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September 2003 - Posts

The Elegant Universe on PBS

Posted Tuesday, September 30, 2003 9:16 AM by Shawn L. Morrissey
I saw this in the paper this weekend , and my wife couldn’t understand why I was giggling like a little girl. Mr. Greene’s writing is so elegantly simple – I really hope it translates well into narrative television. Along with Hyperspace, Read More...
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How to Tell If a Microsoft Security-Related Message Is GenuineGood info about...

Posted Thursday, September 25, 2003 12:14 PM by Shawn L. Morrissey
If anyone around knows how to tell a message is genuine, it’s our own Brian. A good read, especially with these pinheads sending out faux emails from MSFT… How to Tell If a Microsoft Security-Related Message Is Genuine Good info about rooting Read More...
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SimpleTech 256MB CompactFlash Card $32.99

Posted Thursday, September 25, 2003 10:12 AM by Shawn L. Morrissey
Wow… These falling prices are just amazing… Buy.com - SimpleTech 256MB CompactFlash Card $32.99 After Rebate. (repost - price drop) Buy.com has the SimpleTech 256MB CompactFlash Card Item# CM26W2 selling for $42.99 with a $10 rebate (exp. Read More...
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The PDC site has been updated

Posted Thursday, September 25, 2003 8:48 AM by Shawn L. Morrissey
It’s pretty much a fluff piece , and it’s always nice to see us focus on some folks outside of Microsoft. I’m not sure why we aren’t pointing to Chris’s blog on the page – I’ll have to get that fixed…B- Read More...
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Windows Media "weirdness"

Posted Wednesday, September 24, 2003 6:27 AM by Shawn L. Morrissey
So I noticed that one of the options during import is to “normalize” the levels of the songs. I thought this would be a good thing to do, since I’m now trying to run all our parties, etc out of WMP. Now I’m finding that about half Read More...
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Northwind Unplugged

Posted Wednesday, September 24, 2003 6:22 AM by Shawn L. Morrissey
Sean and Scott have been good friends of MSDN for some time now, and have written a jewel this time. Of course we had to headline it… If you like their stuff, rumor has it they will be making a guest appearance at the Ask The Experts session at Read More...
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Neal Stephenson launches a Wiki to explain his new novel

Posted Wednesday, September 24, 2003 6:05 AM by Shawn L. Morrissey
Very cool… I found out at the last minute that Mr. Stephenson was on campus yesterday, discussing Quicksilver and signing copies. Guess how bummed I am that I couldn’t get out of a meeting and attend. Tommy was supposed to be there taking Read More...
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What ever happened to Larry?

Posted Monday, September 22, 2003 4:52 PM by Shawn L. Morrissey
Frankred and I were just reminiscing about “the good ol’ days”, after finding www.command.com . For some reason, the one thing that popped into my head was “ Leisure Suit Larry ”, one of the true classics of PC Gaming. I Read More...
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Specs or Stephenson?

Posted Monday, September 22, 2003 1:22 PM by Shawn L. Morrissey
Here’s the first review I’ve seen of Neil Stephenson’s latest, Quicksilver. It’s going to be interesting to see the audience this book gets – Stephenson’s been stressing that this is a historical, rather than science, Read More...
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Have a Creative Nomad or MuVo? Get Notmad!

Posted Friday, September 19, 2003 2:46 PM by Shawn L. Morrissey
I couldn’t agree more about Notmad . I love this app. I hacked my Jukebox 1 up to a 40GB drive, and now just about ½ my collection can fit on the Jukebox. I’ve just recently started using it as a standard USB-attached drive. It’s Read More...
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Stars in your hand

Posted Friday, September 19, 2003 8:50 AM by Shawn L. Morrissey
This looks interesting – I’m going to have to try it this weekend if the skies and clouds cooperate… Read More...
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Frank got some ants today, so we put together the ant farm. I posted some pics...

Posted Wednesday, September 17, 2003 8:43 AM by Shawn L. Morrissey
Who said MSDN was boring? We are now the coolest group on campus, thanks to Frank’s ant farm. If you notice a slight decline in the rate at which we post things, you’ll know why now. Today, we’ll be setting up the Windows Media server Read More...
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What to do in LAX

Posted Tuesday, September 16, 2003 10:15 AM by Shawn L. Morrissey
The sessions for the PDC are now online . Hey – I wonder what all this Avalon, Indigo, and Yukon things are? Read More...
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Keeping up w/ the GDN Joneses

Posted Tuesday, September 16, 2003 10:12 AM by Shawn L. Morrissey
I’m probably the only person who wasn’t aware of this, and here’s a cool RSS feed for you. Every time someone creates a workspace on GotDotNet, you get notified – it’s a great way to keep tabs on what’s going on up Read More...
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My lunch with John

Posted Sunday, September 14, 2003 9:10 PM by Shawn L. Morrissey
A couple weeks ago, I got to have lunch with John Porcaro . I haven’t mentioned it till now, cause I haven’t been able to figure out why I enjoyed John’s time so much. During my brief hospital stay last week, I finally figured it out Read More...
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Who cares if it rains all winter?

Posted Sunday, September 14, 2003 8:16 PM by Shawn L. Morrissey
My book todo list just got longer. Seattle’s Sunday paper printed a list of books coming out this fall. Here’s what’s already on my Amazon wish list: · Quicksilver, by Neil Stephenson . Due out 9/23/03. The first in a new trilogy. Read More...
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What a day...

Posted Sunday, September 14, 2003 4:05 PM by Shawn L. Morrissey
<personalnote> My dad just called. The Fred Hutch Center has found two bone marrow donors with a perfect match for him. My dad goes into 30 days of preparatory chemotherapy tomorrow to get ready for the transfusion. What a concept – they’re Read More...
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Barnes and Noble kills e-books

Posted Friday, September 12, 2003 11:19 PM by Shawn L. Morrissey
Hey, let’s spend ZERO investing in this platform, sells ebooks at the same prices as hardbound copies (and sometimes more expensive than the paperback versions), and see if we can turn the world on its ear! Friggin’ morons – no wonder Read More...
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...and speaking of wonderful reading...

Posted Friday, September 12, 2003 11:02 PM by Shawn L. Morrissey
Tim always writes and speaks with such nice clarity. It’s all about the story… Read More...
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Wandering through a great mind

Posted Friday, September 12, 2003 10:24 PM by Shawn L. Morrissey
For some reason, I picked up my copy of “ Founding Brothers ” earlier this week, which led me on a cruise through the mind of Thomas Jefferson . I don’t know why I haven’t spent more time with him before – he’s got Read More...
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Where's Caboose?

Posted Friday, September 12, 2003 9:53 PM by Shawn L. Morrissey
It’s funny . It’d be funnier with a lot more of Caboose…B-) Read More...
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NewsPage on every folder in NewsGator

Posted Tuesday, September 02, 2003 4:32 PM by Shawn L. Morrissey
This is a neat little trick for those of you who have north of 100 feeds like I do… You can have every folder in your NewsGator tree have its own NewsPage (the summary HTML page you get on your root folder) pretty easily, which is great for me since I Read More...
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Book of the Week at ASPExperts.com

Posted Tuesday, September 02, 2003 10:15 AM by Shawn L. Morrissey
Maybe the ASPExperts know something about WinForms that the rest of us don’t, and they certainly know how to pick the good books… I don't know why ASPExperts.com would designate a WinForms book as "Book of the Week," but I'm honored none-the-less. : ) Read More...
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Ask The Experts at the PDC

Posted Tuesday, September 02, 2003 9:31 AM by Shawn L. Morrissey
I wanted to let ya’ll know that I’m responsible for the Ask the Experts session at this year’s PDC. The session is Tuesday evening, 5:30’ish to 7:30’ish. Ya’ll will get fed, and it’s before all the good parties start, so you really don’t have an excuse Read More...
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Congratulations and thanks Kevin and Drew! PDCBloggers.NET is now alive ...

Posted Tuesday, September 02, 2003 9:22 AM by Shawn L. Morrissey
I certainly didn’t want to be the only person not mentioning this new addition…B-) Congratulations and thanks Kevin and Drew! PDCBloggers.NET is now alive Subscribe to the master feed today! [ Jeff Sandquist's Radio Weblog ] Read More...
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What does the I in AI stand for?

Posted Monday, September 01, 2003 9:41 PM by Shawn L. Morrissey
Caboose is my hero. I’d fallen a bit behind with the Red vs. Blue episodes , till Kent reminded me that they had just posted Episode 17. It’s taken a while, and now I’ve experienced Church the gay robot, “fuckberries”, and Sarge’s return. My sides hurt, Read More...
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