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A blog about life, Microsoft, random technology and general academic stuff.
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May 2005 - Posts
Long weekend
Tuesday, May 31, 2005 1:43 AM
I got a lot done this weekend but almost nothing that I had planned to get done. Going back to work tomorrow will almost be a relief. I had a great Saturday with family. But most of yesterday and today was spent doing unplanned work around the house.
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More from the backyard
Monday, May 30, 2005 4:04 AM
Video of flowing water taken in my back yard. We've had a lot of rain lately and the little rill in my backyard is flowing like crazy. So I took a video. Come August it may very well be so dry that people will have trouble believing it was ever
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Question of the day
Friday, May 27, 2005 10:32 PM
So what *is* the USA known for outside the US? I think I can come up with things that parts of the country are known for but isn't asking what the US is known for sort of like asking what Europe is known for? They are both big places. If you are outside
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Bitman's Place
Tuesday, May 24, 2005 6:46 PM
Do you remember what it was like when you wrote your first program? I do and it was well over 30 years ago. It was pretty cool. Microsoft, well Jeff Sandquist whose group did the work, announced a website for kids 8-13 to get an easy and fun introduction
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Two Views of one event
Tuesday, May 24, 2005 2:24 PM
Rick Segal offers a look at two different blogs that are reporting on the same event. Read his article and then take a look at the two blogs he links to. Wow, what a difference.One other thing to think about from that blog. When you write about an event
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Virtual Earth
Monday, May 23, 2005 7:43 PM
Wait until you see what is coming this summer! Chandu Thota who is on the team getting the Virtual Earth project going has some screen shots on his blog. Maps, aerial imagery, photos, directories and more. This is going to be big.
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Do use RSS with theSpoke?
Monday, May 23, 2005 12:59 AM
I'm interested in how many of you use RSS to follow theSpoke blogs and how many of you just use the web interface. Please let me know by commenting. I've outlined the theory I have at my Social Computing blog. It boils down to I think most people use
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One of those days
Sunday, May 22, 2005 10:25 PM
Did you ever have one of those days were you just seemed to be in a bad mood? And then every little thing that goes a bit wrong gets you upset all out of proportion? I'm having one of those days. I think the only safe thing is to not go out and only watch
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New Avatar
Friday, May 20, 2005 2:58 PM
So a few of you have noticed and commented on the new avatar. It was a gift from the very talented Shê Lim and I am grateful for it. It is based on the picture that I used to use as an avatar. There is something about artwork that is different from a
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Pocket PC projects
Thursday, May 19, 2005 8:13 PM
Looks like my friend Tom has been having fun with his programming class. Personally I think that writing programs for Pocket PCs is a great way to get students interested in doing more with progamming. The form factor opens itself to out of the box thinking.
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Accents
Thursday, May 19, 2005 4:37 PM
Last week I was on Long Island in New York State. I grew up on Long Island but I haven't lived there for over 25 years. One thing that struck me was that many of the people had strong accents. Generally you don’t notice your own accent. I still notice
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Getting older
Tuesday, May 17, 2005 8:22 PM
Lately I have noticed that I was having trouble reading small print. That and the signs along the roads seem to be harder to read lately. Time to have my eyes checked again. Two years ago I was able to see well enough that my driver's licence does not
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Happy 17th of May
Tuesday, May 17, 2005 11:07 AM
Today is Constitution Day in Norway. I grew up in Brooklyn NY where there is always a big parade to celebrate the day. There are a lot of people in Brooklyn who are from Norway or who, like me, have parents or grandparents from Norway. It was always nice
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Digital Image Pro 10
Thursday, May 12, 2005 6:12 PM
Rob Miles blogged about this software the other day and I had to get it and try it out. Below is a picture of my backyard that Digital Image Pro stiched together from about 6 or 8 individual digital pictures I took. It was unbelievably easy. it took
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Too many or two few
Thursday, May 12, 2005 4:10 AM
Famous bloggers often write several (even many) posts in a day. But theSpoke is not about famous bloggers. It's a community of friends.Mini poll here.
Is one post a day too many, too few or just about right?
Do you read your subscribed blogs every
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Life is good
Wednesday, May 11, 2005 12:03 AM
I have been trying to get out in my kayak on a regular basis this spring and summer (and perhaps fall). Weather, work and otehr things but mostly work have conspired to keep me ashore for the last week. Lots of rain. But today was warm and sunny. Still
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Can't sit still
Tuesday, May 10, 2005 12:52 AM
I seem to have trouble sitting still in meetings these days. I can sit at my desk and work and not move for hours but if someone starts talking I have to move. Now generally I can control myself for a real meeting for an hour or two. But eventually I
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No Coding Today
Monday, May 09, 2005 1:46 AM
It was Mother's Day. My wife spent the morning with our son while I did some houshold chores. The rest of the day we spent together relaxing. It was a nice break. Sometimes you just need a day of downtime. I think we needed that today. How was your day
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Coding 4 Fun
Sunday, May 08, 2005 2:57 PM
It seems like forever since I've written any code just for the fun of it. In the last week several people have suggested programming projects for students. One of them is Battleship and another is PacMan. I am thinking about writing a PacMan program myself.
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A new blog worth reading
Tuesday, May 03, 2005 11:33 PM
No, not another blog by me. A good friend of mine, Pat Phillips, is the Editor of MainFunction which is a website for K-12 teachers and students and she has a new blog. It's actually been in progress for a while as she got things worked out so there is
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US Imagine Cup
Tuesday, May 03, 2005 2:20 PM
The US Imagine Cup event is coming up in just over 2 weeks. Kevin Briody has all the scoop on his blog. Well maybe not all the scoop. A lot of information is at the US Imagine Cup Hub. if you are on one of the 40 teams with an invitation to Redmond
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rain
Sunday, May 01, 2005 10:14 PM
It's been raining on and off for days. Frankly it is depressing. It makes me want to do nothing but sleep until the sun comes back out. Right now it is mostly sunny but the sun has peeked out before only to disappear again behind the clouds. Bah, I want
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