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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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Car 1 : Carbon Bike 0 : Josh OK

Posted Friday, May 04, 2007 10:48 AM by jledgard
I posted my experience being hit and run by a car yesterday on my personal blog. I'm posting the link here as a cautionary tale for other softies I know bike to work regularly. I saw a red car out of the corner of my eye quickly cut in-front of me and Read More...
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A Reason Blogs Shouldn't Ship as Part of the MSDN Library

Posted Thursday, March 01, 2007 11:33 AM by jledgard
I'm not sure that the humor found here would translate well . Nevermind, I'd love to see what would happen to this on the translation wiki. I've been a bad blog reader of late. I actually found this because before I started a presentation yesterday someone Read More...
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Crazy Blogging

Posted Thursday, February 15, 2007 3:44 PM by jledgard
I can't keep up with Gretchen's blogs anymore. She has the www.jobsyntax.com company and blog. She is also blogging and marketing for www.jobburner.com . Then, this week, we decided we wanted a site for personal blogs. I really don't want to bore you 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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5 Things You May Not Know About Me

Posted Sunday, January 14, 2007 3:31 PM by jledgard
I’ve been tagged by Brain Harry in the 5 things you may not know about me meme. 1. I love cooking… and not just because Gretchen leaves the kitchen looking like a tornado hit after producing grilled cheese sandwiches. Her Christmas gifts to me included Read More...
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I've Been Mini'd

Posted Thursday, November 30, 2006 7:06 PM by jledgard
A few folks have pointed out that my blog was "mini'd". It wasn't bad press so I figured I'd mention it here. Really he just linked to a recent Engineering Excellence talk I gave on the topic of "Cross Group Collaboration". The small bit of Microsoft Read More...
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Two Cool announcements today from MSFT

Posted Tuesday, November 07, 2006 8:43 PM by jledgard
1. Rent HD movies on your Xbox and purchase TV shows . This is something I thought would be really cool, but never thought we'd see. I just hope the library of movies is better than what's on Itunes today. At least the resolution is killer and it seems Read More...
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This post is not worth reading

Posted Tuesday, October 24, 2006 7:29 PM by jledgard
There are a lot of small things I've neglected blogging about and I figured I could make up for it in one post that covers a bunch of ground. Self employed Ledgard: The obvious one has been watching Gretchen transition from the steady paycheck comfort Read More...
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Gretchen and I Judge others and pick best recruiting blog posts of the week

Posted Tuesday, April 04, 2006 1:56 PM by jledgard
Josh and Gretchen , aka Blogging Power Couple Number 2 , here. Between this week’s busy schedule of celebrating real-life Suggestion Kitty’s 6th birthday and gearing up for Opening Day , we were honored to scour the recruiting blogosphere Read More...
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Happy 2nd Jobsblog-O-Versary

Posted Sunday, March 12, 2006 7:21 AM by jledgard
It was two years ago today that Gretchen and Zoe made the first post to Jobsblog . Just wanted to call it out and wish Gretchen, Jenna, Jim and Zoe...wherever she is :-) ... happy blog-o-versary. I think it was that moment my wife went from "geek by association" Read More...
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What's that blue post?

Posted Tuesday, January 10, 2006 11:33 AM by jledgard
I have RSSBandit set to flag any posts that mention my blog in blue. Today there was a blue flag from Joystiq . I didn't realize they read my blog. Good thing I put up my gamertag the other day... although my gamerscore is sort of embarrassing. If you Read More...
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Wanted: Full Text RSS Feeds for Mobile Client

Posted Saturday, September 24, 2005 4:31 PM by jledgard
Today I installed Newsbreak on my Smartphone to read RSS feeds. The application is worth the price of admission. I love the homescreen plugin they provide. But I'm missing something.... full text content. With the slow connectivity provided by todays Read More...
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Who writes their blog in pink text?

Posted Tuesday, May 11, 2004 8:51 PM by jledgard
Eric Lippert does. Today he answered some of the popular google questions that led to his blog. You know, from my previous entries , that I always find these amusing. Enjoy - Josh “What make my eyes hurt when I open them in the morning? Your planet Read More...
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RSS on Ipod : How it should be done

Posted Monday, April 19, 2004 9:34 PM by jledgard
So this post has some good information on a product called Ipod Agent. It essentially lets you have rss feeds displayed on your Ipod. It also lets you sync your outlook information as well. I've tried this stuff out, but IMO the Ipod display was really Read More...
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