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Rockin' Out Once More
08 September 07 11:37 AM
Outside of my day job, music is one of my major passion areas. I was a studio drummer for a little while, and I ran a Pro Tools-based studio out of my house for a few years. As a result of all this, having a good listening environment is very important Read More...
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Really Cool Desktop Backgrounds
06 September 07 08:05 PM
I'm pretty sure that this is just one of those sites that I missed because I wasn't paying attention. However, I came across it tonight and absolutely love all of the desktop backgrounds that can be downloaded. They even have a bunch of backgrounds for Read More...
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To the Seasoned Traveling Professional - Help!
05 September 07 06:55 AM
Apparently, my internal clock really sucks when it comes to travel. Every single time I travel from Seattle to New York, my first night in New York is tortuous (even without the food poisoning). Why? Because the 3 hour time change is apparently just enough Read More...
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Beware the Strange Meat Cart
31 August 07 08:39 AM
I'll be in NYC again next week and as I prepare for that trip (by "prepare", I mean that I'm submitting my expenses from the last trip), I'm reflecting on an experience from my trip a few weeks ago - an experience where I got so INSANELY sick that I actually Read More...
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Behold the Calming Powers of IT!
09 August 07 11:54 PM
A while back I wrote about how my wife had begun using the closet that is home to my server rack as a bread-rising room . Well, as it turns out, my little hardware investment has paid off in yet another random way. On July 7 (yea, 7/7/7 - it totally rocks), Read More...
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Hi, My Name is Howard, and I...
31 July 07 12:46 PM
Use Visual SourceSafe. Yes, that's right - I said it! I am now on a project that uses the source control system that causes babies to cry and IT operations managers to say dirty words. It's not that I want to use it - it's not that we're going to continue Read More...
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A Somewhat Funny First Day at MSDN Magazine, NYC
17 July 07 05:29 AM
The time change from PST to ET is just significant enough to make for a pretty groggy morning after a day of travel. However, the morning looked to be pretty relaxed - I had planned to go to the hotel restaurant and have breakfast - not to mention load Read More...
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So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Adieu
12 July 07 06:03 PM
This past year has been an amazing ride for the developer certification program. In the year prior, we launched the new generation certification program. This year, we have seen how the program impacts you and the community at large in very practical Read More...
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A Little Hanselman Humor for Your Evening
05 July 07 10:25 PM
There has been a lot of bad juju floating around the blogosphere recently about alpha geeks, morts, architects, everyone who thinks he/she is an architect because he/she has been programming for 3 years, etc... Thank you to Scott Hanselman for helping Read More...
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Observations From Recent Blog Wars
28 May 07 12:53 PM
So over the past week, I've been following a bit of a stirring the blogosphere over the deliverables coming out of Microsoft's P&P group - particularly CAB and SCSF . In case you want the loose chronology, here's how it went down. Oren's Initial Post Read More...
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Error Installing VS.NET 2005 SP1? 0x643 Ring a Bell?
26 May 07 09:06 PM
I have run across this error now in a couple of VPCs - and I finally cared enough to search out the problem today. The error occurs when trying to install Visual Studio 2005 SP1 - as far as I know, the error is not limited to a specific edition of the Read More...
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Old Blogs Being Evicted! What To Do?!?
13 April 07 08:36 AM
Have any of you ever had this problem… You worked at a company for a while – you got a blog through that company – you wrote some really cool entries – and you left that company (somewhat oversimplifying)?? That's pretty much my story as it relates to Read More...
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SOA Humor
27 February 07 10:14 AM
These are absolutely hilarious – especially if you've ever had to work in an environment with that one person who just read his/her first article on SOA and is convinced that it is the solution to all of life's problems (what?? It's not??). Thanks to Read More...
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Vista and Wireless Network Security
14 February 07 09:59 AM
I learned something interesting about Vista yesterday (or part of something interesting – I'm sure that I'm probably missing something). I've been running Vista for quite some time on my work laptop, and it has never been able to connect to my home wireless Read More...
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I’ve Been Tagged
02 January 07 05:39 PM
I was recently "tagged" by my friend and co-worker Glenn to divulge to you 5 personal things that you don't know (and probably don't care) about me. So while I would hate to be a buzz-kill and not play along, I'll keep it brief. So … deep breath … here Read More...
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