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Blog moved to burling.co.nz
14 May 08 11:34 PM

When I first started at Microsoft I had my own blog on my own site.  However, after a few months I started blogging here anyway and removed the blog from my own site. Recently I've dusted off the old site and started afresh with a nice new blogging Read More...

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A peek inside the OSS Labs at Microsoft
26 March 08 12:10 PM

There is a bunch of photos on Port25 taken inside the OSS labs at Microsoft.  This is an interesting look at whats going on behind the scenes.  It is reasonably well known that we have a OSS lab, but this opens it up a little more. If you are Read More...

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Changes in DPE (and a new blog to follow)
29 February 08 02:33 AM

As you may know Sean has moved on to Redmond which means we have a new manager here in DPE New Zealand. Scott Wylie is now the Director of the Developer and Platform Strategy team here in New Zealand.  Scott has been in Microsoft New Zealand for Read More...

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Random Stats
26 November 07 10:59 PM

I was looking at my stats today from my blog and found some interesting things.  Note that these are only the last 500 visitors - so this is not necessarily a dead accurate representation of the stats. Firstly - Operating Systems: Visitor % Operating Read More...

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Dead hard drive, dead power supply
19 November 07 01:21 AM

I've had a tough time over the last week or so. Last Monday my Hard Drive in my new HP laptop died, taking all its data with it.  Fortunately, unlike some , I have been using foldershare (which has been down quite a bit lately) to replicate most Read More...

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Things I love about the new Live Writer
16 June 07 10:43 PM

I really like live writer . I love online/offline applications that have both a software and an online component - I get the best of the experience with the best of the reach. Anyway, I've already talked about that and that's not what this post is about. Read More...

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Working at Microsoft and meetings
07 June 07 06:26 PM

A few weeks ago I came to the realization that at Microsoft we have relatively few meetings. I know - it is probably something I should have picked up ages ago, but its not until you are insanely busy that you notice it - or maybe I've just got a grip... Read More...

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Switching RSS Feeds - please follow me :-)
06 June 07 09:36 PM

If you subscribe directly to my RSS feed either here or at www.burling.co.nz , please redirect your feed reader to http://feeds.feedburner.com/darrylburling . If you've been using my aggregated feed from www.burling.co.nz , this is now managed by the Read More...

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Forza Motorsport 2
04 June 07 11:25 PM

In case you have an XBox 360 and dont know whats coming with Forza 2... check this out . I like car racing, but this is a little over the top for my budget :-) Read More...

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