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January 2006 - Posts

Tuesday, January 31, 2006 12:44 AM

Why IIS may be the most important product in Microsoft's toolbox.

I've been asked a couple of times why I accepted a position working with IIS 7.  Someone even quipped that I took it because it was the only job that Microsoft offered me.  Quite honestly, if I had my druthers, I would still love to join this
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Thursday, January 12, 2006 11:05 PM

Tobin.Swallow( Pills.Red );

Doing a google search for "red pill" and microsoft today yielded 55,700 hits.  That same search on MSN search yields 14,433.  This term, and other variations, are often used on blogs when someone takes a job at Microsoft.  I would
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Monday, January 09, 2006 2:09 AM

Sirius-ly paying for radio

I've been an XM listener for a about a year.  When I bought my XM, however, I said that I felt that Sirius would be the overall victor in the race for the best programming.  There is going to be a long debate about whether Sirius or XM has already
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Wednesday, January 04, 2006 6:04 PM

Microsoft MVP Award

I just got an email today stating that I was awarded a Microsoft MVP award.  This is an honor. In the past, this award was mainly given to the folks who posted a ton of replies to forums and newsgroups (whether the responses were right or wrong). 
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Wednesday, January 04, 2006 12:55 AM

Tuesday, January 17th - Greenville .NET user group meeting

I've been having a blast presenting the latest and greatest Microsoft development tools and technologies to the entire state of South Carolina.  In October, I was asked at the last minute to give a presentation on the new features of ASP.NET 2.0
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Monday, January 02, 2006 8:02 PM

RFID-proof wallet!

When the anthrax scares popped up some time after the attacks on the world trade center, our nation was astonished to find that all of our biological concerns could be solved with plastic sheeting and -- duct tape.  Duct tape is like a modern
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