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Despite the title, I'm not a cyborg. For those of you who missed that implication, I'll give you a moment... Seriously though, even though I've been a non-MSer for a little over 3 months now, I'm still passionate about technology. You can witness the Read More...
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That's going to remain a secret, but those of you who make your way to my blog and want to stay in touch, the "Contact Me" functionality should now work properly. Cheers (and Happy Coding), Jacob Read More...
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During my three-year tenure at Microsoft, I have met many wonderful people. For those of you I have worked with along the way, I wanted to share my bittersweet news. After three amazing years at Microsoft, I will be leaving to start a new chapter in my Read More...
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Howdy loyal blog readers, We don't have all of the details worked out yet, but I wanted to let you all know about an experimental webcast series that my friend Glen Gordon and I are putting together. Basically, we're going to be interviewing experts on Read More...
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So I was in Omaha yesterday for the MSDN Event this quarter, and I was overwhelmed by the tremendous enthusiasm that poured forth from the developer community. We usually average about 45% drop-off, meaning that 55 % of the registered customers actually Read More...
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In 9 Money Rules to Live By [sic] , Liz Pulliam Weston stated, "The average graduate makes 70% more over his or her lifetime than someone who stops with a high school diploma." Without elaborating on the details of the survey or research, this statement Read More...
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I saw this video at 2:25 AM on Wednesday morning and it spoke to me on so many levels, so I knew I had to share it with my small piece of the world http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HS7D3LRDYw After-blog mint: Unfortunately, as Jim points out, it appears Read More...
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At the end of my webcast on Data Access in Visual Basic 2005 , the conversation turned from DataSets and ADO.NET to Batman (and all of the lesser superheroes). I feel the need to reiterate that Batman is the ultimate superhero. Despite his deep psychological Read More...
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I was on the road this week and was super-pumped when I received notice from Amazon.com that they had shipped my latest order: the entire first season* of Batman Beyond , the neo-futuristic rebirth of the Batman: The Animated Series (BtAS) television Read More...
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Those of you who know just about anything about me are likely to know that I am a huge cartoon fan. I own all 4 volumes of Batman: The Animated Series, 2 volumes of Samurai Jack, 2 Miyazaki films, 2 volumes of Sealab 2021, Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, Read More...
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And I remember when ASCII Pr0n was the big thing for an adolescent male to enjoy on his terminal - Naughty fun with LEDs Update: For the less astute in my audience, it seems that the censor engine in this blogging tool does not like the word 'P'-'r'-'0'-'n', Read More...
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Mark Twain once said, "Golf is a good walk spoiled." For anyone who is not a die-hard enthusiast, it's easy to understand why. If you're playing with a good-sized party, there's lots of standing around and waiting. If it's a hot day, it can quickly get Read More...
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I haven't received a lot of comments or feedback to my blog in the past couple months, so I'm curious to know who my regular blog readers are. I find blogging is a lot like webcasting - on the surface, it seems like a one-way stream of data, but there Read More...
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Those of you who know me well know that I'm very close with my family. My brothers both live in Chicago and my sister lives in Cleveland. I like to see all of them often, but it's a bit tough with my sister and her family quite a bit farther from me than Read More...
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Me and my big mouth. Gosh, I say that an awful lot. This time it's because of what shall probably go down in the history books as "The BizTalk Incident". Flashback - Chicago Day of .NET (several months ago) - I spoke at the event and had the opportunity Read More...
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