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There has been some discussion recently on some DL's here at Microsoft about sites that re-post blog posts without permission. I will call it what it is which is the theft of copyrighted materials for the purpose of monetary gain. I don't like...
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<Imitating a big booming voice> Hoooooowdy Folks! Welcome to the Texas State Fair! That would be the voice of Big Tex - the iconic simple of the Texas State fair. You can hear Big Tex at BigTex.com , the official site for the State Fair of Texas...
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...you still have to check this out . I could care less about the game they are showing, it is the marketing behind it. Cheers!...( read more ) Share this post: Read More...
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Setup - My daughters live in Texas with their mother. They have a Wii. I am visiting my daughters. Tonight, my youngest daughter, Samantha (9), asked me to play a video game with her. She fires up Guitar Hero 3 (awesome!) on her Wii. I watched her put...
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This article is an interesting read . I really appreciate that these guys don't hide under rocks and are accessible. I would really enjoy seeing them speak at a conference. Cheers!...( read more ) Share this post: Read More...
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This afternoon I started typing up a post with links to a bunch of interesting tech stuff. Then I ran across this post by Scoble and realized he had already done all the heavy lifting. I scrapped my post and will share a few other tidbits.... WaMu sold...
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Three days ago I called my ISP to complain about very, very, very slow web page load times. While on the phone with the tech I hit a couple of speed test sites and saw that my overall download speed was what I expected - 8-10,000kbps. I told him I would...
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Michael Arrington over at TechCrunch posted about the new commercials we are showing. I like them because they show the many different kinds of PC users that are out there. It really only scratches the surface though. Think about it.....when you are walking...
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subtitled.......where to go if you want to be absolutely guaranteed NOT to see the Bill Gates/Jerry Seinfeld commercials Millions of people have watched them on TV. Anyone with an Internet connection can go to the Microsoft Press Pass site and not only...
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The wife and I are heading out to our usual Saturday night Karaoke hangout - Damon's in Bellevue. It is located just off 148th and HWY 520. It is in the same shopping area as the Safeway. It is not on the Azteca side of the freeway. Swing on by if...
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Dudes and Dudettes..... I just decided to take a break, grab a bite to eat and bang out a few tracks on Guitar Hero when I noticed there was a new pack to download. Turns out Metallica has released their entire new album as Guitar Hero tracks. I have...
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The latest in the Adventures of Bill and Jerry ..... Cheers!...( read more ) Share this post: Read More...
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When I first started in the evangelism role, we had a team that got together about 4 times a year to reconnect with each other and plan things out for the upcoming weeks. We had a tendency to cut loose so a motto was developed for us "Work Hard....
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Back in January I posted about a friend of mine, Robbie Sparks, who was doing some writing, acting and filming. He recently emailed me about a film contest sponsored by the Florida Times newspaper that he has submitted an entry for. His piece is called...
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If you scroll down my blog, on the left side you will see what I have added a Twitter Badge that displays tweets that I send/receive. Problem is, no matter what kind of tweaks I make to the code on my end or through Twitters Badge Builder, it never...
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....is this weekend. Why? It's Fantasy Football Draft Weekend! I have played Fantasy Football for most of the last 13 years. I didn't play last year and it left me feeling hollow. If you have never played you probably can't understand. If...
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Wow! I can't believe I lived in the Dallas area for 20+ years and that I missed it when I moved. Let me rephrase - I do miss Dallas...I just don't miss triple digit heat indexes and 95% humidity. I arrived yesterday at about...
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I managed to get a beta invite (I don't think it is that hard...) to TwitterFone and I just sent my first voice tweet. The service lets me dial a number on my mobile phone and basically leave a voice mail that gets converted to text and tweeted through...
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From a work productivity perspective, this has been a nightmarish week for me. As I am sure most of you reading this who are in the tech industry know, when technology goes bad it can ruin an otherwise good day. As my previous blog posts have noted, I...
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Subtitled - R.I.P. Rob Pilatus With the recent news reports that the Chinese placed a different girl on stage than who actually sang , and reports that some of the fireworks for the opening ceremonies were digitally inserted , when I ran across an article...
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I grew up partly in the 70's. Every now and then a radio station would play a snippet of a Cheech and Chong album. My mom snuck me in to see Up in Smoke when I was 13. I have seen all of the movies and used to have many of the C and C albums. I have...
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....because that must be how it has to be installed. I have a laptop that I am not particularly fond of. This happens to be my second of the exact same model. The first had some serious hardware issues resulting in me swapping for my current laptop. Again...
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I want to expand my horizons. I have spent years reading MSNBC.com articles. I like the format of the site and the reporting is what I would expect from any news organization. I also watch SlashDot and Techmeme. I am not giving up on those sites. I just...
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Nothing particularly exciting to post about today. Lots of busy work around the house. The peak of the day is right now as I write this and load up the new Zune with some tunes. Actually, I did build two dog beds. One for Shadow, my friend Jamie's...
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64! I have been telling IT Pros in my audience for about 2.5 years now that I gave 32 bit CPU's about a 5 yr life span. I predicted that by 2010, all consumer PC's would be 64 bit and consumers would have multi-terabyte storage capabilities and...
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