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The Empty Inbox

Posted Wednesday, September 03, 2008 12:39 PM by kenhiatt
I took some of the things in Randy Pausch's Time Management lecture ( see related post ) to heart and I'm trying to do at least a couple of his suggestions. One of the things that I am trying this week is keeping my email inbox empty. I've always had Read More...
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Paintball Mona Lisa

Posted Tuesday, September 02, 2008 9:51 AM by kenhiatt
Video where Adam and Jamie (from Mythbusters) show the difference between single pipe and multi pipe processing . The view from the side (at the end of the video) is really cool. Read More...
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The Dichotomy of Selfhosting

Posted Saturday, August 30, 2008 12:20 AM by kenhiatt
I love working at Microsoft and I especially love getting to work on the operating system. One of the the things I love about working on the OS is that I get to run the operating system as soon as it's built. If there's a new feature, I can have it on Read More...
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The Last Lecture and Related Reading/Viewing

Posted Friday, August 29, 2008 9:22 AM by kenhiatt
Occasionally, I get so wrapped up in other things that I totally miss something big (I didn't hear about the Columbia Shuttle disaster until almost a year later). The most recent "big" thing I missed was the buzz about Dr. Randy Pausch's The Last Lecture. Read More...
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Kindle, Custom Textbooks, eInk

Posted Friday, July 11, 2008 2:19 PM by kenhiatt
Just read an article on WSJ about custom textbooks in colleges (here's the link , not sure if this will still be free by the time you click it). The basic idea is that there are several colleges (or departments within them) that are requiring custom printed Read More...
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Random Rumblings

Posted Friday, July 11, 2008 2:14 PM by kenhiatt
I received an email yesterday requesting that I post something new in this blog. So, here goes an attempt to put something of interest here on a more regular basis. Since my last post (WSOP2007...I busted out of the tourney in just under four hours...still Read More...
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WSOP 2007 Main Event

Posted Thursday, June 07, 2007 1:19 PM by kenhiatt
A couple of weeks ago I won a poker tourney and was thus selected to represent my local poker crew in the main event this year. I'll be heading down to Vegas on July 4th and will start playing on the 7th (day 1b). If things go well, I'll post the action Read More...
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The Face of Windows Server 2008

Posted Thursday, June 07, 2007 1:13 PM by kenhiatt
A project I lent my face to is now live on the web: The Face of Windows Server 2008 . Neat idea, looks like there are a few glitches in the site, but overall it turned out pretty cool. If you haven't checked out Windows Server 2008 (Formerly code named Read More...
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decknique: cool card manipulation

Posted Friday, May 25, 2007 2:07 PM by kenhiatt
Yesterday I spent my afternoon and evening dealing poker for the incoming Microsoft Interns. An added bonus for me was seeing an intern named Richard perform. His control of a deck of cards blew me away such that I informed him that he was not allowed Read More...
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No Heroics Necessary

Posted Thursday, May 10, 2007 11:33 AM by kenhiatt
Yesterday I spent the bulk of my afternoon attending the WSD (Windows Server Division) Quarterly Manager's Meeting. The meeting was focused on improving manager's coaching skills, but a side discussion emerged towards the end of the meeting concerning Read More...
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Recharged

Posted Wednesday, May 02, 2007 1:32 PM by kenhiatt
Took a couple of days off. Spent most of it being lazy or playing poker. Spent very little time reading (work) email. It's amazing how much of a recharge it is to get away email for a couple of days. Did get a doggie door installed (still working on convincing Read More...
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The other side of the camera

Posted Thursday, April 26, 2007 3:57 PM by kenhiatt
Spent a bit of my time today over in Microsoft Studios contributing to a bit of work that should hit the web middle of next month (I'll post a link once it's up). Different experience being on the other side of the camera. Having make-up put on me was Read More...
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Movie: Fracture

Posted Wednesday, April 25, 2007 11:36 PM by kenhiatt
I haven't posted about a movie in a while and I saw a good one this past weekend, Fracture . Anthony Hopkins is superb as always. The movie was put together well and one of the few in recent months I've seen where I thought I got my $5 $9 worth. Read More...
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Longhorn Beta 3 Released!

Posted Wednesday, April 25, 2007 11:25 PM by kenhiatt
Around 3:10 this afternoon, the final signoffs were completed and we released Beta3. This has been my number one priority (and that of most of the folks I work with) for the past several months. A lot of hard work and many, many, hours of ship rooms, Read More...
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eWeek Article: Hard Disk MTBF: Flap or Farce?

Posted Friday, March 02, 2007 9:05 AM by kenhiatt
http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-5691-48-550-66509-642524-0-0-0-1 Bit light on the statistics, but interesting nonetheless. In the build world we beat up on hard drives and tend to go through quite a few of them. In the build lab I work at we had Read More...
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