Monthly Archives: September 2006

Nerd Alert: The Obligatory Gas Mileage Chart

Posted on September 23, 2006 by Keith

TB makes fun of me for religiously tracking the gas mileage of my 1997 Mazda 626. I have been doing it fairly consistently, using Microsoft Excel, since mid-2004. She thinks only nerds track such meaningless information so, in her honor, … Continue reading →

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Coming Zune

Posted on September 20, 2006 by Keith

If you haven’t heard by now, Microsoft is getting into the portable, digital media player (DMP) business in a big way with its combination hardware, software and services offering under the name Zune. Many people who have followed the DMP phenomenon since 1998 when … Continue reading →

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Month Nine on the Job: Naming

Posted on September 17, 2006 by Keith

I am a product manager on the Web Platform & Tools team at Microsoft.  I am responsible for several technologies for designing, building and deploying web sites which are used by many big sites you probably visit each day (e.g., … Continue reading →

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The Animal Kingdom

Posted on September 5, 2006 by Keith

A new “Quote of the Day” entry: You don’t see Roy’s [Horn] a$$ back up there with those white tigers after Montecore showed him his tiger paw kung fu style. This quote is an excerpt from an IM exchange on … Continue reading →

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‘Crocodile Hunter’ Killed by Stingray on the Great Barrier Reef

Posted on September 4, 2006 by Keith

My flight literally just landed in Singapore and I have a 3-hour layover before heading on to Kuala Lumpur.  I found one of the few remaining seats in the Singapore Airlines lounge and, as customary, fired up my laptop in … Continue reading →

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