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yesterday was april fools day (or the beginning of my wife's birthday month) and the pranks were flying online. here are 10 of my favorite this year. 0. my wife woke up to say there was snow on the ground - she forgot i had already been outside to...
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I'VE BEEN BLOGGING FOR A WHILE AND HAVE RECEIVED A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY I ALWAYS POST IN LOWER CASE. IN HIGH SCHOOL WE READ POEMS BY E E CUMMINGS AND THE IDEA THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO CAPITALIZE THE FIRST LETTER OF A SENTENCE STUCK WITH ME....
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it's friday afternoon and seems like an appropriate time to post a couple paragraphs about things i've been doing in my spare time both computer and non computer-related. a couple of things i've been doing on the computer include learning...
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in the first month of this blog (back in april 2008) i blogged about ice cube. it’s now two and a half years later and i’m blogging about diddy. he’s #9 on klout’s twitter influence list (the top 20 is interesting – included below) and microsoft...
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i haven't posted a lot of videos to youtube and a couple that i did post were apparently marked because of the musical soundtrack (since i "created" the photo and video portion and own the music, i didn't think about using it to impress...
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this weekend our daughter audrey learned to ride a two wheeler and just like her older brother samuel is now cruising around the neighborhood with the rest of us independent of training wheels or a contraption off the back of dad's bike. her new found...
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it seems appropriate on my parent's anniversary to post something about how both of them have influenced me both personally and professionally. after all, they are the first two examples, mentors, friends and people i could and did look up to. let's...
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this week i saw the movie inception for the second time and it reminded me of another movie when i was young that i really enjoyed brainstorm. brainstorm is a movie staring christopher walken and natalie wood about two scientists that perfect a machine...
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this evening i noticed that a brief description of the it crowd series 4 is up on channel 4's website http://bit.ly/cp47vt and couldn't help being a little sad that we weren't able to see a taping. i have made it my personal mission to ensure...
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so somehow i missed these two videos until this evening – kanye west interrupting taylor swift as she accepts the best female video award at this year’s mtv video music awards – ouch! taylor swift’s best female video acceptance at mtv’s vma 2009...
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i just got back from a 20 mile bike ride, had lunch with the family and am now watching microsoft research project tuva – a series of videos about physics which inspired bill gates. the first video starts with a 5 minute intro and then feynman begins...
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in the summer of 1987 my mother received a call from millikin university in decatur, il. apparently they had over booked dorm assignments and they were looking for approximately 40 students that would be willing to live off campus in a hotel. ...
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i've already blogged about browser for the better (which runs through august 8, 2009) - download internet explorer 8 here and microsoft will donate 8 meals to help feed america. what i wasn't aware of was the other promotions feeding america has...
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i will be spending the last week in july out in seattle at techready – a semi annual gathering of microsoft field engineers. last year at techready 7 i saw ray ozzie speak for the first time. some of the highlights are contained in a wired...
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in february channel9.msdn.com started a history of microsoft series that has been very entertaining to watch. in a few short months, the series has covered 20 years of microsoft, computing, and the world. check it out here . Share this post: Read More...
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i noticed up in my netflix watch instantly queue that the second season of the it crowd is available on demand. i quickly checked the availability of the dvds and best buy has the first and second season in stock. the third season is scheduled...
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i've been using windows since version 3.0 so i considered myself an ambassador even before joining microsoft 3 1/2 years ago. here's your chance to become a windows ambassador . the windows social media team is looking for 40 windows brand ambassadors...
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about 6 months ago i attended a session about the sensor and location platform plans for windows 7 in redmond and now information has made it to channel9 here . although a programming topic, it shows some of the thought that has gone into the new operating...
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probably the most important television comedy ever, the it crowd series 1 has been released on netflix and i believe is now available on dvd in the states. my wife and i have watched every episode on ifc at least 10 times - there's so much humor packed...
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for over 20 years (half my life) i've known a really amazing woman and almost 18 years ago she agreed to marry me. when it comes to people that have influenced me, eva is at the top of the list. she's been an amazing friend, wife and for a little...
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my first day at microsoft (october 31st, 2005) i started with a couple other people. that's the day i met edward - we started as windows client technical specialists. we went through a lot together starting at microsoft - we both hold the record of...
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the first (and possibly only) full rap song i have memorized is "sucker mcs" by run dmc. on take a bite outta rhyme, lords of brooklyn and everlast turned it into a song. on "in the beginning there was rap" wu tang clan covered it...
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i was thinking of someone who taught me the value of my time when i was much younger (and had time to spare!) today as i setup another 15 computers with windows 7 at work. "dr. bob" as he was known to me, was technical, an entertaining presenter...
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when sam (my son) was 3 he was running windows xp in beta with a simple web game i had created for him (webpages with shapes, colors, letters and numbers - hyperlinks below the correct answer and a sound file to ask a question ("find the 6, sam"...
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i just recently learned that someone i met at a church conference a year and a half ago is the vice moderator of our denomination (the internet and facebook are pretty powerful indeed!). byron wade talks about what you want to give or receive this christmas...
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