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Am I hot or not?

Stupid website, but it gives me a chance to taunt my co-worker Kevin. This morning I got a puzzled e-mail from him, asking me why this picture of me in Sydney from February (yes, that's Sydney, Australia; we were there for training for work) was the most-viewed Read More...

Filed under: Computers, Work, Recreation, Family and Friends, The World, antics

2008 04 25

Two minor things you may or may not know

For the record, Aly & AJ's Potential Breakup Song is one hell of an earworm , but it sounds really good on my work desktop's speaker/subwoofer. I've got it cranked up loud before anyone else gets here. I have finally found out what is more annoying Read More...

Filed under: Work, Music, Xbox

2008 03 20

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...

Filed under: Work, The World

2008 02 5

Interesting definitions

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

Filed under: Computers, Work, random humor

2008 02 4

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...

Filed under: Work, The World, Life

2008 02 4

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...

Filed under: Work, Life

2008 02 2

Living with Asperger's on the road and on the stage

Four 3-day trips in four weeks: Apr 2-4, Orlando, to present 3 hours of sessions at Exchange Connections. Apr 8-10, Denver, to be the main speaker at the Exchange 2007 Unified Messaging Roadshow. Apr 18-20, Anaheim, to be the main speaker at the Exchange Read More...

Filed under: Metadata, Work, Autism Spectrum, Life

2007 04 25

bps

Big conference, lots of geeks. With two laptops and a Windows Mobile cellphone, I'm not at all unusual here. The conference organizers have wisely established free Wi-Fi for us all. Well, guys, that's a great start, but how about you give us some Read More...

Filed under: Computers, Work, i hate computers

2007 02 12

Drive-by memeing

First, I would like it to be known that I am only doing this under protest. I don't usually participate in blog memes, because most of them are damned silly. However, I got tagged on this one by Paul in what looks like a fairly typical spree of spreading Read More...

Filed under: Work, Recreation, Writing, Family and Friends, Music, antics

2007 01 6

Batten down the hatches

Oy vey. We've been Slashdotted . Let's see if our T-1 and web server can hold up. Read More...

Filed under: Computers, Work, Terror

2006 09 28

3Sharp releases an anti-phishing study

Today, my company released a report comparing several anti-phishing technologies , including a beta version of Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7. I note this because I was one of the researchers and authors of the report. Needless to say, we're Read More...

Filed under: Computers, Work, Writing, IE7, phishing

2006 09 28

Ode to Monday: a rant on insensitivty in the workplace

Not fond of Mondays in theory or in practice. Even with all the things that have gone right today, I'm still pretty cheesed off about today: Getting up at 5:20 so I could be on the road before rush hour and into the office early: good. Having to shift Read More...

Filed under: Work

2006 07 10

That went well

The current project I'm on at work? I've decided it needs a new name. I'm henceforth calling it Operation Zeno's Paradox . You know you're in trouble when you've finally found a solution to a roadblock that is keeping you from finishing a major portion Read More...

Filed under: Computers, Work

2006 06 23

Disgruntled

I hate putting in long hours to compensate for fucked-up technology. Even before my laptops bit the big one, I was having problems with one of them. Since then, they've gotten a lot more flaky because I haven't had the time to migrate all of my data, Read More...

Filed under: Work

2006 06 16

Back from Europe

I'm home from Europe a couple of days early; I was originally supposed to be in Oslo today, doing a second presentation, but I got really sick once I got to London and my bosses couldn't take the chance I wouldn't be better (sorry, Jim, for making you Read More...

Filed under: Work, The World

2006 06 8

Euroadtrip, Day 1: Amsterdamned!

I've not been blogging much lately because I've been buried under a ton of work. One of the things I've been busy with has been developing a full day of content on Exchange 2007 to present in Lisbon (May 30th) and Oslo (June 8th). Astu Are thte readers Read More...

Filed under: Work, The World

2006 05 29

Study monkey, but with good beer

I have to acquire some Microsoft certifications in a short amount of time. Not a full MCSE, although that's always been in the gameplan, but at least one passed exam (and thus Microsoft Certified Professional status) from a specific list of exams, Real Read More...

Filed under: Work, Recreation

2006 01 15

Mileposts

Today was a day of mileposts. It was my first working day of 2006. Because Paul and I got our various projects wrapped up before vacation, I went into the 3Sharp offices and spent a good part of my day doing something I've never done before -- pack up Read More...

Filed under: Work, Family and Friends, Games, The World

2006 01 4

Oh, yeah, Chapter 3 is up

Chapter 3 of my DCAR ebook is now online, details on my work blog. If you need to read about these things, enjoy. Read More...

Filed under: Computers, Work, Writing

2005 12 22

Spring, when a young man's thoughts turn to PowerPoint slide decks

If you're wondering what I'm going to be up to this spring, wonder no more! Get thee hence to the Looking forward to Exchange Connections Spring 2006 post on my work blog and find out! Read More...

Filed under: Computers, Work

2005 12 7

San Diego

This last week (Monday through Thursday), I was in San Diego for the Windows/Exchange Connections conference. It was my first Connections conference as well as my first trip to San Diego. San Diego was a nice town; it reminded me somewhat of Honolulu Read More...

Filed under: Work, The World

2005 11 6

Sick days and publication news

Both kids woke up with an excess of phlegm, so we kept them home from school today. Sounds like a good day for them to work on updating their web sites and blogs, especially since I just handed out the URLs to the members of my family. In other news, Read More...

Filed under: Computers, Work, Writing

2005 10 25

If it's a meltdown, it must be Monday

It's a Monday. With a vengeance. Work has been better, the car needs $1K+ in repairs soonish, some personal projects have been hit with unfortunate and untimely delays that I really didn't need right now, oh no , and I'm stressed beyond all belief. I Read More...

Filed under: Work, Autism Spectrum

2005 10 3

My new ebook on email DCAR is now available!

DCAR (Discovery, Compliance, Archival, and Retention) is a big topic these days. I've done some work with 3Sharp in this space, and I have been fortunate enough to be given the opportunity to write an ebook for Windows IT Pro on the topic. The first chapter Read More...

Filed under: Computers, Work, Writing

2005 08 17

How big of a place setting did you say you need?

I just got off of a weekly conference call for a biggish project we've been working on. We've had some unfortunate changes lately that have impacted the scope of the project in a fashion that would not be exaggeration to call "dramatic". One of those Read More...

Filed under: Work

2005 07 28

Ups and downs

Up: Community Server 1.1 is out and I've got it installed on my laptop so I can play with it before upgrading here and at work. I've even got it installed as source code and built it myself; I've got some ideas on functionality I'd like to add in. A good Read More...

Filed under: Work, Writing, Family and Friends

2005 06 20

All-nighters and Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom

I'm staying up late to get a paper done for work. While I'd rather not pull late nights and long days, in reality I have an extremely high amount of flexibility and self-determination in the day-to-day details of my job. The flip side of that coin, however, Read More...

Filed under: Work, Writing

2005 03 11

Beautiful morning

I laid down to take a nap yesterday at around 3:30pm. I woke up around midnight as Steph came to bed. After the hijinks of the last week, combined with the stress of the consecration/reception on Saturday and the annual meeting on Sunday, my body had Read More...

Filed under: Metadata, Work, Family and Friends

2005 01 24

It's done!

I just shipped the first draft of Chapter 7 “Routing, Transport, and SMTP“ of The Exchange Cookbook to my editor and co-authors. I wrote this chapter entirely by myself. It started off with 47 recipes (including the introduction); final size was 27 recipes. Read More...

Filed under: Computers, Work, Writing

2005 01 3

Scary revelations at 2am

Put Steph to bed a couple of hours ago and came back downstairs to finish up a recipe or two for the Exchange Cookbook , which I am co-writing with some awesome co-workers, and which is way behind schedule. When researching one particular twist got me Read More...

Filed under: Work, Writing, Family and Friends

2004 10 28

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