…although, I never have. But you had me laughing out loud!PS – the picture above is from a cute short film I found while looking for lawnmower images. Here is that film.
Sounds like something I would do, Chris…
Tag: Fun Stuff
Do you have something to say?
Get ready for your “15 minutes of Internet fame” The MSN folks are previewing another new feature, MSN Filter.If you have a blog on MSN Spaces, you can submit your entries to the filter team. If it’s worth sharing, they will add it to one of the categories: TV, Music, Sports, Lifestyle, and Technology. The filters … Continue reading Do you have something to say?
Going up?
According to Engadget, who in turn got it from TheDamnBlog, you can hack your next elevator ride!They say that if you press and hold the door-close button, and as you’re holding, press your floor, that you’ll override any other floor requests and go straight there. Urban Legend? Perhaps… Funny if it’s true? You bet!Nice? Not very, … Continue reading Going up?
Air Travelers: I’m not sure I should share this with you…
I’d hate to think you got the seat that I wanted!Here’s a site that helps you find a good seat. It lists a large number of major airlines, and then what airplane types each one flys. Then it makes it easy to pick where the extra legroom might be found, which seats don’t recline, or even … Continue reading Air Travelers: I’m not sure I should share this with you…
NEWS: Windows Vista Beta 1 is officially “signed off”
Robert Scoble interviews Chris Jones for Channel 9, where he makes this announcement, plus demos the beta for you.
SQL Server 2005 allows you to escape!
Escape from Yester-world! This is great stuff. Dean Andrew’s found it and blogged it on his TechNetWebcasts blog.Are you as excited as I am about SQL Server 2005?
PDC ’05 – Convince Your Boss!
WARNING: The following is targeted at developers. You IT Pros can look away for just a minute. DEVELOPERS! The Microsoft Professional Developers Conference 2005 is happening Sept 13–16 in Los Angeles. You don’t want to miss it. “I want to go, but my boss doesn’t see the value. Help me convince him!”Okay… Will this help?Click on … Continue reading PDC ’05 – Convince Your Boss!
It’s not Longhorn, it’s…
Yes! Yesterday afternoon the Microsoft employees here at MGB in Atlanta were told that what was known as codename “Longhorn” is now officially called Microsoft Windows Vista! Today the world learned the news as well. Here’s the Microsoft Press Release about it.Also, today I sat through some instructor-lead demos of the beta. Wow… you are … Continue reading It’s not Longhorn, it’s…
TechEd Video Blog #8 – Final Thoughts
Here is my final TechEd 2005 Video Blog entry. In it you get to see our winner, Ken, who won our Microsoft Across America “Where’s Rob?” contest grand prize, plus some additional random shots around the Hands-on-Labs.You can also view it at The Blogcast Repository. Today (Wednesday, July 20) I and about 9,999 other Microsoft employees from … Continue reading TechEd Video Blog #8 – Final Thoughts
Presenting Outside the Box
As a technology presenter, I really appreciate hearing about how the really REALLY successful guys do it. Even you back-office, deep-in-the-data-center IT Pros should be ready to present technology to the business management folks from time to time.Microsoft’s Don Box is well known for his entertaining and highly rated technical presentations He was recently interviewed by … Continue reading Presenting Outside the Box
Absolutely Full of I.T. 