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November 2007 - Posts

'This week in History' as seen in the Microsoft Daily..
I was browsing through the 'Microsoft daily' and came across this interesting trivia - Can you guess the kid in the picture? :)) In the world: December 1, 1990 — Workers tunnel through a wall of rock, connecting the two ends of the underwater tunnel linking Read More...

by Mithund | 3 Comments

Score a goal or two......while peein'g! Umm...
I was in Munich right after the Soccer World Cup and every restaurant and bar and public toilet had this awesome pee stalls with a ball and a goal post. Again, not to sound like a sexist but I think this is totally a Guy's thing - We love to have some Read More...

by Mithund | 1 Comments

Webcast: Building Communications into Your Applications
Hi, I will be doing a web cast covering the MS Unified Communications platform SDK's and talking about how you can include communications into your LOB's. Michael Dunn who is a UC MVP will also be co-hosting. Should be a fun session! Come hear us out... Read More...

by Mithund | 1 Comments

Do no evil! :) @ $666
Google closed today @ $666.00 :) Is this a sign from up above? ;) -Mithun Dhar Technorati tags: Goog , Ticker symbol , stocks Read More...

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VS Team system User Group meeting on 11/28...
The Seattle VSTS User Group is meeting on Campus for its second UG meeting. I am pretty stoked as they have a very good speaker – Jeff Levinson, talking at this UG meeting. Here’s a quick agenda for this Wednesday’s meeting: Date and Time : 6:30pm - 7:30pm Read More...

by Mithund | 1 Comments

Seasonal Vice!
Different people have different vices and my 'current' vice is the new Tag Heuer Link Calibre S wrist watch! It all started about a month ago when I landed at the McCarran International airport in Las Vegas. Amongst other gorgeous 'stuff' the new Tag Read More...

by Mithund | 1 Comments

Latte love!!!
If you love coffee and adore your cuppa joe like me, you'd know that a real cup of latte is not real unless it's served in a REAL cup (Porcelain) and has some latte art on it. Needless to say, Microfoam coffee is quintessential! If you are in Seattle, Read More...

by Mithund | 1 Comments

RTM of Microsoft Math Add-in for Microsoft Office Word 2007
If you are a math lover nerd like me, you'll go out and drink to this announcement from Microsoft! The Microsoft Math Add-in for Word 2007 has shipped and is live and available for download. Congratulations to the team for shipping this early and fine Read More...

by Mithund | 2 Comments

Visual Studio 2008 & .NET Framework 3.5 RTM...(Resources and links to download!!)
Amidst other news today, Microsoft announced the Release to Manufacture (RTM) of its Developer tools suite - Visual Studio 2008! People everywhere rejoiced and celebrated this announcement! :) OK, I'll stop being high with joy...but, as most of you already Read More...

by Mithund | 0 Comments

21, Rigged and more...
I am so stoked! I couldn't have woken up to a better phone call...I got a call from a friend and she told me about the movie 21 and sure enough, there was a trailer and tons of good stuff on the Internet! :) 21, is a bio pic about a bunch of MIT students Read More...

by Mithund | 1 Comments

Oily world...
I was hanging out with a few friends last evening and they were telling me about the spend thrift nature of the Arab's! I was just amazed to learn that money was so cheaply available in the Arab world! Of course, I knew it was one of the wealthiest countries Read More...

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MSDN Redmond, WA Event update...
Update @ 10:20 AM: We just received power and we are good to go for the afternoon sessions. Click HERE for the agenda and speaker information. Hope to see you this afternoon! Hi, Thanks for showing up this morning at the MSDN Event. We had a record registration Read More...

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The Road Not Taken....
This past weekend when I was getting my eyes checked, all that was going on in my head was Robert Frost's- The Road Not Taken poem. It's such a wonderful poem and one of the few pieces of literature that has a profound effect on my life. I distinctly Read More...

by Mithund | 2 Comments

Dope!
OK! I really wanted to get a 16 GB iPod Touch...and, I waited all this while and today I am reading about Zune 2 and esp the 80 GB one has gotten a thumbs up from pretty much everyone! When the apple fan boys start talking good about a Microsoft product Read More...

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New MSDN Landing page...
My Marketing Manager just called me to show the new MSDN landing page ...it's awesome! Be sure to check it out! I like the new cool feature where it shows you all the MSDN Events happening in your area. And if you are from Seattle and would like to learn Read More...

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Customize your Zune with a cool laser etched tattoo...
This is really really cool! I think I just know what to gift my friends and family this Holiday season :) Read more about it HERE Click for larger version. Unique, laser-etched design from noted artist Catalina Estrada on the new red flash-memory Zune. Read More...

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Recall from China...
This is the latest toy that's made in China to be recalled...apparently, it had too much lead in it. Technorati tags: Recall , China , toys Read More...

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Silverlight Firestarter event in Redmond, WA - Register NOW!!
Silverlight 1.0 Fire Starter On November 29, 2007 Microsoft will be hosting Silverlight 1.0 Fire Starter on the Redmond, Washington campus. This daylong event is free to anyone who wants to learn about designing and developing with Microsoft Silverlight Read More...

by Mithund | 3 Comments

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