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A blog about life, Microsoft, random technology and general academic stuff.
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June 2004 - Posts
Vito does Brazil
Monday, June 28, 2004 5:17 PM
My good friend Vito is going to Brazil for the Imagine Cup. Vito and I work in the same group even though he lives in Texas and I live in New Hampshire. Vito is a great guy and I am glad he is getting the chance to go on this trip. Well, at least, if
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Blogging on the brain
Sunday, June 27, 2004 9:33 PM
I lay in my bed for a couple of hours trying to get back to sleep. I tried to clear my mind but I kept thinking of different things. I finally realized that my thoughts were all taking the form of mental blogs. That is to say that my thought process was
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The Future of Blogs
Friday, June 25, 2004 3:39 PM
Several people have told me that blogs are a fad that will quickly pass. Some have even said that blogs are a fad which is already fading. Today I read an article that says that Bill Gates may be starting a blog. I wonder what that means? Is Bill
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Email - History Lesson
Thursday, June 24, 2004 5:41 AM
All this talk about gmail lately has made me think about email in general.
I have had a ton of email accounts in my day. I have had email accounts that did not have an @ in them. I have had email accounts where you had to know the name of the computer
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Harry Potter
Wednesday, June 23, 2004 10:01 PM
I finally got to see the new Harry Potter movie. Every time I was going to see it something came up. The first time I actually got to the theatre to see it they had technical difficulties and were not running it. My wife, who saw it earlier while I was
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Imagine Cup
Tuesday, June 22, 2004 2:26 AM
You know for a long time it didn't bother me in the least that I wasn't going to the Imagine Cup in Brazil. Really it didn't. It is after all about the students who are competing. If I were going as a Microsoft employee it would be very much a working
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Trying to get organized
Sunday, June 20, 2004 6:01 PM
I've started to copy and paste all my old blogs into OneNote. It's slow going but I figure I will catch up in a couple of days and then it will be easy in the future.Since I have a new OneNote folder for blogging anyway (one section per month, one page
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Peaceful Evening
Sunday, June 20, 2004 12:04 AM
I worked 12 days in a row until this week end. Last week end, as many of you know, I was traveling on business. That kind of schedule wears on a person after a while. Especially after you reach a certain age - which I apparently have reached.
So tonight
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I need a book to read
Saturday, June 19, 2004 3:10 AM
Tough night. First we went to see the new Harry Potter movie. They had technical problems (film fell off the reel) and so they were not showing it. So we went to plan B and went to a book store. A big book store. But nothing struck me. I need some recommendations
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Member Mosaic
Friday, June 18, 2004 1:16 AM
I wonder why it is that my picture never shows up in the Member Mosaic? I’m in here pretty much every day and I’ve never seen it there. Has anyone else? Perhaps they are afraid that my face will scare people (or at least young people) away. Or perhaps
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Saving you blogs
Wednesday, June 16, 2004 12:13 PM
I backup everything. I have copies of pretty much everything from my computer on one other computer (sometimes two) and on an external USB hard drive. I have always made backups. But I don't have my own copies of my blog entries. That point hit me today
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Reply All
Wednesday, June 16, 2004 2:09 AM
I'm getting tired of Reply All. Think about this example for a minute. Suppose I send email to a list of 20 people or so telling them to let me know if they want me to send them something. Do you really think that sending a reply to the whole list of
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Dorm Life
Sunday, June 13, 2004 2:29 PM
In my job I travel quite a bit. Generally when I am away from home overnight I stay in a hotel. I have stayed in some nice, even some very nice, hotels. I’ve bloged about several of them. The last two nights I have been staying in a dorm room. Yes, it’s
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On the road again
Friday, June 11, 2004 5:37 PM
Tomorrow I take an early flight to Chicago. My final destination for the week end is Lake Forest College. I will be attending a “train the trainer” event for people presenting some summer workshops to high school teachers this summer. I am really looking
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Where is everyone
Thursday, June 10, 2004 2:23 AM
The "what's going on" page shows one other blog in the last 7 hours. Can that be right? Is it something in the air? The transit of Venus across the sun this morning or what? Someone has to be doing something interesting enough to share with
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Cars
Wednesday, June 09, 2004 2:28 PM
Truth be told I don't like cars very much. I was pretty happy living in the city using mass transportation most of the time. Cars to me are mostly basic transportation. Things to use to get from one place to another. And of course they are things that
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Now what do I do?
Tuesday, June 08, 2004 5:04 PM
It is HOT today. Very hot. 87 degrees hot (30 C). This came on all of sudden. I thought I would put in the air conditioners but there is a problem. On the top o fthe window to my room is a bird's nest. When I went to open the window from the outside to
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Tech Support
Monday, June 07, 2004 1:17 AM
How many of you are the “Tech support person” or “help desk” for your family and friends? Are you the person that people call when they have a computer problem?
I sure am for my family. I spent a full day this week fixing my Dad’s computer. He’d gotten
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WHy blog?
Sunday, June 06, 2004 3:38 AM
Why do people blog? Why do people read blogs? Did you ever ask yourself those questions? Not surprisingly, since I bring them up, I have been thinking about just those questions. Since I both blog and read blogs I have some answers. I make not claim that
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Slow boat to Long Island
Friday, June 04, 2004 8:35 PM
I travel a lot these days. Much of my travel is by car of course. I also do quite a bit of flying. But today, as I write this, I am traveling by ferry. The ferry I am riding is one of a fleet of boats that carry cars and passengers from Connecticut to
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Anniversary
Thursday, June 03, 2004 12:40 AM
Today is my anniversary – one year at Microsoft. And a great year it has been. I have been able to travel a bunch. I’ve met many wonderful people both at the universities I work with and among the Microsoft people I have come to know. My job is
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A Class Act
Tuesday, June 01, 2004 7:28 PM
As a high school teacher, which I was for 8 years, I was often asked to write letters of recommendation for students as part of their college applications. The students always thank me as you would expect. One university always thanks teachers who write
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