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Fun for the Surfing Days, check out Mayne Street
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over 5 years ago
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I was browsing one of my favorite sites espn.com and noticed they have a new online show called Mayne Street starring Kenny Mayne. If you like his humor and want to have a good laugh check out his show it is pretty funny. I have included my...
Interview: Talking IE 8 Compatibility with Pete LePage @ TechEd Barcelona
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over 5 years ago
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Matt Hester
I caught up with Pete LePage again, this in time in Barcelona. More importantly I caught up with him on my own turf at TechEd among all the wonderful IT Pros. Now he was the stranger in the strange land. We had a great conversation around...
Interview: Talking IE 8 Developer Tools with Pete LePage @ PDC
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over 5 years ago
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During PDC I got a chance to chat with Pete LePage, a PM on the IE 8 team to talk about some of the improvements in the developer tool set in Internet Explorer 8. If you have not seen them yet, press F12 while using IE 8 or even take a look at the...
Goofy Training, going to gobble up the miles and a lot of Turkey!
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over 5 years ago
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Matt Hester
Last weekend was a great training weekend. I had a great run on Saturday and I ended up running 10 miles instead of the 6. Thanks Larry and Brian, I had a much better round trip run, I was basically running block to block. Helped break...
Help Wanted: How do you Pronounce Azure, I say Pretty Blue
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over 5 years ago
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Matt Hester
So what do you really think about Cloud Computing? I know you all have an opinion. Whether it is good, bad, or ugly we want to hear from you! Tell us what you think via the online survey below. Click here, tell us more, and make your...
Goofy Training Update Are we there yet?
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over 5 years ago
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Matt Hester
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NO!!!!!! but man I wish we were! I think it is official I have finally hit the grind of training, and I am ready for the run to hurry up and get here!!!!! I love running, and I know these training runs are very important for the last few weeks prior to...
Windows Search 4.0 Desktop Performance tips and considerations
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over 5 years ago
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Matt Hester
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Doing a lot of work with Windows Search I have learned how the tool works and I have worked with a lot of great folks at corporate to help put together some fantastic information on performance tips and considerations. Also in this post I wanted...
Book of the Month November 2008: How Starbucks Saved My Life
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over 5 years ago
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Matt Hester
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I picked this month’s book on the way out of the store at the checkout lane. It is an eye catching title: How Starbucks Saved My Life: A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else . At first I thought it might been a book about the...
Anyone out there: MVP Contest Check Up
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over 5 years ago
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Hey all you MVP rockstars are you out there? Are you working hard on putting together your screencasts to win some cool prizes? Remember the contest we started: Do you want to win* a Lenovo T61P ThinkPad or Xbox 360 Pro with 60 GB? ...
How much do you love your Avatar part 2?
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over 5 years ago
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Matt Hester
Previously I posted an article about how a divorcee killed her ex-hubby’s avatar. Well now it seems people love their avatar wives more than their real counterparts: UK couple in real-life divorce
What does Internet Explorer 8 mean for you?
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over 5 years ago
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Matt Hester
I took a look at this great article about Internet Explorer 8. The article provides a nice overview and interesting conversation on IE 8. Check out the full article here: What does Internet Explorer 8 mean for you?
Windows Search 4.0 Policy and Security Overview
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over 5 years ago
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Matt Hester
I wanted to create a quick post to highlight some of the key improvements in Policy and Security for Windows Search 4.0. We released Windows Search 4.0 for the desktop a few months back, to help get everyone up to speed on the versions, I wanted...
Goofy Training Jet Lag free and back on track
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over 5 years ago
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Matt Hester
Hola! Sorry I missed last weeks post but I was way out of town in Barcelona! I was asked to deliver a breakout session at IT Forum in Barcelona, it was my honor to do so. It was a lot of fun and my training took a back seat to this opportunity...
Office 2007 the Ultimate Deal for Students: $59.95
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over 5 years ago
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Take a look here for more information: Office 2007 The Ultimate Steal That includes: Word 2007 Groove 2007 Excel 2007 Publisher 2007 PowerPoint 2007 Access 2007 Outlook 2007 InfoPath 2007 OneNote 2007 Accounting Express 2008 So who is eligible...
Matt and Keith Invade PDC and chat after they showed Windows 7
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over 5 years ago
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Matt Hester
Keith and I got to go to PDC well we decided to chat about what we saw after they announce Windows 7 launch: