarry (John Spencer) The West Wing, "Impact Winter" aired 12/15/2004
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XBox Media Extender for Windows Media Center
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over 8 years ago
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I like Microsoft. I think we make cool products that make life better for folks. Despite my prejudice in this area, I do think that Microsoft often misses when it comes to first releases, especially when releasing things that involve hardware. I remember...
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Hovercraft Anyone?
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over 8 years ago
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It's a bit quiet in the EEC this week, most of the usual suspects are off enjoying an early break for the holidays. While I'm in the office and actually doing some work, I'm in a bit of a relaxed mode...it's amazing to me how productive you can be when...
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If you've ever played foosball...
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over 8 years ago
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...you have to take a look at this video (another from the same email newsletter).
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And folks tell me that skydiving is dangerous?
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over 8 years ago
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Got a link to the video of a surfing shark tale via one of the email newsletters I receive. It's a bit long, but worth a watch. For the record, the only shark I've seen skydiving is located at Perris Valley, California.
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Who's writing Transact-SQL#?
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over 8 years ago
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I understand the basic principles of SQL, can listen to DBAdmins without getting totally lost, and have used SQL Server to host all sorts of data from pictures to stats on which Free Cell games I've played. By no means do I consider myself a SQL programmer...
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Pot luck in the control center
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over 8 years ago
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From the title you might think that we had something weird going on in our data center, but no. It's the holiday season and our team had a pre-holiday break pot luck and white elephant gift exchange in our control center this afternoon. Everyone brought...
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The Future of Home Entertainment
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over 8 years ago
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I videotaped a short interview of a colleague the other day as part of the content for a web site that I am helping to create and one of the questions I posed was, "What product/feature would you like to see from Microsoft (or technology in general)?...
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A Digital Jaunt to the Library
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over 8 years ago
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Among the many resources I have at my disposal as a Microsoft employee is access to the Microsoft Library. As you might imagine for a company that spends billions of dollars each year in research and development, the Microsoft Library is a pretty good...
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Quickstream DV - First Look
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over 8 years ago
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As part of my AV role within the EEC, I shoot and edit quite a bit of video. Currently most of the video we shoot is covering meetings between customers and product groups. We'll shoot using two cameras and the meeting will last about an hour. After the...
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