Category Archives: Catchall

It’s Microsoft Monday at Packt Publishing

Packt Publishing printed my book on Microsoft’s Azure (http://bit.ly/msazurebook), and to show their commitment to Microsoft technologies, today is Microsoft Monday, with two special offers: For all of January, buy any two Microsoft books, receive 25% off each book.  Details … Continue reading

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New Office Terminology for 2008

(note: this came to me as an e-mail with a thousand forwards, so if you know the original copyright holder, please let me know) 1. BLAMESTORMING: Sitting around in a group, discussing why a deadline was missed or a project … Continue reading

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Parallels Workstation and more – FREE from LunarPages

I’ve had hosts offer all sorts of free components on their servers you can use, or install, but Lunarpages takes the cake this month.  They negotiated with some fine software vendors for free tools or free advertising credits.  All told, … Continue reading

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Community Credit is Fun Again!

In the beginning, Community Credit was fun.  Make some blog posts, answer some forum questions, and get a geeky prize (don’t judge me, swag whores).  After a while, some folks figured out how to game the system a little, and … Continue reading

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.NET Training You Can’t Afford

I’m sure this isn’t what they meant to say, but that’s how it looked on my Treo 700w.  Doh!  Death by cliche! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin share via Reddit Share with Stumblers … Continue reading

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MySpace: New Home for Dumbest Criminals

MySpace.com is attracting its share of tech-savvy criminals who are brazen (or dumb) enough to brag about their criminal exploits online. Needless to say, law enforcement officers are finding MySpace.com to be a true goldmine of information for closing out … Continue reading

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Virtual PC 2004 SP1 now free (VPC 2007 apparently will be also)

Kevin Remde is reporting that as of 9am PST (noon Eastern), VPC 2004 SP1 will be released free of charge: Now, like Virtual Server 2005 R2, you can download and use Virtual PC 2004 (SP1 version) for free. Bookmark on … Continue reading

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Google Calendar launched

Chris Sherman at Search Engine Watch has an overview: http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3598681 Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a … Continue reading

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Live Blogging from Miller Park

Holy cow, nice ballpark. Pirates vs. Brewers, 1-0, bottom of the 2nd. 18 rows behind Pirates’ dugout. Sweet! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe … Continue reading

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Get Prizes for Forum/Blog Posts, Articles, etc.

If you’re an avid blogger, prolific article author, guru of some forum, etc., then check out Community Credit at http://www.community-credit.com.  You can earn points for each answer, article and activity; at the end of the month, those with the most points … Continue reading

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