February 2008 - Posts

New books!

WOrking on my latest book, Mastering System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 , was a long process. However, Monday I got to experience my favorite part of the writing process -- getting the box from the publisher with the author's copies. There's just Read More...
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2008 02 27

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Expanding Alaric's world...and getting mine expanded in return

Recently, we decided to do something about a problem we've been noticing with our kids. While they're both avid readers, they both tend to re-read the same books -- tens of times serially if we'd let them. Alaric was not happy when we temporarily banned Read More...
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2008 02 23

Devin

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Proof I'm in Sydney...and working...

Chilling at the conference. The lovely brownie-tart thingies they fed us today. My work blogs posts. Read More...
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2008 02 5

Devin

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Interesting definitions

The speaker just said, and I quote, "regular expressions, which are fairly straightforward." That's, um, well, interesting. And wrong. Read More...
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2008 02 4

Devin

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Thoughts from the break part 1

So, I'm in Sydney for a training conference that I'm talking about in my work blog if you're interested. There's a lot of interesting small differences that have more of a mental impact to me than the big ones: The exit signs inside buildings are green Read More...
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2008 02 4

Devin

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Okay, this is cool

If you like the Discworld novels, you'll think this is cool. If you like cake, you'll think this is cool. You might think this is cool anyway. The Discworld as a cake Thanks, Nick! Read More...
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2008 02 4

Devin

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Heading for the underside of the world

In just a few more hours, I'll be on my way to do something I've never done before -- cross the equator. I'm just going to kayak down to the big black line floating on top of the ocean, nip across, spin around counter-clockwise, then nip back home. No, Read More...
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2008 02 2

Devin

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