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Curt Shilling - The Robert Scoble of Baseball?

Posted Wednesday, May 09, 2007 4:38 PM by jledgard
You know, the person that everyone listens to, makes outlandish statements that may offend people on occasion, and then has to issue statements like this... Everyone has days and events in life they’d love to push the rewind button on, yesterday was one Read More...
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The Daily Show is on CNN?

Posted Sunday, January 28, 2007 3:19 PM by jledgard
What would Jon Stewart say? I stumbled upon "The Daily Show" in regular rotation on CNN Global while I was trying to fall asleep last night. A great surprise for this traveler, but I found it strangely ironic when he started bashing the "24 hour news Read More...
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This might be a bad time to ask for advice about Seattle

Posted Friday, January 19, 2007 3:40 PM by jledgard
I was asked recently if I had any advice for people that might be considering the move to Seattle and possibly Microsoft. Given that Tuesday was the 4th day in the last week I've been trapped at the top of a road turned ice-skating rink it might be a Read More...
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Is HD Video Dead on Arrival?

Posted Wednesday, January 17, 2007 7:36 PM by jledgard
I’m glad that the Xbox team hedged their bets on next generation digital video. I’m not convinced, like Robert , that HD video is going to take off in the next 10 years outside of the TV realm. I’m not even convinced it will be much of a service differentiator. Read More...
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How do I find out what's running when I start windows

Posted Tuesday, January 16, 2007 1:46 PM by jledgard
And furthermore.. how do i turn it off? I was recently asked what application you should use to detect programs and services that run when you start windows. While it's not my area of expertise I would personally recommend Autoruns . It's fairly comprehensive, Read More...
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Holiday ZEB Goal Achieved!

Posted Friday, December 30, 2005 12:54 PM by jledgard
No, this is not an invitation to send me mail... nor does it mean that I've run out of work to do. One of my personal goals this holiday season was to hit Zero E-mail Bounce so that I can start the new year off right. I've used the quiet time this holiday Read More...
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Does brownie mix have more or less calories when it's cooked?

Posted Wednesday, December 21, 2005 10:31 AM by jledgard
Its slow around here this time of year and the subject of this post became the topic of a lunch conversation on our team. It's been suggested that Internet search engines can provide an answer to almost any inane question one could come up with. We proposed Read More...
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Pimped My Blog: Feedback Welcome

Posted Wednesday, January 19, 2005 11:42 PM by jledgard
I don't run my own server and I don't have behind the scenes access at blogs.msdn.com so its a little more challenging to spice up my blog when I get bored of the way it looks. This post describes what I ended up doing and how I did it. I'll also toss Read More...
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Conventional Revolution is only Evolutionary Over Time

Posted Wednesday, December 08, 2004 3:06 PM by jledgard
Jonathan Schwartz, from Sun, examined IBM's Departure from the PC Industry and takes current subscription trends to make the case for a zero cost PC over time. "the devices are sold to consumers as part of subscription calling plans, whose long term value Read More...
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