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I’m Moving…
04 March 09 09:47 AM
Well, kind of.  One of the things I’ve realized as I’ve watched the traffic patterns for this blog is that you good folks come here more out of interest for stuff related to MSDN Magazine (or actually, thanks to the long tail, developer certifications).  Read More...
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Office Moves Can Be Frustrating…
17 February 09 12:02 PM
Especially when you were unaware that apparently, you’re being moved to China. Read More...
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Oh yea, and did I mention we had a baby?
13 February 09 11:14 PM
In my last entry, I mentioned that I was back in the office because of the recent events in the economy.  Even with that, I realize that I’ve been pretty sluggish with respect to blogging – probably uncomfortably sluggish for those of you waiting Read More...
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Does Anyone Else Find the Humor Here?
15 December 08 07:52 AM
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Creepy, Creepy...(Shiver)
01 April 08 09:20 PM
This really weirded me out - I kept moving my mouse around the screen so that she wouldn't look at me... http://cubo.cc/ Read More...
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You Always Hope...
24 January 08 07:32 PM
That your kids will find what you do for a living somewhat interesting.  As you can see, I don't think I'm going to be that lucky... Read More...
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When Poor Quality Control is Just Plain Funny...
25 December 07 10:24 AM
Anyone that I went to high school with will find extra humor in this.  This moment of Christmas humor is brought to you by Pottery Barn . Read More...
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Random Question...
18 December 07 09:44 AM
Since I discovered that I can keep my laptop powered during the 5 hour flight between Seattle and New York, I've been able to do some programming again!!  And naturally (well, maybe not naturally), that got me thinking about...music. So the question: Read More...
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The Coolest Thing About Flying First Class
17 December 07 06:24 AM
So I finally earned enough frequent flyer miles to qualify for Medallion status on Delta.  One of the benefits of the program is that you are automatically upgraded from coach to first class if there are available seats.  For my latest trip Read More...
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Turing Complete Text Messaging??
26 October 07 04:40 PM
I live vicariously through people with great senses of humor and WAY too much free time... http://blog.notdot.net/archives/32-LOLCode.net-Now-your-LOLCats-can-use-the-CLR!.html LOL^2! Read More...
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Disabling the Annoying Toshiba Menu
19 October 07 11:25 AM
Do any of you have a Toshiba laptop? I have a Techra M5, and today I finally got annoyed to the point of looking up how to disable this moronic system menu . Now I can move my mouse again without fear of accidentally bumping the top of the screen. Read More...
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Microsoft Bellevue Office - What a View!
18 October 07 11:20 AM
I had a meeting yesterday at one of Microsoft's newer office spaces in downtown Bellevue. Microsoft has the top 15 or so floors of a 28 story building right in Lincoln Square (translation: lots of great places to hang out/eat). Here's one of the coolest Read More...
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Ode To Teachers: Dennis Phllips
05 October 07 09:30 AM
As you may or may not know, Friday, October 5, is Worldwide Teacher Appreciation Day . As such, I would like to quickly pay special tribute to my high school biology teacher, Dennis Phillips. Mr. Phillips had that special quality that enabled him to push Read More...
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I Love M.I.T.!
26 September 07 03:42 PM
I've always been a big supporter of the school. Several family members went there, I considered Sloan for business school, and I still follow the research coming from the school - particularly the media lab - pretty closely. However, the greatest reason Read More...
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New Windows Live Writer
10 September 07 11:23 AM
I just installed the beta for the new Windows Live suite of applications - which is basically just a bundle of many of the apps that you've probably been using for a while. I'm kind of ambivalent to applications like Live Mail mainly just because I don't Read More...
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