“Stay where y’re at! I’ll come where y’re to!”(paraphrase of a subject line from Canadian counterpart Rick Claus’ blog.)“So, Where is Kevin doing live TechNet Events next?”This coming week is is another travelin’ TechNet Briefings week for me. I’ll be doing live events in Bloomington and Indianapolis, Indiana! March 1 – Bloomington, INIndiana Memorial Union900 … Continue reading “Stay where y’re at! I’ll come where y’re to!”
Tag: Fun Stuff
Password Reset Automated using Microsoft Speech Server!
Another “too cool”…A recent article describes how some Microsoft partners got together and built a solution for automating those time-consuming password reset phone calls we get from our users. Huge costs savings and ROI (i.e. “It paid for itself!”) are described. The summary of the solution is HERE.or click the picture below to read the … Continue reading Password Reset Automated using Microsoft Speech Server!
Things are Looking Up in Air Travel!
Another in the “too cool not to post” category – especially as someone who logs a lot of air miles. FCC to Allow Wireless Access on Planes...
Wisconsin-Bound!
Where is Kevin this week?This is another TechNet Briefings week for me. This week I’ll be doing live events in Kenosha and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Go Packers!)February 15 – Kenosha, WIThe Parkway Chateau12304 75th StreetKenosha, WI 53142Phone: 262–857–2011February 17 – Milwaukee, WITheater-AMC Mayfair Mall 182500 North Mayfair Rd. STE M186Wauwatousa, WI 53226Phone: 414–777–0176 Click on the … Continue reading Wisconsin-Bound!
Blogcast on Creating a Custom OWA Theme
This falls under the “too cool not to share” category. It’s a blogcast created by Kristian Andaker (at the urging of my friend and UK IT Pro Evangelist counterpart Eileen) that demonstrates very nicely how to create a custom theme for your Outlook Web Access users.Check out the blogcast here.
I want this camera!
As a digital photography enthusiast, I thought this was worth sharing under the “Very Cool!” category…From Wired Magazine: Photographer Seeks Resolution
RSS is cool, but…
…here’s what I really want:Yeah.. I finally understand RSS. I’ve been having a fun couple of days finding RSS feeds to interesting news sites – and even better, blogs of my coworkers and counterparts around the world. As I was reading through some of the Microsoft Employee blogs (again, because I’ve subscribed to them) I thought… “Hmm.. … Continue reading RSS is cool, but…
My Brother Carl the Musician
Okay – here’s a completely non-technical blog entry…My brother Carl is the bass guitarist in a Brazillian band out in San Francisco: Bat Makumba. In fact, several months ago they won a California Music Award for their first CD, “Outstanding Latin Alternative Album”.Carl recently released a CD of his own solo work, “Explanation Point”, which … Continue reading My Brother Carl the Musician
Build a better Christmas tree-stand…
...and the world will beat a path to your door! Okay - it's really "mouse-trap"... but today our family is going out to get a natural Christmas tree, and after searching for our old one we realized (and remembered) that last year our tree stand broke. So this year we have to buy a new … Continue reading Build a better Christmas tree-stand…
Some people have too much time on their hands….
…and I love it!I was trying out some new capabilities of MSN Search – such as the ability to answer questions if you put them in quotes, like “What is the number of inches in a mile?”, etc. So.. for some unknown reason (yeah right) the question “What is the airspeed velocity of an unlaiden … Continue reading Some people have too much time on their hands….
Absolutely Full of I.T. 