Bill Steele is a developer and a skilled presenter on our MSDN team. He is also a former military pilot and currently owns one or two small planes. Recently he was given the okay to take some time off to help out in the hurricane Katrina relief efforts. A couple days ago he sent this email … Continue reading Hurricane Relief Stories – Part 2 – Bill Steele
Last week was a sad one. Horrible storm. Horrible flooding. Horrible people taking advantage of both. Devastated neighborhoods, cities, and lives.Yet out of the worst tragedies often come the best, most encouraging stories about people and their willingness to help others.I’m proud to work for a company that has both the will and the resources … Continue reading Hurricane Relief Stories – Part 1- Microsoft Across America
Okay all you Family Guy fans… some of you might be old enough to remember this music video on MTV. “What? MTV played music videos?”Shut up.Anyway, credit to Michael J. “Brother” Murphy for finding this gem. CLICK HERE
This video is fantastic!http://www.virtualearthinfo.com/video.aspI am really excited for this product – especially when they get more up-to-date photos. Example: This is my neighborhood, but taken 10 years ago when it was still farmland.
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Who dressed this guy?Just in time for Back to School, this demo is quite amazing. And here’s where you can get the free Education Pack mentioned.At first I was thinking I shouldn’t let my kids watch it – but now I think it was probably dangerous for their Father to see it, too.(Credit to Tyme … Continue reading Very Cool Tablet PC Video for Students (and their parents)
Pricing for the new version of the XBOX, the XBOX 360, has been announced, as well as some details about versions, components and options, and how widespread the rollout will be.Will you be getting one for Christmas?Will I?Will my kids? (If you’re reading this boys… I’m not ready to answer that one yet. Santa is … Continue reading XBOX 360 Pricing Announced
Oh my… the gauntlet has been thrown down! I love it. Chris Avis (friend and fellow IT Pro Champion on the TechNet team) has a “Karaoke Challenge” that he’s promoting to his audiences. You can read his excellent post about it if you wish, but in a nutshell, he is challenging any and all of his … Continue reading The Karaoke Challenge
I was thinking the other day, which I do from time to time, about what you might want to read about here. I post resources to events and webcasts, questions and answers, random geeky or fun news, etc… but I thought perhaps you might like to see an entry containing “a day in the life” … Continue reading Okay.. so I had like this great blog idea…
An Associated Press article that I was pointed to on MSNBC talks about how a company fired a bunch of employees for posting bad things on their blogs. Very bad things. Bad things meaning sexually harassing in some cases, and downright insubordinative (is that a word?) in others. I agree. They deserved to be fired.The … Continue reading Is the Blog the Problem?
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