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February 2006 - Posts

Transitioning from max strength to specific power

Now that I'm back on the water, I'm putting the focus on two items: 1. Keeping winter muscle but leaning down to racing weight (going from about 208 lbs to 195). 2. Transitioning from static weight exercises to specific strength via in-the boat resistance Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 28, 2006 12:37 PM by Marc Monplaisir | 2 Comments
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New article on Windows Communications Foundation from TheServerSide.NET

The article is titled "Connecting Web Services with the System.ServiceModel" and is summarized as follows: WCF is designed with the primary objective of solving some of those problems by unifying all the Microsoft technology stacks out there, such as Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 28, 2006 12:33 PM by Marc Monplaisir | 0 Comments
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Back on the water, a blister on each hand....

I am happy to say I am back on the water, the boat checks out after a couple months in storage, and I am now the proud owner of a blister on each hand! The Passaic was chilly and windy (raised the rig a couple notches), but quite clean - had a 10-mile Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 23, 2006 4:16 PM by Marc Monplaisir | 0 Comments
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Microsoft Small Business Summit online event featuring COO Kevin Turner, formerly of Wal-Mart, March 14-17

http://www.microsoft.com/smallbusiness/small-business-summit/hub.mspx Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 22, 2006 2:30 PM by Marc Monplaisir | 0 Comments
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Microsoft CIO Ron Markezich webcast Friday Feb 24 on integrated communications and collaboration

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032286475&EventCategory=2&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 22, 2006 2:26 PM by Marc Monplaisir | 0 Comments
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Sullen speed skaters, get over it !

Don't know if anyone saw the clip from the press conference last night at which Shani Davis and Chad Hedrick were still going at each other. Seriously guys, on the world stage of a press conference, no one cares about your internal team squabbles, and Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 22, 2006 1:28 PM by Marc Monplaisir | 0 Comments
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Microsoft, GE in Fortune's "Most Admired Companies"

Microsoft was ranked #6 globally, #10 in the US, and #2 for financial soundness in this year's Fortune Magazine survey. http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/mostadmired/ My alma mater GE scored #1 both domestically and globally, and #1 for talent managment Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 22, 2006 1:26 PM by Marc Monplaisir | 0 Comments
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Microsoft Office solution showcase: Lean Manufacturing

Not brand new, but haven't posted before: This is a solution template built using Microsoft Office to help automate value stream mapping and project management for lean transformations. http://www.microsoft.com/office/showcase/lean/default.mspx There Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 21, 2006 3:11 PM by Marc Monplaisir | 0 Comments
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Just released: Microsoft Dynamics Snap

New release of Microsoft Dynamics Snap: Four new snap-in programs allow Microsoft Office 2003 users to interact with data and business processes from certain Microsoft Dynamics applications as they create documents, collaborate and manage their calendar Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 21, 2006 3:00 PM by Marc Monplaisir | 0 Comments
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EU flexes its muscle over US on International Olympic Committee

Recent articles have sort of a "you reap what you sow" attitude toward the US losing its IOC executive board seat. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11273455/ This may be a net positive for rowing as the EU probably values it more broadly than the US, but stinks Read More...
Posted Monday, February 20, 2006 9:33 PM by Marc Monplaisir | 0 Comments
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New ErgTrack: Bad Religion + Dag Nasty

Erg piece: 2K Total time: 6:29 Track 1: Bad Religion, "The Empire Strikes First" Track 2: Dag Nasty, "Safe" Why I picked these songs: Bad Religion sets a steady, heavy, rhythmic pace that carries through the 1000, then Dag Nasty brings it home with the Read More...
Posted Monday, February 20, 2006 9:12 PM by Marc Monplaisir | 2 Comments
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Maybe not brrreeeport, more like the "brrrr report"

Went to put the docks back in at Nereid Boat Club on Saturday - was fine for a while, but all of a sudden the wind reversed direction, the temperature dropped about 20 dgrees, and snow started blowing horizontally. That was the end of the dock installation Read More...
Posted Monday, February 20, 2006 12:00 PM by Marc Monplaisir | 1 Comments
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Upcoming Peak Performance Summits in Manufacturing

Announcing the Peak Performance Summit Series We have a series of events coming up in March and April highlighting business issues and industry case studies involving customers who have achieved success with Microsoft and our partners in the following Read More...
Posted Monday, February 20, 2006 11:44 AM by Marc Monplaisir | 1 Comments
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Steve Ballmer remarks at CERAWeek Oil & Gas conference last week

It is a commentary on the progress Microsoft has made in becoming a partner to the oil and gas industry that Ballmer was able to speak at one of teh major events of the year. Remarks posted at http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/steve/2005/02-16cera.mspx Read More...
Posted Monday, February 20, 2006 11:39 AM by Marc Monplaisir | 0 Comments
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My First ErgTrack

Erg piece: 2K ErgTrack: "Lolita" by Elefant "I Drank the Wine" by Murder City Devils Total time: 6:44 This is about 15 seconds longer than my current target time, but matches very well to my race plan. "Lolita" starts heavy and steady, not too fast, then Read More...
Posted Friday, February 17, 2006 2:29 PM by Marc Monplaisir | 0 Comments
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Attachment(s): ErgTrack021706.wpl

Post your ErgTracks!

As we approach the end of winter training season and CRASH-Bs, I thought it would be cool to post favorite SOUNDTRACKS that you use to motivate yourself for boring, painful ERG workouts. Hence the name "ErgTracks". It will also be interesting to see how Read More...
Posted Friday, February 17, 2006 2:23 PM by Marc Monplaisir | 3 Comments
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If you're rowing in Texas while Dick Cheney's out hunting, what boat should you row?

1. An Empacher - bright yellow so Dick Cheney doesn't shoot you. 2. A Resolute - sleek black carbon fiber so that if Dick Cheney shoots you, he'll think it's classified and keep it a secret. 3. A Hudson - so that if Dick Cheney shoots you, he can claim Read More...
Posted Friday, February 17, 2006 12:52 AM by Marc Monplaisir | 0 Comments
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A strength program that really works !

Wanted to weigh in on some great results from a new strength program that I've tried this year. The theory is based on some recent research published in Peak Performance on the body's hormonal response to different types of strength training programs, Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 16, 2006 11:09 AM by Marc Monplaisir | 0 Comments
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Participating in the brrreeeport project...

Robert Scoble's test run for the blog search engines: Here you go Google/Yahoo/Technorati etc: brrreeeport ! http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/2006/02/13/the-brrreeeport-report/ brrreeeport Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 14, 2006 11:32 PM by Marc Monplaisir | 3 Comments
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Bill Gates RSA keynote webcast...

at http://www.microsoft.com/events/executives/webcasts.mspx Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 14, 2006 4:12 PM by Marc Monplaisir | 0 Comments
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Steve Ballmer keynote on mobility at 3GSM

...view it at http://www.microsoft.com/events/executives/webcasts.mspx Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 14, 2006 4:11 PM by Marc Monplaisir | 1 Comments
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Olympics updates via RSS feeds...

at http://www.nbcolympics.com/rss/index.html Personally I'm opted into Speedskating, Nordic skiing events, and the sliding events such as luge and skeleton. Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 14, 2006 2:23 PM by Marc Monplaisir | 0 Comments
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Microsoft CEO sees smartphones at $100 in 1-2 years

...recent comments by Steve Ballmer at http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060214/bs_nm/microsoft_mobile_dc Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 14, 2006 1:57 PM by Marc Monplaisir | 0 Comments
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Happy Valentines Day from NAM - the Love Calculator

Fun link from the National Association of Manufacturers Blog - a little love calculator for Valentines Day: http://blog.nam.org/archives/2006/02/valentines_day.php Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 14, 2006 11:26 AM by Marc Monplaisir | 2 Comments
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Re-launching the blog...

Haven't put a log of activity on the blog since before the holidays, what with my move back to the east coast, etc. Doing a re-launch integrating 3 main types of content: .NET Platform news Microsoft in the Manufacturing Industry My personal passion outside Read More...
Posted Monday, February 13, 2006 11:40 PM by Marc Monplaisir | 0 Comments
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Cool additions to the basic core strength workout

Reading the latest issue of Rowing News , I like the section on core strength exercises for injury prevention. I tried a couple at the gym today, most notably the "pike" exercise in which you suspend yourself parallel to the ground, arms on a bench, feet Read More...
Posted Monday, February 13, 2006 11:33 PM by Marc Monplaisir | 0 Comments
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The docks go back in Saturday!

After living on the west coast for 12 years, I'm not used to saying that. But it's been a short winter training season this year and I'm looking forward to getting back on the water before CRASH-Bs. That having been said, my workout yesterday was digging Read More...
Posted Monday, February 13, 2006 11:29 PM by Marc Monplaisir | 1 Comments
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The final resting place for Netscape/iPlanet ?

Interesting news as a former alumnus of the Netscape server division, formerly merged into Sun/iPlanet as part of the AOL deal back in 1999. May Kiva and NetDynamics rest in peace.... Sun shift to free and open source software http://www.dqchannels.com/content/global/106013001.asp Read More...
Posted Monday, February 13, 2006 11:11 PM by Marc Monplaisir | 0 Comments
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Groove Mobile Workspace for Sharepoint Rocks!

I recently decided to investigate the usefulness of using a Groove space to collaborate on a project involving internal Microsoft resources and external vendors/partners. The challenge was that I was using an internal Sharepoint site as the "plan of record" Read More...
Posted Monday, February 13, 2006 8:58 AM by Marc Monplaisir | 1 Comments
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