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A blog about life, Microsoft, random technology and general academic stuff.
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December 2004 - Posts
Neighbors
Wednesday, December 29, 2004 1:51 PM
My neighbor is away this week. She is visiting her son in Florida about 1500 miles away. When she goes a way it is my job to check on and feed her cat. We've had the keys to each other's home for years and years now. So every other day or so I walk up
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Shock
Tuesday, December 28, 2004 1:43 PM
I haven't been able to blog today. Everything seems pretty trivial compared to the tragedy caused by the earthquake and tsunami. It really shows you what the expression a force of nature really means. This whole thing shows how small the world has
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Happy Boxing Day
Monday, December 27, 2004 7:32 PM
I actually have no idea what Boxing Day is all about. I just know that it is the day after Christmas.My wife and son are out shopping as I type this. I hate shopping but my wife and son love it. They especaily love it when the stores are all busy, crowded
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Merry Christmas
Saturday, December 25, 2004 7:19 PM
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year
Maligayang Pasko at Manigong Bagong Taon
Boas Festas e Feliz Ano Novo
Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva i s Novim Godom
Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année!
Froehliche Weihnachten und ein glückliches Neues Jahr!
Kellemes
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Hints and Tips
Tuesday, December 21, 2004 6:18 PM
And today, in an attempt to be useful, a collection of little hints and tricks.
Did you ever want to increase the font size of a bunch of text in Word? It’s obvious if all of the text is the same size and font but what about if you have two font
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Chat
Tuesday, December 21, 2004 3:13 AM
Chat, MSN Messenger in my case, has got to be on of the best inventions of all time. Think about typing messages in real time to someone on the other side of the world. (Which I did tonight BTW) In some ways it is better than the telephone. And not
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Competition
Monday, December 13, 2004 10:49 PM
The AZN Leader announced yet another warm up contest. This one is a doozy. You will not know in advance what map will be used and the white blood cells will be a little bit smarter. This is where we start to see who is working at this event for real and
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Amazing
Sunday, December 12, 2004 3:55 AM
I went to the theatre tonight. They we performing A Christmas Carol and it was very well done. I have to say that I am amazed at people who can sing and dance. TO say that I can't dance would be an understatement. And I can hardly carry a tune with an
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QOTD
Thursday, December 09, 2004 8:37 PM
If you had to give up seeing, hearing, or speaking, which would you choose? Why?
What a question isn't it. I'm already frustrated that I need glasses to read and increasingly for other things as well. No way do I want to lose my sight. Among
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On Balance
Wednesday, December 08, 2004 5:11 PM
Found on Tom Peter’s blog.
"The less people like their jobs, the more they focus on balance." —John Wood, ex-Microsoft Asia exec (from the new worthwhile magazine)
I think there is some real truth to that. If you really like your job than you enjoy
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Geek Humor
Wednesday, December 08, 2004 12:07 PM
Take a look at this picture. Math.pow(Joy,World);This was taken at Bentley College which is pretty much a business related college. I wonder how many students really understand it.And then there is Eric Maino's Proposal in C# That link is why I set this
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First Thoughts
Monday, December 06, 2004 11:29 AM
OK the lastest "Small Competition" looks like fun. Make sure you check the Visual Gaming hub and Ori Fujiwara's blog for the lastest details. These important details includes information about new features and bug fixes in the viewer. You will find that
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Email down
Sunday, December 05, 2004 10:31 PM
My email account at work has been down for about 24 hours. This is pretty unusual at Microsoft. I suspect that there are a couple of factors. One is that the particular Exchange server I connect to is an experimental one. Another is probably the fact
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Toys
Sunday, December 05, 2004 1:56 AM
I like high tech toys just about as much as most people. Probably not as much as some others though. I have no interest in an iPod. No interest in most gaming devices. I'm actually fine with "my" Xbox living at my son's house. I don't want a Smart phone.
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Project
Saturday, December 04, 2004 5:05 AM
So here is what I have been working on instead of clearing the tree from my garden.It's not a very good picture I am afraid. The shelves are a little over 7 feet tall and about 4 feet wide. I hope that they will hold most of my computer/software related
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Tree Down
Friday, December 03, 2004 2:59 AM
Here is a picture of the tree that was blown down in my yard the other day.It covers most of what used to be tomato plants and extends into the flower garden. I almsot lost a bird feeder as well. It's not a big deal really. I know that storms did much
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Ah networks
Wednesday, December 01, 2004 5:10 PM
I took a couple of classes on-line today. One of them using LiveMeeting worked out very well. Powerpoint on the screen with audio either over the internet or via phone line. Very cool talk on Avalon. Another was a short course taken "on demand." That
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