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• E-Mail Signature Fun

  One of the many things about the Microsoft culture I love is e-mail signature anarchy. What do I mean well the boring bit is that there is no clue or standard to the format of our aliases so I am afryer@microsoft.com , but steve lamb is stephlam@micrsofot... Posted May 23 2008, 05:41 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Fun, After Hours, e mail signatures

• On the Twelfth Day of Christmas an IT Pro sent to me...

  Twelve New Servers Coming   The product guys at Microsoft have been busy so there are going to be lots (but not 12) of new servers coming out this year: Windows Server 2008 (in 8 exciting flavours depending on whether you need virtualization or not... Posted Jan 05 2008, 07:31 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Humour, Fun, SQL, Community, After Hours, SQL Server 2008, SQL Server2008

• On the Ninth Day of Christmas an IT Pro sent to me...

  Nine Laptops Surfing   Why do large hotels hammer us for internet in our rooms, and sometimes charge for wireless access in the lobby areas while the independent guys invariably provide it for free? Because they can I suppose. Technorati Tags: internet... Posted Jan 02 2008, 05:18 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Fun, After Hours, internet access

• On the Eighth Day of Christmas an IT Pro sent to me...

  Eight Mashups Linking   Happy  New Year. You've eaten and drunk too much over the last week or so and I expect your brain has been taking a break as well.  So to get you gently back into technology how about creating a mashup?  This... Posted Jan 01 2008, 05:55 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Fun, After Hours, Popfly, Mashups

• On the Fifth Day of Christmas an IT Pro sent to me...

  Five Acronyms One of the worst things about being in IT is doing battle with all the acronyms we use, and having to constantly explain them to people who don't work in our industry. Two of the worst things about being in IT is doing battle with all the... Posted Dec 29 2007, 05:21 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Fun, Community, After Hours, acronyms