WebHost4Life

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I now have a WebHost4Life account. I’ll be moving my site there sometime in the future. If you sign up for webhost4life, be sure to use this link or refer to me. :) http://www.webhost4life.com/default.asp?refid=haacked

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Ideas To Reduce Comment Spam

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In an email to Ian Griffiths I mentioned that I wished he had a comments section because some of his posts are so intriguing I have to reply. ;) His reply relayed a common angst regarding enabling comments on a blog, comment spam

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w.Bloggar Plugin

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I’m trying out this sweet plug-in for the Windows version of iTunes. After installing this plug-in, you can click on the musical notes at the bottom of w.Bloggar and it will insert information about the currently playing song wherever your cursor is located. This page lists plugins for Winamp versions 2,3, and 5 as well as iTunes (the one I’m using).

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Should Language Changes Break Existing Code?

I received a lot of comments (a lot for me) on my post entitled “The Difficulties of Language Design”.

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Raymond's first death threat

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This is too funny to be made up. Raymond’s first death threat.

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Just How Much Money Does The Republic Of Congo Have Anyways?

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Congo MapApparently I’m not the only one who’s been contacted by the son of the late Democratic Republic of Congo President Laurent Desire Kabila. I’ve also been contacted by several other members of royalty or political dissidents who are fleeing the Congo.

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Yes, Dogs Really Do Resemble Their Owners (Reuters)

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This doesn’t bode well for my buddy Kyle.

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Cheney Coordinated Haliburton Contract

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Found this out in the blogosphere:

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A Tech-Ed Confession

Unreal Tournament 2004 Cover I have a confession to make. While at Tech-Ed, I did some bad things. Please look upon me not with a judging eye, but try to have a forgiving stance.

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A San Francisco Weekend

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San FranciscoMy car hates me. Or it should. Last week I made two round trips to SD. Last Friday night, I returned from SD, and Akumi and I left the following Saturday morning to drive up to San Francisco. I used to love road trips, but after all the hours of sitting on my ass in my car this weekend, I’m done for the time being (or at least for two weeks since we’re going camping).

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I'm Gonna Keep My Baby

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So we’re going to keep the Media Center PC since we won’t be able to get enough to buy a Tablet PC if we sold it and since we can get a lot of use from it. I have a lot more to write about Tech-Ed and my fabulous weekend in San Francisco. Stay tuned.

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Tech-Ed 2004: I Won a Media Center PC!!!

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Last night I attended the Microsoft Office System party at the Hard Rock Cafe. The “Unauthorized Rolling Stones” were playing and the crowd was into it. I was primarily there for the food at first, but after a few free drinks, I was having a jolly good time talking to people. Even met a techie from Juneau, Alaska. Though I live in L.A., I still claim Anchorage since my family still lives there. So it was nice to bond with another Alaskan. Especially as I didn’t figure the Alaskan government would be using .NET.

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Tech-Ed 2004: The Difficulties of Language Design

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The best part of Tech-Ed 2004 is how Microsoft puts us developers in touch with the people who are creating the languages and tools we use. They’ve accomplished this in two ways.

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Tech-Ed 2004: Is it an attempt to overthrow the govt?

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My good buddy makes the Kyle following comment on my last post:

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Tech-Ed 2004: Don Box and Doug Purdy talk about Connected Systems.

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It’s probably too early to tell, but Don Box and Doug Purdy gave what I bet will be the most interesting talk I will hear at Tech-Ed. This was the opening talk for the Connected Systems track which focuses on that hot TLA, SOA (Service Oriented Architecture).

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Tech-Ed 2004: New Personal Record

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I have a new personal record time for the drive from Los Angeles to San Diego.  I believe I made it in 1.5 hours.  It was a harrowing drive, but I made it safely and already received some free code generation software.  Now to find some food and watch the Alias finale.

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Bush outsourcing campaign activities to India

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DubyaAccording to a new report, the Bush Administration has taken its strong support for outsourcing further than previously thought – opting to move key political operations offshore. India’s Hindustan Times reports that, during a 14 month period from 2002 to 2003 when the Republican Party was playing up patriotism, its fund-raising and vote-seeking campaign was performed in part by two call centers located in India….

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VIDEO: Interesting German Car Commercial

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A coworker sent me this really neat car commercial. It makes really good use of soothing subtle sound effects as the car drives around the scerene landscape. You may need to turn up your speakers a bit to hear it.

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MUST SEE: Amazing eye hand coordination

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shaolinIn the old days, the Shaolin monks demonstrated the strength of their kung-fu with feats of amazing dexterity. The modern monk has replaced kung-fu with this: http://eul0000562.eu.verio.net/bmuk_movies/asianarcade.wmv

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Microsoft's Gates Touts Blogging as Business Tool

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I may be the last geek to have posted this, but it’s interesting nonetheless.

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