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• Go Browns: Peyton Hillis wins the Cover of Madden NFL 12!

  Pre-ordering my copy now!  Go Browns! Share this post: Read More... Posted Apr 27 2011, 04:17 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Fun Stuff, Fun and Family, Football, Health and Fitness

• Vote NOW: For Peyton Hillis for the Madden NFL 12 Cover

  Four wins down. One to go. Browns running back Peyton Hillis defeated quarterback Aaron Rodgers of the Super Bowl XLV champion Green Bay Packers in the semifinals of the tournament to be on the cover of Madden NFL 12. Prior to his win over Rodgers, Hillis... Posted Apr 20 2011, 10:31 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Fun Stuff, Fun and Family, Football, Screen Casts, Health and Fitness

• Join the Office 365 Public Beta Now!

  Join the beta program and explore Microsoft Office 365. When Office 365 is commercially released, beta accounts will be activated to trial versions, and you can easily continue using Office 365 beyond the 30-day trial period if you choose to purchase... Posted Apr 18 2011, 10:43 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Fun Stuff, IT Pro Resources, Fun and Family, Cloud computing, Cloud, Azure

• Imagine Cup Finalists teams in the Central US voting ends April 9th

  As you have seen in a few post’s my team have been heavily engaged with student teams participating in Imagine Cup .  A number of these teams have been selected to participate in the Imagine Cup US finals .    Going to the finals is... Posted Apr 06 2011, 05:32 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Events, TechNet, TechNet Events, Live Events, IT Pro Resources, Fun and Family, Cloud computing, Azure, Event Resources

• Pre-Order NOW: Automating Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 with Windows PowerShell 2.0

  As many of you may have noticed, I have not been blogging a lot of lately, and probably have wondered where I have been?  Aside from vacation in Disney World for the marathon , I have been heads down finishing my second book!!!!!!  This book... Posted Mar 25 2011, 02:43 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Exchange, Active Directory, Windows Server, Group Policy, IT Pro Resources, Fun and Family, Book of the Month, Powershell, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Hyper-V, MAP, IT Manager, Windows Server 2008 R2, Writing

• Huzzah!!!! My Arrive Arrived!

  Oh let the joy of Windows Phone 7 finally begin!  I love making my buddy Keith jealous: Sprint HTC Arrive Reviewed   Share this post: Read More... Posted Mar 25 2011, 10:31 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Hardware, Fun Stuff, Fun and Family, Windows 7

• Matt’s Best Year Yet: Recap 5 bold NFL Predictions

  In the three years I have been doing this I rocked this year and nailed 3 out 5 predictions.  Although one is still TBD here is my recap and results: Total 3/5 San Francisco 49ers will make the playoffs .  When you look just at the division... Posted Mar 20 2011, 10:54 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Fun and Family, Football

• Heartland IT Pro User Groups

  One of the great aspects of my job is I get to work with a lot of different user groups and meet lots of people from the IT Pro community.  Well I did my best to get a list of all the IT professional  user groups I work with in the Heartland... Posted Feb 25 2011, 10:03 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows XP, Exchange, Active Directory, Search, Hardware, Virtual PC, IE, Windows Vista, Events, Office 2007, System Center, TechNet, Windows Server, ISA Server, Group Policy, SQL 2005, WebCast Question Logs, Fun Stuff, TechNet Events, Live Event Questions and Answers, Exchange 2007, Live Events, Interviews, 2007 Office system, IT Pro Resources, Management, Fun and Family, XBOX 360, Book of the Month, System Center Data Protection Manager, Podcasts, migration, Virtual Server, Podcast, Small Business Server, ForeFront, Small Business Server 2003, PHP, Data Protection Manager, Windows 2003, Social Media, Windows 2003R2, SXSW, Windows Desktop Search, free training, TechEd, Windows Server 2008, Football, Tech Ed, IT Pro Momentum, A More Secure and Well Managed Infrastructure (SWMI), SQL 2008, Screen Casts, Apache, Windows 7, Hyper-V, MySQL, Health and Fitness, MAP, Cloud computing, IT Manager, IE 8, Featured, Cloud, expert, Azure, Windows Server 2008 R2, Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit, Social Marketing, Office 2010, Writing, running, Matt Hester, Pages, IT Investigators, goofy, Event Resources, techent radio

• Winter X Games 15 Rollout

  Too COOL or as Keith would say KEWL.  I had to share: Share this post: Read More... Posted Jan 31 2011, 09:11 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Fun and Family, Podcast, Screen Casts

• Walt Disney World Goofy Challenge 2011: Results and Recap

  What can I say this run again was: supercalifragilisticexpialidocious   Thankfully God allowed me to make the trip around the parks safely while I was still smiling and profiling.  He also kept my friend Jimmy safe from hurting himself more... Posted Jan 24 2011, 11:40 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Fun and Family, Health and Fitness, running, goofy

• Walt Disney World Goofy Challenge Training Week 18: RACE WEEK is HERE!

  WHOOOO HOOOOO here we go!  This is it!  Race Week! While I certainly do not expect to win, I do expect to have two fun  trips around Disney World Resort with my good friend Jim and my new friend Pearl (even though I think Pearl is going... Posted Jan 03 2011, 11:41 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Fun and Family, Health and Fitness, running, goofy

• Walt Disney World Goofy Challenge Training Week 17: Getting Excited!

  When you are approaching something as cool as running in Disney World you cannot start but to get excited and I mean REAALLLLYYYYY  EXCITED. I talk to my good friend Jim, and he is in the same boat.  I talked to my online training mate form... Posted Dec 26 2010, 07:49 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Fun and Family, Health and Fitness, running, goofy

• Walt Disney World Goofy Challenge Training Week 16: Preparing for a Long Run

  Alright so this last week was a GREAT week!  I got my 20 miles in on Sat. and I felt great.  The only bad thing all of it was on the Tread Mill, that is what cold and snowy will do to your training schedule.  It was a good run, and I chatted... Posted Dec 20 2010, 04:42 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Fun and Family, Health and Fitness, running, goofy

• Walt Disney World Goofy Challenge Training Week 15: Feeling Strong!

  Only 4 weeks to go until race week, and the hardest part of this week is over I woke up on Monday!  :-).  Last weeks training was great!  I think I had my favorite day on Sat. when I got to run with my good friend Jimmy (a bare footing... Posted Dec 14 2010, 07:20 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Fun and Family, Health and Fitness, running, goofy

• Walt Disney World Goofy Challenge Training Week 14: Are we there Yet!!!!!!

  That was the theme of running last week: Are we there yet! If you are a parent you hear this approximately 3.2 seconds after the garage door closes, and that is normally followed up by I have to go Potty.  So why am I using it, I am ready for the... Posted Dec 07 2010, 10:58 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Fun and Family, Health and Fitness, running, goofy

• Walt Disney World Goofy Challenge Training Week 13: Ole, Lucky 13

  Well maybe not so lucky this week for me.  Not only do I have my really last hard running week (this is the week I was dreading)  I have to adjust my schedule to allow my lovely wife a vacation over the weekend.  So on the bright side no... Posted Dec 02 2010, 08:19 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Fun and Family, Health and Fitness, running, goofy

• Walt Disney World Goofy Challenge Training Week 12: Starting to Taper

  This weeks starts the on and off taper of training, and I only have 6 more weeks.  The weeks of training now will be filled with shorter mileage followed by longer miles, pretty much right up until the marathon.  I have to tell you I getting... Posted Nov 23 2010, 01:24 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Fun and Family, Health and Fitness, running, goofy

• Walt Disney World Goofy Challenge Training Week 11: Paying the Bill

  So last week I talked about getting back to it and I happy to announce this week was fun and I found the training fun and great!  However, it got me thinking about a time when I did not get back into it and I wanted to share the story.  So this... Posted Nov 16 2010, 08:49 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Fun and Family, Health and Fitness, running, goofy

• Thank You Veterans!

  I cannot say it enough to the veterans: Thank you! Thank you for all of your support and sacrifice!  Thank you to my Dad, Barry, Carla and Bill (still active Duty) for being a proud group of Navy Veterans for our country!  Please take time today... Posted Nov 11 2010, 07:49 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Fun and Family, XBOX 360

• Bytes by TechNet, Brandon Covert and I talk IT and the Cleveland Browns

  As most of you know my favorite team is the Cleveland Browns.  As you most of you I also love technology.  Well in this Bytes by  TechNet I get the best of both worlds.  I got a chance to interview a friend of mine, Brandon Covert... Posted Nov 09 2010, 01:34 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Exchange, Active Directory, Interviews, Fun and Family, Podcasts, TechEd, Football, Tech Ed, SQL 2008, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Office 2010

• Walt Disney World Goofy Challenge Training Week 10: Get Back To It

  While last week could be summed in two words, this week is summed up in on 3 letter acronym: DNF For runners you know what that means, did not finish.  However, you may be wondering why that is the summary for my week of training.  Simple I... Posted Nov 09 2010, 08:06 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Fun and Family, Health and Fitness, running, goofy

• Did you get Kinected at Midnight?

  These folks did, mine should be on the doorstep later today, and my boss wonders why I am having a sick day.  :-)  Happy Xbox 360 Kinect Day!   Share this post: Read More... Posted Nov 04 2010, 08:15 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Hardware, Fun and Family, XBOX 360

• Good Morning Kinect for Xbox 360

  Check out Kinect, they showed it this morning on Good Morning America, if you did not watch TV this morning here is the clip Share this post: Read More... Posted Nov 03 2010, 02:52 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Hardware, Fun and Family, XBOX 360, Health and Fitness

• Walt Disney World Goofy Challenge Training Week 9: Tipping Point Week

  This is the halfway point week, at midweek I reach half way through the training.  So on Wednesday it becomes 8 weeks down and by weeks end 8 weeks to go! This last week was an interesting week of training, and I surprised myself a bit.  My... Posted Nov 02 2010, 04:07 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Fun and Family, Football, Health and Fitness, running, goofy

• Have a Great Start and Smile on Monday

  Thanks to my brother, who just got introduced to Christmas Ale, Keith for the post: Share this post: Read More... Posted Nov 01 2010, 08:03 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Fun and Family, Health and Fitness