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I just got SharpReader installed again. I've been absent from blogging since I left New Zealand on 11th March 2005. Sorry about that. I noticed that Nic has dropped me off the New Zealand .NET Developers Blog Roll . Very sad. Hey Nic, don't expat's count?
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I took home a Linksys Media Center Extender overnight to try out last night. This is a fantastic device which requires a Windows Media Center 2005 PC to work. You can watch all the same media types with this device that are available to the Windows Media
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So my manager at Microsoft is Sean McBreen and he's just started blogging. <Here's where I say something silly about him and get into trouble> - nope better not. Sean is a great guy, make sure you add him to your RSS feeds.
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This morning there was an earthquake in my home town. No damage at home, but a couple of poorly balanced things on my book case at work fell to the floor. No damage has been reported anywhere from the quake but it was widely felt. Here are the details:
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I've spent the holiday weekend a bit off the beaten track in the Marlborough Sounds (Mahau Sounds in Moetapu Bay to be exact). I've also just published the ASP.NET web site for the Catamaran Yacht we stayed on Panache Cat .
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An Australian IT worker (a project manager) John Bernard Denison was sentanced today in Wellington , New Zealand. He had worked at the Ministry of Health in Wellington, New Zealand - where I live - how rude - and apparently had hacked the Ministry of
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I'm running Windows Media Center Edition 2005 at home and is't very cool. Sometimes it's not though. I was just sitting on the couch watching the start of Everybody Loves Raymond. My wife walks in and rewinds it back to the start so I get to watch all
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I've noticed an increase in blog-spam in the last 24 hours. That is, fake comments on my blog for the purpose of adding a URL thereby increasing a web sites ranking for google. There's no sign of an Edward or his blog at the site referred to. I've seen
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Foam Guy from Channel 9 Evolves. Once he's finished you can get one by sending them a postcard. http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=5223
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My brother is still travelling around the south of France and he's posted some photos .
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I’ve used a personal computer for a while now, and I think I’m a fairly experienced user of one. There are some things though that I’d just like to work different to how they do now. User Online / Offline Mode I often get my computer
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I'm travelling around New Zealand currently with Adam Cogan Microsoft Regional Director from Australia. He's presenting on SQL Reporting Services and we were in Auckland last night (50 people) and Wellington city today at lunch time (53 People). Tonight
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I just found this, you can order the patches on CD that otherwise would have to be downloaded from Windows Update. This should save a few hours of download time if you're rebuilding a PC. http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/cd/order.asp
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Very early Monday morning this week we had a huge storm . Over the hill they had 120 km/h winds at Mt Kau Kau. Trains were cancelled, trolley busses were cancelled, 60 schools in the area were closed for the day (but not my kids one). The winds blew over
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My group at Microsoft in New Zealand is hiring a Community focussed .NET Developer Specialist. A .NET Developer Specialist's time is split between supporting in-person and online developer events and working informally with leaders in the developer community.
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