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August 2005 - Posts

What courses should you take in college?
Tuesday, August 30, 2005 8:54 PM
Great blog by Steven Sinofsky, Senior VP of the Microsoft Office group, about what courses to take in college if you are a CS major. Interesting insights from someone whose organization hires a lot of people.
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We're back!
Tuesday, August 30, 2005 4:50 AM
Well it looks like the upgrade is done. I've used this blogging engine before so I'm sort of used to it. It's pretty much the same as what we use at blogs.msdn.com and my Computer Science Teacher blog. The rest of theSpoke is pretty new to me. I played
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Outside North American but interested in working for Microsoft?
Friday, August 26, 2005 4:14 PM
The Microsoft Jobs Blog has information about applying to Microsoft for people outside of North America. Lots of information there. Check it out.
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Internet Everywhere
Friday, August 26, 2005 6:39 PM
I am in Physical Therapy right now. Really. As I type this there is some gadget taped to my knee sending electricity though it. There are several access points in the building and at least two are wide open. So rather than reading 6 month old magazines
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Nerds the Musical
Thursday, August 25, 2005 3:40 PM
A musical play about Bill Gates and Steve Jobs? Apparently.
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New theSpoke
Thursday, August 25, 2005 4:39 AM
TheSpoke is being upgraded this week end. Read about it at Mario's blog. This is a huge upgrade. You will notice some changes. :-)
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It's so much more than just the computer
Wednesday, August 24, 2005 2:26 AM
Great article by Steve Lohr from the NY Times found at the International Herald Tribune. It is about why computer science students need to study more than just CS and also why CS isn't as boring as some people think it is. Take a read.
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Microsoft Research Interns
Tuesday, August 23, 2005 9:50 PM
Interesting interviews with some interns at Microsoft research here.More intern stuff at Channel 9.Microsoft intern video here as well.
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Up and out
Tuesday, August 23, 2005 5:46 PM
I had an early flight this morning. The flight left a couple of hours before I usually get out of bed. So naturally I wanted to stay in bed as long as possible. I set the alarm clock for 15 minutes before I wanted to leave. My wife expressed surprise.
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What's this?
Monday, August 22, 2005 9:44 PM
Interesting countdown at www.origenxbox360.com Could this article be right?
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IE Person coming to KL
Monday, August 22, 2005 4:06 PM
Tony Chor of the IE team is going to the Hack in the Box conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on September 28. Over at the IE blog he is looking for ideas of places to go and things to see in KL. Jump over to his blog if you have some ideas. Don't leave
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Coding for Fun
Sunday, August 21, 2005 6:08 PM
I haven't written much code for the fun of it in quite a while. I’ve missed it. So this afternoon when my son told me that his computer was having problems I had an excuse to do so and I jumped at it. We had a little poker tournament tonight. Just a friendly
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how did we do Virtual Earth
Friday, August 19, 2005 3:06 PM
A fun look at how Virtual Earth was created. The butterfly maps Seattle. Have a look.
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Name school/ no name school
Thursday, August 18, 2005 6:22 PM
There is this theory that what a company wants to do is hire students from big name schools with big reputations. The idea is that the big schools have done the filtering for you. So if they got into Harvard (to pick on one school with a famous name)
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Rants
Wednesday, August 17, 2005 8:08 PM
I've been ranting away today. I don't know if it is because I am feeling better or if it is because I didn't blog much for a few days or if I'm just an old grump. The action is at my other blogs. Computer Science teacher - the need to promote
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Education Tools for the Tablet PC
Wednesday, August 17, 2005 6:51 PM
There is a demo of the Microsoft Education Pack for Tablet PC online at Channel 9. There is an equation editor, an organizer, a game, a flash card creator (in case any of you actually do study) and a connection to One Note. I'm thinking that creating
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People with too much time on their hands
Tuesday, August 16, 2005 4:30 AM
A man has spent the last two years making a Viking ship out of ice-cream sticks. He plans to sail it across the Atlantic. OK I can see wanting to build a Viking ship. They are among the most cool ships of all history. But out of ice-cream sticks?
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Keeping it light
Monday, August 15, 2005 3:17 PM
Some Microsoft employees showed up at an Open Source event dressed as Darth Vader  and a pair of Imperial StormTroopers. I can't say that I'm surprised. Working for Microsoft pretty much means that you learn to expect attacks on the company and even
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More bloggers fired
Sunday, August 14, 2005 10:45 PM
Interesting article. Apparently employees made nasty comments about other employees online. They also talked about messing with their organizations service plan. The company was not amused. You probably don't want to insult people online. Or in person
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QOTD
Saturday, August 13, 2005 6:17 PM
What a great question of the day. There are some really creative ideas in the code expressing how people feel. I used for (;;); which is your basic tight infinite loop. That's just because my mind seems to be racing today. It's spinning but I don't seem
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Update
Friday, August 12, 2005 5:14 PM
My operation went well. For some reason I'm not in any pain. I thought maybe the pain meds they used for the operation were just lasting a long time but it's been over 24 hours. Apparently this happens in rare cases. I am not complaining. Nor am I counting
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Time to go shopping
Wednesday, August 10, 2005 6:30 PM
I have a lot of shirts with the Microsoft logo on them. Lots! And I am not talking about t-shirts (although I do have a bunch of MSFT t-shirts as well) but really nice button down shirts. But today I went into my closet to look for a nice shirt without
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Free online training
Tuesday, August 09, 2005 3:01 PM
Thanks to Daryll for a pointer.Get Ready for Visual Studio 2005 with Free Microsoft E-Learning Courses and Clinics. (Free until November 8)Eight different courses are available.
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Sleepy
Sunday, August 07, 2005 4:42 PM
I am getting old. (Or maybe I've gotten there already.) I got home around 2AM after being away all last week. Up early (early for me) everyday and staying up late every night. And believe it or not all I want to do is sleep today. The time zone change
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Last Day - Windows Vista here I come
Friday, August 05, 2005 6:39 PM
Today is the last day of TechReady, a technical training event for Microsoft people around the world. We’re starting a half hour later than we did the rest of the week. That’s a good thing for me and I expect for a lot of other people. People tend to
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Thursday, August 04, 2005 4:04 PM
My son called me first thing this morning on his way into work. I'm in Seattle, three timezones away. He didn't really expect to get me and was planning on leaving voice mail. But I heard the phone and got to talk to him. He was calling to wish me
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Power or comfort?
Tuesday, August 02, 2005 7:35 PM
I am at a huge Microsoft training event this week. Something like 5000 technical Microsoft people from around the world are at the Washington State Convention Center. AS you might expect this means a lot of people with laptops. There are wireless hot
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Travel Changes
Monday, August 01, 2005 3:07 PM
I’m regularly amazed at the changes in air travel from when I was a child. When I was a child flying in an airplane was a big deal. Many of my friends went well into adulthood without ever taking a trip by air. When you thought about traveling somewhere
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Seattle Fun
Monday, August 01, 2005 1:12 AM
I am in Seattle this week. I may be too busy to blog. We'll have to see. :-) I took the bus from the airport to downtown Seattle. A taxi would have been about $20 more ($22 v. $1.25) and would not have gotten me hear much sooner. That's hardly worth the
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