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November 2004 - Posts

Team Systems Info

Dave Bost is working to get the current version of team systems up and running. Follow his adventures here.... http://davebost.com/blog/
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Sioux Falls, SD Geek Dinner Next Week

I have been going to Sioux Falls South Dakota for 5+ years now. I know there are plenty off geeks in the area so lets have a geek dinner at the Empire Mall. Here's the deal.... December 7th..... 6:30pm at the Empire Mall Food Court. My Cell # is 253 906
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Harvard Business Review Does Tablets

The November 2004 issue of the Harvard Business Review had a funny Tablet PC Comic.
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How Do You Know a Kilogram is a Kilogram

Did you know that a Kilogram is defined by a set of 20 cylinders that are stored in controlled environments at various labs around the world. I didn't realize that either. Here's an article that talks about how you know a Kilogram is a Kilogram and other
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Smartest Band of the Century

Is Linkin Park www.linkinpark.com Why is LP the smartest band of the century. They keep craking out content. This band has released 4 (soon to be 5 at end of nov) albums and 1 EP since 1999. They were theĀ #1 album This is more than one album a year since
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Speaking at Microsoft Tonight

I'll be giving a talk on SQL Server 2005 features at the Seattle VFP User Group tonight.. http://www.seattlevfp.org/welcome.asp?option=about Maybe a geek beer run after the meeting ? Anyone game... Call me 253 906 2342 or show up at the group. Directions
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Skype is Awesome

Phone companies are in trouble. I downloaded Skype today ( www.skype.com ) and had a long clear conversation with my best friend in Philadelphia, PA. This works very well and is easy to set up. I cant wait to try the conference calling feature.
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Skype

Anyone reading this blog using skype ( www.skype.com ) ? I am curious how it works and if it installs any ad/spyware.
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Want Your Conference Blogged

Then you need wireless in all the speaking rooms. I was one of many people blogging at the Applied XML Developers conference. For a conference with only 125 people there were 44 bloggers. That's over 1/3 of the attendees blogging. (Probably not all attendees
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Why United Airlines is Destined for Bankruptcy

Yesterday morning I was scheduled to fly from Las Vegas to Los Angeles on Ted (United’s other airline). The flight I purchased was scheduled to depart around 11:00am. The night before my flight I called to see if there were any earlier flights.
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A Tale of Two Languages (VB.NET and C#)

I have been a software developer for over 15 years now. When I started my career I worked in FoxBase+ which was a dBase clone. I later moved onto FoxPro, FoxPro for Windows and eventually Visual FoxPro. Over the last 5 years or so I have moved added other
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Finally an End to the Election

Looks like John Kerry conceded the election. I'm glad its finally over. I was growing tired of all the commercials on TV anyway. Actually I was messaging a friend this morning. Here's his comments about the commercials. More positioning than the Kama
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Nevada Voting Machines

I read an interesting article on CNN this morning. Who is the best company/organization to examine the fairness of voting machines ? How about companies that make slot machines and video poker systems. These people know how to make machines that are fair
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