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Time seems to be slipping by me way too quickly these days, over a week and I haven't posted a thing. Life has been busy and my head busier and it all started with two doves (well the head part...
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| 23:49:43 October 27, 2003, Monday (PST) |
Source: Windchimes |
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So PDC has kicked off in a huge way. General reaction to Bill & Jim's kickoff has receptive thus far. Our division Microsoft.com powers a lot of what Joe Punter sees in the form of MSDN and related websites - hope you enjoy them, a lot of work went into them! Technologies such as Avalon, Yukon, Longhorn, and many other Pacific North-West locations have been hot internal topics for over a year now. Damn nice to see them making the light of day. I salute quite a few of my friends that have been actively wrecking their marriages to fulfill some of those dreams. Most incredible sight of the day thus far was Amazon (usually a strictly bespoke shop) demo'ing building a shopping cart using Avalon. Biggest downer of the day was one blogger bitching about network connectivity. Quit bitching, watch the presentations, there is plenty of time for blogging or checking mail later. Count yourself lucky that you could attend - many people were turned away.
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On the way to Utah tomorrow/Wednesday, but I thought I'd put on some pics from the last few days for...
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DSLReports Speed Test http://www.dslreports.com/stest = must have Online Service FR^E As I am frequently meeting people online inside virtual meeting spaces and educating many of them to the potential available to them when utilizing these new technologies, I often need to find out how good actual...
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Fox News threatened to sue Fox Broadcast Network (it’s sister company) over a parody in The Simpsons, Matt Groening revealed on Fresh Air. Quoth Matt: “We called their bluff because we didn’t think Rupert Murdoch would pay for Fox to...
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Il Team di astronauti 'Expedition 7' (l'Americano Ed Lu ed il Russo Yuri Malenchenko) è rientrato felicemente su Terra con un veicolo Soyuz, di ritorno dalla ISS. Il Team 'Expedition 8' (Foale e Kaleri) ha preso posto sulla Stazione. Anche se non importa a nessuno, a chi non piacerebbe stare qualche mese lassù?
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This is good, old-fashioned gospel graced by the talents of Aretha, Mavis Staples, and the Franklin Sisters (Aretha's sisters). This track has some great soul-stirring moments. (Inspirational)
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Non è singolare che il 27 Ottobre del 312 D.C. Costantino - di ritorno dalla Britannia - sconfisse Massenzio nella Battaglia di Ponte Milvio? Da qui è nato il racconto, per la verità un pò leggenda, sulla famosa premonizione 'In Hoc Signo Vinces'. La storia si diverte a collegare date e concetti in un modo che pare davvero irriverente degli umani destini: il 27 Ottobre 2003 il prode Vespa pensa bene (come avevo facilmente previsto) di intitolare la sua puntata 'La battaglia del Crocifisso', il 27 Ottobre 312 il futuro Costantino il Grande vede apparirgli la Croce, come segno premonitore di vittoria. Mah....il fatto è che ogni religione, alla sua radice profonda, ha un seme di intolleranza serpeggiante: ogni religione insegna il proprio primato rispetto alle altre. Possibile che nessun 'religioso' se ne sia mai accorto?.......
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Believe it or not everyone Have things that they hide Believe it or not everyone Keep most things inside Believe...
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It's been a bad cycle. I spent about two solid weeks fuming at one of my flatmates because I didn't get enough attention from him. Our relationship is much more tolerable now, but not like it was before. I don't...
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| 21:34:16 October 27, 2003, Monday (PST) |
Source: Gwenblog |
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Didn't get to work much with my new Mandrake because and old buddy of mine just got into town. He's...
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| 21:04:07 October 27, 2003, Monday (PST) |
Source: Luminous Bit |
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Finally gave up waiting for Mandrake 9.2 ISOs thanks to their snaffu with the LG CD-ROM drives, so I d/led...
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| 21:02:14 October 27, 2003, Monday (PST) |
Source: Luminous Bit |
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I was talking to one of Microsoft guys at the Longhorn booth and it sounds like Longhorn can install under Virtual PC but instead of being a short install it will probably last hours !!! I wonder if anyone has been sucessful in installing it on Virtual PC and what configuration they used.
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WindowShade X 3.1 is available today. It is compatible with Panther, so grab it and get those windows shading!
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My LiveJournal Trick-or-Treat Haulcarouselrose goes trick-or-treating, dressed up as Fractured Fairy.flare22 tricks you! You get a rotten egg.halcyonstyn tricks you!...
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| 21:00:00 October 27, 2003, Monday (PST) |
Source: Tiny Boxes |
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The IT guys loaded up Mac OSX Panther while I was sick on Friday. It is cool! Why? Easy Navigation. Persistant sources/favorites in the finder Finder enable quicker access and context to where you are. The color labeling is back and totally rocks. It's easy to mark trail to files and folders. Yeah, I know a lot of people will say that that's what Microsoft did x years ago with the tree on the left, but what I like about this is that its a limited set of starting points, not a fully redundant tree. And favorite starting points that I've put over there, not everything under the sun. They've made smart choices to limit the complexity, and allow users to make smart choices too. Easy Windows Management. Expose is totally cool and fixes a large hole in windows management that OSX had. See the demo in the link here. It enables you to dynamically scale all open windows down so you can see the landscape and pick the one you want. You can also see just open windows of an active app. Simple, ...
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testing the multithreading--so UI doesn't hang while updating a blog entry. what's the deal with setting the category though...i do so, and when i go to edit my entry, the category is set, but it's not set when posting. i need to look into that....
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(Just for masochistic jollies, I'm installing the latest in a never ending round of Microsoft Security patches. Their download site is still confusing. And as far as I'm concerned there should be a ...)
Just for masochistic jollies, I'm installing the latest in a never ending round of Microsoft Security patches. Their download site is still confusing. And as far as I'm concerned there should be a direct link to the security download site from the Microsoft Home page. But, alas, no. You still have to make your way through several links to get to security download section. I just think that these guys still don't get it...At least, now they're trying to get it....
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(As I blog, the "Ski Boy" is off becoming acquainted with his very early Christmas present - a Sony DSC-P10. It is a very sweet little 5 Megapixel camera - a great lens, good user interface, the ...)
As I blog, the "Ski Boy" is off becoming acquainted with his very early Christmas present - a Sony DSC-P10. It is a very sweet little 5 Megapixel camera - a great lens, good user interface, the perfect size, etc. The present is early because we're headed off to Iowa next week for Peter's stepbrother's wedding. I thought it would be fun for Peter to bring his new little camera along...
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<![CDATA["History is an angel, blowing backwards into the future and the angel wants go go back and fix things...]]>
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| 20:16:32 October 27, 2003, Monday (PST) |
Source: Innuendo |
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One of the great underrated rock and roll bands of all time. (Rock)
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ASMP, the American Society of Media Photographers, announced that it is working with the TSA, Transportation Security Administration, to change the regulations regarding the number of carry-on bags a photographer may take on board an aircraft. Theyre hoping to revise...
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Not so long ago, Korby Parnell claimed that VSS in Whidbey was going to be “100 decibels of source-controlled joy.“ Funny, the only thing I hear about VSS at the PDC is a resounding silence. Soon Eric's going to Vault right past Source Safe....
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Over a month ago I mentioned that Barbara Hall was still a contender for mayor, as far as I was concerned. Well, not anymore. Barbara Hall has been in danger of dropping from my list of eligible candidates for quite some time now. Frankly, she's not a leader. Yes, she may be conciliatory and an effective manager, but I feel that Toronto needs someone who can really push the city forward. Hall has experience on her side, but that was as mayor of Toronto before amalgamation. A larger city needs stronger leadership who will take a stand, not backroom negotiation with peoples unseen. Secondly, Barbara Hall continues to waffle on the future of the island airport and still looks to be leaning in favour of expansion. I dislike the idea of expanding the island airport, but I also dislike how Hall has not been clear on the issue. David Miller will most certainly get my vote, and for reasons opposite to why I will not vote for Barbara Hall. Miller is a leader who has stood up for what he ...
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Tori's whole "Little Earthquakes" album is brilliant, certainly her best, and one of the best single albums of all time. Should we hold it against her that she's subsequently become, well, somewhat erratic? (I have a friend who can pinpoint the exact moment that Tori went completely insane. It's on the next album.) This song is the first one I'm putting on the list because of the aggressive piano pounding that comes in right after "every nice girl." (Rock)
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Well Windows XP on this computer has just about become unbarable for the rest of the family. However, the Recovery CD that came with our computer isn't working because I formatted the D:\ drive that had all the data for...
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| 19:19:20 October 27, 2003, Monday (PST) |
Source: The H-Files |
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Wildfire had a Halloween Party (not supposed to call it that but oh well) this past Saturday. The only thing...
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| 19:12:36 October 27, 2003, Monday (PST) |
Source: Caleb |
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Well, a few other people have posted about the Weblogger's BoF, with mostly good stuff to say. Frankly, I was rather disappointed. I realize that bloggers are by nature “Type A” personalities, but c'mon! Clemens Vasters talked far too much about himself (really!). He also spent far too much time gloating over how much Das Blog is better than .Text. Perhaps it was in jest, perhaps not, it was difficult to tell. It was also difficult to hear anyone else speak, as Vasters did not often yield the floor. I did enjoy listening to Marc Canter challenge the group, he had a few interesting ideas pertaining to blog-reviewing instead of blog-editorializing. His main point was basically that many, many people will write a review of a product, movie, etc, but relatively few (only a few million!) people will blog-editorialize. He suggested building solutions around this new potential blog “market.“ Unfortunately, most of the conversation (nay, argument!) would have been better served over a few ...
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For those wondering whether to go to the repeat session, Don Box's Indigo overview is long on passion and philosophy, but very thin on solid technical detail. It's great if you want to understand the whys and wherefores, and of...
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| 19:03:47 October 27, 2003, Monday (PST) |
Source: Flatlander |
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