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A blog about life, Microsoft, random technology and general academic stuff.
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November 2004 - Posts
Power
Monday, November 29, 2004 12:14 AM
We lost power at my house today. I suspect that the wind blew a tree down some place. The wind also blew down a dead tree in my back yard. The tree in my yard completely covers my vegetable garden. It's a good thing the garden is all cleaned up for the
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Email
Sunday, November 28, 2004 4:26 AM
Most week ends I get some work related email. This weekend pretty much nothing. Perhaps one or two. I should probably be glad. After all work related email implies work. If not during the week end surely after the week end. And truth be known I am almost
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The day after
Sunday, November 28, 2004 3:18 AM
[Thanksgiving]I didn’t have much time to blog yesterday. As I did say, we celebrated Thanksgiving yesterday. Thanksgiving is a pretty big day in the US. It is the day that we give thinks for all that we have. My wife and I had some pretty lean years a
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Amazon.Com
Thursday, November 25, 2004 5:18 PM
When I first heard about Amazon.com I thought it was an interesting idea but didn’t really expect to use it myself. Unlike shopping in general I actually like book shopping. I have no trouble wondering around a book store picking up random books and deciding
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Christmas Shopping
Tuesday, November 23, 2004 4:09 PM
[Shopping]
So you already know that I don’t like shopping. So it naturally follows that the Christmas gift buying season is a problem for me. Luckily my wife loves to shop and does most of the gift buying. I come along to pay for things and carry things.
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Shopping
Sunday, November 21, 2004 8:48 PM
I am not a shopper. If I know exactly what I want I am fine. I love buying things online for this very reason. Login on, enter what you want, pay for it and like magic it shows up with the mail. Clothing is not so bad either. I know my sizes, I know what
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Don't forget to enter
Sunday, November 21, 2004 5:00 PM
Please be sure to enter the "small comp" of the Visual Gaming event. Even if you don't think you can win we'd really appreciate seeing your entry. They are all important to us.
PLEASE send it to orif@projecthoshimi.com before 11/22/2004 at 8 AM (GMT
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Ah, Friday!
Saturday, November 20, 2004 6:08 AM
Luxury is a good massage.I heard someone once say that “success is being able to afford the time and money for a one hour massage once a week.” If that is true I am getting there because I have a half hour massage once a week. Most weeks anyway. Sometimes
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Halo 2
Friday, November 19, 2004 4:48 PM
I took it easy this evening. I went over to my son's place and we played Halo 2 for a couple of hours. He's a lot better than I am at it. But the important thing is that we enjoy each other's company and had a relaxing time. He's having a rough year at
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How does he do it?
Thursday, November 18, 2004 8:58 PM
My good friend Dave started with the mini comp in Visual Gaming yesterday. He's got his best score up to 3400 with the new tissue. So I spent several hours this morning working on my AI. Hours I would normally spend sleeping mind you. The very best I
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Go away!
Monday, November 15, 2004 2:58 AM
I've read a number of blogs and talked to a number of students who are thinking about going to university next year. One thing I always suggest is that they not live at home. It is tempting and it saves money but I don't think it is worth it. I'll tell
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Snow
Sunday, November 14, 2004 2:04 AM
We had a couple of inches of snow last night. Not enough to cause any big problems but it forced me to cancel a couple of outdoor tasks. I had planned to clean up the garden and bring in some hoses. I dare not pick up hoses that are frozen and covered
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Small Stuff
Saturday, November 13, 2004 3:33 PM
Check out the chance to win a REAL Professor Hoshimi USB Key (it's a 128 MB key with the SDK, Manga, pictures, etc. inside). Personally I want one but I don't think Microsoft employees are eligable. :-( A good friend of mine is now blogging
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New Office
Saturday, November 13, 2004 3:01 AM
I'm pretty much moved in to my new office. My wife and I have renovated one of our bedrooms to create a new office in our home. I'm pretty stoked about it. For the last year and a half I have been working in different sections of the Family Room. This
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Over the top
Thursday, November 11, 2004 11:12 PM
10,000 reads!I'm pretty excited to reach this total. Sure on the grand scale of things it is not that big of a deal. But I believe that finding small victories every day helps to make people happy. This is the small victory I claim for today. Thank you
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Halo 2
Tuesday, November 09, 2004 9:29 PM
Halo 2 is out now. Apparently it is flying out of the stores and the XBox Live online gaming is going flat out. Major Nelson from the Halo 2 team has been blogging about the release and related activity. So has Robert Scoble. MSNBC has an article
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Outsourcing
Tuesday, November 09, 2004 1:26 AM
[Outsourcing]I just outsourced the ironing. Well not all of it but at least the shirts. It takes me forever to iron. My wife is faster and does a better job but she has other things todo. Finally I just decided that from now on we'll take my shirts to
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Mental Health Days
Monday, November 08, 2004 3:19 AM
I've pretty much stayed away from the computers the last few days. Oh I've checked my email and I've read through most of the blogs I follow. There hasn't been a lot of activity on either though. Often I will spend a lot of time surfing the web, reading
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The Election is Over
Thursday, November 04, 2004 6:34 PM
[Election]The US election season is much too long in my opinion. It is worse in New Hampshire where I live because we have the first primary election. For this reason candidates, or potential candidates, start visiting our state two and even three years
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Free Stuff
Wednesday, November 03, 2004 2:53 AM
Mario is offering free hats. He is looking for people to review products on Windows Marketplace that was selected by theSpoke d-team. Sounds like a deal to me.Edit: From Mario's blogJust to clarify, you can follow these easy steps to write a
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California is cold
Monday, November 01, 2004 8:05 PM
It's not cold outside. It's cold inside. People in California do not seem to have heat in their houses. And while 65 degrees is not very cold when you are doing things outside it seems cold to me when I am sitting around a house working on the computer.
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