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My last post!

mennotk — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:59:00 GMT

Don't let the title confuse you, it's only my last post here at MSDN! As most of you know, I've been blogging on MSDN since 19 December 2005! It is time to move on...

I made the decision to move my blogging addiction to my very own domain. On the new location you can continue reading about freaky CRM stuff, but I'll mix it up with some additional topics that interest me and hopefully you guys as well.

Please update your bookmarks, RSS Readers and OPML files.

Blog: http://www.tekoppele.com/blog

RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/crmfreak

It took me a lot of time and effort to design my new blog from the ground up. I want to thank Alex Vermeule, Scott Barnes Jaap Steinvoorte and Jron for their help and advice. Over time, I will slowly migrate all of my posts and comments.

Training: Demo2Win reminder

mennotk — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:49:22 GMT

You probably seen my previous post talking about Demo2Win. With this post, I want to remind everybody located in the NorCal area that we still have a few seats available. It's an awesome training, worth both the money and your time!

Prettige feestdagen en een gelukkig nieuwjaar!

mennotk — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 13:41:00 GMT

I wish all my readers a joyous and memorable holiday season and a very happy New Year.

In the Netherlands St. Nicholas is known as Sinterklaas. To the Dutch, St. Nicholas' Day is the time of greatest revelry in the Christmas season. St. Nicholas comes on the last Saturday of November by steamboat from Spain, and is then paraded through the streets, welcomed by cheering and singing children. December 6th, is observed in most Roman Catholic countries primarily as a feast for small children. But it is only in the Low Countries - especially in the Netherlands - that the eve of his feast day (December 5th) when presents are given and received, is celebrated nationwide by young and old, Christian and non-Christian, and without any religious overtones. The Christmas tree is the center of the home celebration, which consists of carols and story-telling in the afternoon.

If you are wondering what the subject means, you can translate it here. Select Dutch - English and paste it in.

Acronyms, we sure do have a lot of those in the U.S.A.

mennotk — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:08:34 GMT

A word (as NATO, radar, or snafu) formed from the initial letter or letters of each of the successive parts or major parts of a compound term are considered an Acronym. As some of you may recall I had some discussions around this a while back via my comments on this post http://blogs.msdn.com/mscrmfreak/archive/2006/03/12/today-s-word-rss.aspx and this one http://blogs.msdn.com/mscrmfreak/archive/2006/03/13/550053.aspx

Often it is really hard for me to follow discussions or understand what they are talking about in emails as I am not a native English speaker. A while ago I bumped into the website http://www.acronymfinder.com and was amazed by how much acronyms they have in their database. It contains more than 575,000 human-edited entries and Acronym Finder is the world's largest and most comprehensive dictionary of acronyms, abbreviations, and initialisms.

Just as an example, click here to get the possible answers for RSS!

Help: Don't eat me!

mennotk — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 17:00:47 GMT

Happy Thanksgiving everybody and for all the turkeys out there, you won't get eaten if you use Microsoft Dynamics CRM every single day!

Transforming David...

mennotk — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 07:19:00 GMT

A few day's back I had a blog post about David transforming into Optimus Prime if he would receive 50 comments on his post. Guess what? He received 58 comments and has ordered his costume! I want to thank those who read my initial post and left David a comment, you know who you are!

Read his latest post.. http://blogs.msdn.com/davidlem/archive/2007/11/19/there-are-two-things-in-this-world-i-won-t-break.aspx and I hope he will ask at least someone to take tons of pictures and videos, so we can enjoy it aswell since many of us are not located down under.

If you're an Aussie and you want to see Optimus Prime...

mennotk — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 06:19:00 GMT

If you're an Aussie (or not) and you want to see Optimus Prime at the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4 launch in Oz ...for that, you only need to leave a comment at David's blog saying he needs to keep his end of the bargain! (We only need 30 more to hit the 50 needed comments)

I already left him his first comment and it would be awesome if we can pull this off! He will be amazed how many people will actually read and do this now...

You can read his blog about it here: http://blogs.msdn.com/davidlem/archive/2007/11/16/optimus-prime-the-crm-4-launch-could-be.aspx

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A glass and a half of joy!

mennotk — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 11:18:57 GMT

This is so off-topic, but what do you get when you combine a gorilla and one of the best Phil Collins songs? Yes...click the play button for that answer!

Video: Cadbury's Gorilla

Sometimes I wonder why can't we come up with these....

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My one year anniversary

mennotk — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 21:15:00 GMT

Exactly one year ago I boarded a plane in Amsterdam and flew to the States. As of today, I am officialy living a year in the United States.

New Version of Live Search

mennotk — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 02:39:00 GMT

Please take a moment to try the new search through www.live.com and set Live Search as your default search engine.

San Francisco Love Parade 2007

mennotk — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:29:19 GMT

This is why I love my city so much, there is always something happening. On 29 September 2007 I will be going to the Love Parade 2007 in downtown San Francisco, go here for more info: http://www2.sflovefest.org.

For everybody that does not know the concept of Love Parade; the Love Parade is a popular festival and parade that originated in 1989 in Berlin, Germany, and has spread throughout the world. Past Love Parades have occurred in Tel Aviv, Mexico City, Acapulco, Vienna, Cape Town, San Francisco,Leeds, Sydney, Santiago and Caracas. It was started by the fresh Berlin Underground under the initiative of Matthias Roeingh aka "Dr. Motte". It was held as a political demonstration for peace and international understanding through music.

Until 1996, the parade was held on the famous Berlin "Kurfürstendamm". Since by then, not only the Kurfürstendamm was overcrowded but the streets and even railway tracks near the Ku'damm, too, the parade moved to the "Straße des 17. Juni" which is near the Tiergarten Park in the center of Berlin by the Brandenburg Gate and provided plenty of space. The center of the parade is the Siegessäule in the middle of the park, and the golden angel atop the column has become a symbol of the parade.

In the past I have enjoyed many Love Parade episodes in Berlin, Germany. It is so cool that I dont have to drive 5 hours by car anymore to enjoy it, now just 30 minutes with the bus! If you like electronic dance music, such as Trance, House and Techno you will need to go to the San Francisco Love Parade or as they call it here; San Francisco LoveFest. I hope to make some great pictures such as the one below.

If you want to read more about this phenomenon go here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loveparade

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Smiley celebrates 25th birthday

mennotk — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 18:00:00 GMT

You might not know this, but I am a huge........(read more)

So now everybody can buy one?

mennotk — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 22:26:00 GMT

I think "Crybabies" is a great word to describe them Apple fanboys...(read more)

It's my birthday!

mennotk — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:00:00 GMT

Yes, today is the day I am turning 30 years old. Did you know that August 27 is the 239th day of the year (240th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar? There are 126 days remaining....

Presents are always welcome...

I got lifecasted!

mennotk — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 05:32:00 GMT

Lifecasted?! Maybe I invented a new word...anyway's ...what's lifecasting you might think? Well lifecasting is when somebody is using a portable camera to broadcast their activities over the Internet 24 hours a day.

Justin, http://www.justin.tv, started lifecasting on March 19, 2007 and got a lot of attention by the media. Justin.tv, founded in San Francisco by Justin Kan, is currently a network of diverse channels providing a platform for live video streaming online. The original Justin.tv channel was a pilot project that evolved into the Justin.tv network. Check out the directory to see his fellow lifecasters http://www.justin.tv/live/directory

Today I met Mooncricket in the bus on my way home from work. I had a short chat with him. You can watch the video of it here: http://www.justin.tv/mooncricket/33459/Menno_meets_Mooncricket_on_the_bus_in_San. Make sure you fan it!