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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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I started a personal blog

Posted Monday, March 05, 2007 9:40 PM by jledgard
Blogs.msdn.com just doesn't seem like the place to post about cooking, the Red Sox, my kidmanals, and all the other non-Microsoft related banter that crosses my mind. So Gretchen and I started www.ledgards.com . The site probably has a different audience 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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Spam killed MyblogLog

Posted Thursday, February 08, 2007 9:48 AM by jledgard
I removed the "My Blog Log" list of recent readers from the side of my page. That group, now at Yahoo, has some work to do in order to deal with the SPAM. For the last couple of days my recent reader list has included ads for "free online pharmacies" Read More...
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One Day in Shanghai

Posted Thursday, February 01, 2007 9:30 AM by jledgard
I know these posts haven't been very technical or work related, but trust that we're actually doing business here. In fact, meeting with the community support team went very well. Ok, here are some interesting pictures from the last couple of days. Every Read More...
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This city is crazy big... you want Gucci?

Posted Tuesday, January 30, 2007 7:36 AM by jledgard
You can't capture the enormity of Shanghai in a picture. There really isn't a location that lets you see the "skyline" because the skyline is all around you and extends so far that you can't see the edges of the skyscrapers. The picture here is really Read More...
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So Much for Hotel Food

Posted Sunday, January 28, 2007 10:34 PM by jledgard
Today we went out for lunch with a few of the team members and leads here. It was actually more than a lunch as it was three team member Birthdays. I made sure to get the bottled soda, but amidst the bowls of food put in front of us ended up eating pig 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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One Part New England + One Nascar = Shanghai Taxi

Posted Sunday, January 28, 2007 7:16 AM by jledgard
Made it to my hotel room tonight in Shanghai. The ride from the Airport was an adventure. We started 45 minutes out, but the driver said he was going to "make time". He didn't lie. He flashed more cars with high beams than a Girls Gone Wild TV spot and Read More...
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It's currently -53 degrees Celsius

Posted Sunday, January 28, 2007 6:33 AM by jledgard
And although this entry won't post until possibly Monday I'm currently two and a half hours into a 10 flight to Tokyo. From there it's simply a short hop over to Shanghai where I'll be spending the next week working with the developer support staff that 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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