This is the last full week of training before I head to Orlando.  My last double digit run was the 12 miles I did on Sunday and it felt great even though it was on a treadmill.  I have found out that through this training that I can do a lot...

I was checking this fun little video out of a talk delivered by Jennifer 8. Lee, and she talks about the mysteries of American Chinese Food.  I found out an interesting fact that in the United States there are more “Chinese” restaurants than there...

So the only question I have this week is when should I run on Thursday, I have three choices: Wake up before the kids and get my run in early Wait until the kids crater around 3 and get the run in the afternoon Give myself a present and skip it My preference...

As I was on the tread mill this morning I saw this highlight.  I remember hearing about this.  So here is the situation there is a 1:30 left and Plano East is down to John Tyler by 10.  The play by play call is priceless. So coach what...

My buddy and fellow achievement point aficionado Jason just announced SP1 for DPM 2007 here: Why SP1 for DPM 2007 is cool   Here are some of the highlights for more information see the above link to Jason’s post. SQL Server now does 2008, can back...

I just learned some more information and webcast links for security update MS08-078 that we released today.  This update addresses a new vulnerability allowing remote code execution in affected versions of Internet Explorer. MS08-078 has a maximum...

I just discovered that Doritos is sponsoring a free game called Dash of Destruction for download. The game is quite fun and I am sure my kiddos love it.  The game is a fun little racing game. From the website:  Doritos' Dash of Destruction is...

As you may recall I announced a contest Keith and I were having for MVP’s and creating a  screencast that shows PHP integration with IIS.  Unfortunately we did not receive any entries. That's right, 0, nada, zilch and for you developers entries...

Every so often you watch a TV show and think I know that person.  Well My buddy Zain , and believe or not the person who hired me for my first job in Texas got a great chance to do an interview on a Fox news station in Houston.  He talked about...

4 weeks to go and somewhere along the line I messed up the math in calculating my weeks left for the run.  I am 4 weeks out but somehow I have only 3 weeks left on the plan I have been planning.  So what to do, well I will just run a good week...

On December the 12 th (Friday) we had a Windows FireStarter event at the Microsoft Conference Center. If you are a Developer or an IT Pro and you missed this event, do not worry we recorded the sessions for you check them out via live meetings here: Why...

I was checking some new downloads and I caught this beta for a program called HealthVault which seems to be a one stop shop for your health needs, I am going to take a look at this week and see how it all works but wanted to share it with you.  HealthVault...

Does anyone have a spare 10k that they want to lend me?  Well if you do then I can buy the Kaleidescape System .  This is a fantastic gadget that will allow me to digitize my 300 + DVD collection (Including the complete seasons of Buffy and...

Tomorrow I will share a gift that will hopefully keep your loved ones out of your dog house, click on the picture to see what I mean:

As of today I am one month away from the Goofy Challenge!  I am starting to get excited and the holidays are really kicking into swing.  The last 3 weeks of training have really flown by, except wed. of this week.  I can feel my body and...

I wanted to share with you our recently launched tool at www.hyper-green.com. The tool creates a report that will let you know the cost savings and CO2 reductions that can be made via Microsoft virtualization technologies.  These tools are designed...

Okay this was too good not to share, it had me ROFL,  Now I can post this one because I am blonde and I am thinking about buying one it is a full keyboard for about $50 US.  The Keyboard for Blondes is USB based and will run on Windows, Linux...

I was checking out, Chris Koenig blog, who is one of the developer evangelists I work with, and I saw this great post: Windows 7 Beta 1 for MDC Attendees!   In a nutshell all you need to do is attend an upcoming MSDN Developer Conference and you...

This book of the month was a book I read based on a recommendation by Keith and Kai .  The book:  Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of Seal Team 10 by Marcus Luttrell is an eye opening account about...

One of my regular attendees from the Louisville made a wonderful blog post comparing TouchFlo and Spd, he provides some interesting feedback and overall a good post. Take a look at the post here: TouchFLO 3D vs. Spb Mobile Shell - why I think Spb got...

Happy Monday and I am glad it is Monday.  Last weeks schedule was the hardest to date and I was able to get through it.  It was a total of 50 miles for the week with 30 of the miles on Saturday and Sunday but I made it!  Surprisingly my...