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April 2004 - Posts

Will This Change the Point System?

Posted Thursday, April 29, 2004 11:28 AM by johnmont
Will a pedestrian in a crosswalk now be 5 points instead of 2? Read More...
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Michael Howard: Funny, Good Guy

Posted Thursday, April 29, 2004 11:26 AM by johnmont
Yesterday, Michael Howard (the security guy ) presented to my team on a kind of “fact vs. fiction” about what security is, how well Microsoft does vs. the industry, and so on. I won't get into details, but I walked away thinking a) Microsoft Read More...
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Where Was I For 3 Months?

Posted Wednesday, April 28, 2004 8:50 AM by johnmont
Two people have asked me why I wasn't posting for the last three months. A lot of it was FY05 planning. Or, in other words, in meetings. Plus I went on a round-the-world trip to visit customers -- Sydney, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Kassel (Germany), Paris, Read More...
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Ed's Famous

Posted Wednesday, April 28, 2004 8:47 AM by johnmont
I always love to see folks on my team quoted in the press. Recently, Ed worked with CNet to explain XAML vs. XUL. Read More...
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Brown Sugar or Muscavado Sugar

Posted Wednesday, April 28, 2004 8:36 AM by johnmont
Last weekend, I made some chocolate-topped toffee bars. It was late at night. I'd had a glass or two of wine. I wanted toffee bars. I was out of dark brown sugar. I did have some Muscavado sugar. I substituted. I'd put this in the category of “interesting Read More...
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Chris's Tables

Posted Wednesday, April 28, 2004 8:28 AM by johnmont
A while ago, I was chatting with Chris Anderson . He came into my office and noticed an oak table in my office. He immediately picked it up and turned it over, then asked, “Did you build this yourself?” Now, I can't say that table was a work Read More...
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Seamless Shelves

Posted Wednesday, April 28, 2004 8:17 AM by johnmont
My wife has an art studio downtown and she wanted some shelves. She wanted them to appear just to hang off the wall, to be very, very long, and to support about 40 pounds per lineal foot. Of course, the first thing I had to do was to buy a new table saw, Read More...
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Don't Harsh My Mellow

Posted Wednesday, April 28, 2004 8:02 AM by johnmont
I picked my wife up from the hospital yesterday after some work on some ruptured disks in her neck. Evidently, they gave her a sedative. Nearly her first words to me were, “Goooood drugs.” It reminded me of this cartoon I saw on bbspot. Read More...
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Is Ed Trying to Tell Me Something

Posted Tuesday, April 27, 2004 9:51 AM by johnmont
A long time ago, a member of my team decided I was grumpy. He created a team alias for me called Grumpy. Now Ed is thinking about The Apprentice and what it would be like if he ran it. Is he trying to tell me something? Read More...
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