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SQL Server 2005 Developer Webcasts
Thursday, October 28, 2004 4:12 AM

SQL Server 2005 Developer Webcasts will begin running on December 6th. Initially there will be a week of 15 WebCasts introducing all the new features of SQL Server 2005 for Developers. Starting in January, we will be doing at least 1 web cast per week

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Just for laughs
Wednesday, October 27, 2004 6:34 AM

What do you think of this picture? It was snapped during dinner at a seafood restaurant in Kuching.1. Oh no the crab is alive!2. The cab tastes better if you were to exercise the crab before eating it3. Someone is trying to steal my crab4. The crab is

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C# + DirectX = performance, productivity, marketability
Wednesday, October 27, 2004 6:28 AM

Wanna see a great example of how a .NET Smart Client application works? NASA's Learning Technologies did a great job at implementing World Wind using C# and DirectX.You could even read the comments by the Lead Developer of World Wind and his justification

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East bound
Tuesday, October 26, 2004 11:36 AM

I don't really know what to blog about ever since I came back from East Malaysia, maybe I'd spoken too much throughout the trip, and I just felt as though all my energy had been sapped away.East Malaysia is a seafood haven, my colleagues and I ate seafood

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I miss accessing the Internet
Thursday, October 21, 2004 7:58 AM

I'm in East Malaysia this whole week. And I have almost zero access to Internet. Life is tough without the internet. Not much to blog, internet charges at the business center is super expensive! More SAs joining on board. I met two candidates from UMS,

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Malaysian Imagine Cup 2005 Software Design Invitational
Friday, October 15, 2004 6:02 AM

I'm probably one of the last Microsoft employees on theSpoke to make an annoucement about the new centralized registration for Imagine Cup 2005. In fact I was so excited about it, and knowing some students will visit the usual website, I updated the Microsoft

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I love MMU Melaka students!
Thursday, October 14, 2004 7:36 AM

Better late than never! Vico and Kim Hoong did a great job blogging about the student talk we did at MMU Melaka for 101 FIST students. Although Vico was a UTAR SA, it's the SA spirit to support each other's events. He was rather cool as to agree

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A weekend in Singapore
Wednesday, October 13, 2004 11:48 AM

You probably realized that my blogs are not in chronological order today. However, better have it blogged than not.theSpoke denizens who visit my blog would have read Howie's blog about the big birthday party he threw last weekend, and also the lies he

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I shook hand with Prime Minister
Wednesday, October 13, 2004 6:22 AM

Yeah! I shook hand with the Malaysia PM, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. The PM was at the Limkokwing University College of Creative Technology on Monday. I was invited to the opening ceremony, reached there early, headed to the Hall of Fame before

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Penang developers rock!
Friday, October 08, 2004 5:58 AM

I came back from Penang last nite after a fulfilling roadshow, the first among 3 roadshows that brings a team of 4 Microsoft'ies to Penang, Kuching and Kota Kinabalu. I had such a wonderful experience there. But on the Thursday morning, I got a morning

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I think I could live on an island
Wednesday, October 06, 2004 4:46 PM

I think I have an affinity for living on an island. I came to this conclusion when I came to Penang. It's a pretty nice place I have to admit. How I wish if I could get an office facing the sea like this....(if you look closely, that's Visual Studio .NET

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Everyone is a sales person
Friday, October 01, 2004 10:19 AM

I think everyone needs to be taught and trained on how to sell in any disciplines of study. In order for a fresh graduate to get a job, s/he has to sell herself/himself (well not literally), but essentially s/he's selling her/his services to the company,

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