My thoughts on software development, technology and design.

Handheld Games, how it all began...

August 30, 2006
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Hand held games really started to boom in the 1980's and I was on the band wagon early and often. One of my favorite ...

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Faux Microsoft office values

August 25, 2006
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I am a real fan of Ricky Gervais and the original version of The Office from the BBC. I happened upon these two faux ...

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The Welfare Country!?!

August 22, 2006
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I have much more appropriate things to blog about ... but this was sent to me by my friends and family back home. I ...

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Evolution of Desktops

August 18, 2006
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I can only remember as far back as Windows 3.1, when a friend of mine (Harjot Saberwal), introduced me to the world of ...

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Real Performance Review Examples

August 17, 2006
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I often struggle with finding just the right words during yearly performance reviews, and so a old manager of mine ...

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A jokes's a very serious thing

August 17, 2006
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I am in a review period at work right now and I happened upon the Humor archives, and it included information on what ...

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All things change...

August 16, 2006
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I have always carefully selected the home page of my preferred browser, and the choice for me represents an alignment, ...

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Everything that irritates us about others...

August 15, 2006
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'Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.' - Carl Jung I spent some of ...

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Windows Live Writer (Beta)

August 14, 2006
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This is my first blog entry using Windows Live Writer, the new blog writer tool from Microsoft. I must admit I like it ...

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