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Wednesday, February 04, 2009 12:20 PM

I received the BEST birthday card today!

  
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Tuesday, December 02, 2008 12:22 PM

Smiley face!!

What you are looking at is a crescent moon, with Venus and Jupiter nearby, positioned just right. Taken in Kathmandu: Picture: Reuters Source: http://www.news.com.au/gallery/0,23607,5036115-5007150-4,00.html And Hong Kong: Picture: Chris Lee Source: http...
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Tuesday, November 18, 2008 5:30 PM

Would you class this as a threat?

I received an interesting email via the contact facility for this blog. You can see a screenshot of the email to the left of screen. A Russian-speaking associate tells me that the email text translates as: " You, dummy, aren't you worried about...
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Monday, November 10, 2008 2:13 PM

Heh.

Source: http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20081109
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Sunday, November 02, 2008 7:03 PM

Ferrari fender benders

This happened in Perth a year or so ago.... the gentleman in question was showing off for the crowds in the hotel located at the intersection in question - the driver, who was certainly old enough to know better, faced insurance questions after it was...
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Thursday, October 02, 2008 1:55 AM

Announcement: Sandi is awarded Microsoft MVP status for the 10th year in a row...

Yes, it feels a bit weird writing in the third person for this post's title, but writing "I" in the title feels even weirder. I have received an email advising that I have been awarded Microsoft MVP status for the 10th year in a row ......
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Saturday, August 23, 2008 9:48 PM

Totally off topic!!

How cute is my little nephew? He is reading THE most important section of the newspaper - Cars for Sale - he's going to be a car fan, just like his daddy (no, that's not his daddy in the picture, that's one of his uncles). He's the only...
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Friday, August 22, 2008 2:28 PM

Heh.

Source: http://xkcd.com/466/
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Wednesday, August 13, 2008 7:05 PM

Dell oops...

" Buying 1 M6300 Laptop, with 3 year dedicated SDM on-site support will only set you back $1.17Mill. Yeps, that’s right, medium business owner here really needs to love that on-site support for his M6300 laptop. " You'll find the full story...
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Wednesday, August 13, 2008 1:59 PM

Google is acting a bit weird today...

Is anybody else seeing this? Google in Firefox seems ok. Google in Internet Explorer is showing a strange overlay...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2008 4:14 PM

Demoted...

People! I was being facetious. I have not been demoted in real life. I was indulging in what I thought was a funny dig-in-the-ribs at the reporter who erroneously stated that I was 'the head of security for Microsoft' in an online article, only...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2008 9:07 AM

For pity's sake ... can't they get things right????

I saw this, just a few minutes ago: "" At a talk that was given by Sandi Hardmeier — who was the head of security for Microsoft — she said there is no system in the world that has been built that can't be hacked into. It may...
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Thursday, July 31, 2008 5:39 PM

Toby Richards talks about the MVP Program

Toby Richards: Community and MVP Program Roadmap " Toby Richards , General Manager for Community Support Services and the MVP Program at Microsoft, is interviewed by Ken Levy discussing the current state of the Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professionals...
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Friday, July 25, 2008 11:09 AM

OFF-TOPIC: Spam King kills family members, then himself...

What a shocking turn of events http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_9985333 The dead child was only 3 years old :o( I have always considered spammers to be the scum of the earth, but this - what sort of person must he have been to be capable of such...
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Monday, July 14, 2008 1:05 PM

Off topic: World's oldest blogger dies...

How sad, even though it is an event that comes to us all. An Australian lady credited as being the oldest blogger in the world, Olive Riley, died on Saturday - her blog was a lovely thing to read. Although her blog, www.allaboutolive.com.au , seems to...
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008 12:18 AM

Off topic: there is nothing like starting the day with a laugh ...

:o) Source: http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20080623
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Wednesday, April 30, 2008 12:04 PM

Carbon Grove - Carbon Reduction Reminder Service

Internet Explorer has partnered with a carbon reduction reminder service to help increase awareness around one of Earth's most precious resources. Browse three endangered forests and plant your own virtual tree while learning how to become a better...
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Monday, February 04, 2008 10:07 PM

(RED) Help fight AIDS in Africa

I don't normally do this, but it's a worthy cause: "Bono, co-founder of (RED); Bill Gates, founder and Chairman of Microsoft; and Michael Dell, founder and Chairman of Dell; together at the World Economic Forum announce that Dell and Microsoft...
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Thursday, January 24, 2008 10:46 PM

Somebody is having fun...

I admit, when I saw the following emails come in I assumed it was the typical "infected computer spewing out emails using me as a reply to" that we are all used to, and delete as a matter of course, until I saw the one from rollins.edu. That...
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Saturday, January 05, 2008 10:53 PM

Would you use this driving instructor service?

Heck no! Source: http://msmvps.com/blogs/brianmadsen/archive/2008/01/05/ironic-driveacar-com-au.aspx " Now, on my way home, car loaded up with 40kg+ of BBQ to assemble i took Warton Road home - in Perth, the suburbian speed limit is 50kph but in...
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