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Friday, August 21, 2009 9:53 PM

BlizzCon 2009…..

Today I was at BlizzCon. This is a sort of annual convention put on by Blizzard Entertainment and geared toward fans of the Diablo, Starcraft, and World of Warcraft franchises. While I played Diablo 1 and Starcraft 1, I was there for the Warcraft experience.
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Monday, August 10, 2009 11:43 AM

Renewal….

Hiya Folks…. As you have likely noticed, my online activities have been pretty sparse for quite some time. There are a number of reasons for this. Some are personal while some are business related. Since this is my work blog I will limit my discussions
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009 6:11 AM

Zune HD – It’s real….

Engadget has a great article on info they picked up on the rumored Zune HD device. We (Microsoft) have also posted an official Zune HD information page .   Briefly - 3.3” OLED Multi-touch screen (take that iPhone!) Integrated HD Radio receiver (take
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009 5:43 AM

How does an IT Pro Thrive during these tough times?

This past week at TechEd, I interviewed an attendee that has leveraged the Microsoft Thrive sight which provides resources for IT Pros. These resources focus on improving your skills through training and certification, identifying career opportunities,
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009 3:50 PM

Guitar Hero with Annie “Ecstacy” Leung at TechEd….

Woo HoO! I am at TechEd in Los Angeles talking face-to-face with IT Pros this week. I am working a couple of areas this week – the Thrive booth where we are talking about resources to help IT Pros with Virtualization, Cost Savings, Certification and lot
Posted by chrisavis | 2 Comments
Wednesday, April 15, 2009 7:50 AM

Good Morning!

Subtitled – A room with a view…. I have been waiting to do this post ALL YEAR! This morning I woke up and started my normal routine – make myself some coffee, start making breakfast (toast, 1 fried egg, cottage cheese), turn on my Sirius satellite radio
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Wednesday, April 08, 2009 9:01 AM

My first Netbook purchase…. Acer Aspire One….

About two weeks ago I made an impulse buy of a netbook PC. Consider it my contribution to stimulating the economy. I was at Fry’s pricing some hardware and getting ideas for a new TV for a Media room I am working on when I saw all the tiny netbooks and
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Monday, October 27, 2008 11:30 PM

The PDC Buzz....and stuff...

There are so many posts out there repeating everything already that I am going to skip linking a bunch of stuff from PDC and link to just the one thing that has me jazzed. I have recently taken an interest in working with Visual Studio and doing some
Posted by chrisavis | 2 Comments
Saturday, October 11, 2008 8:37 PM

Read this if you care about creativity....

I just finished reading a fantastic article by Lawrence Lessig . If you have ever posted anything to YouTube, or any other place on the web, you should read this article too. I have never posted anything to YouTube. But I have posted videos to my blog
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Friday, October 10, 2008 9:05 PM

No Email is like a vacation.....sort of....

My corporate mailbox has been homed to a "dogfood" server for many, many months now. Even though it is technically on a test server, I have had very few issues to complain about. This morning I received some IM's from co-workers that they and
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Thursday, October 09, 2008 9:15 PM

I played a Wii for the first time tonight....

Setup - My daughters live in Texas with their mother. They have a Wii. I am visiting my daughters. Tonight, my youngest daughter, Samantha (9), asked me to play a video game with her. She fires up Guitar Hero 3 (awesome!) on her Wii. I watched her put
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Thursday, October 09, 2008 8:42 PM

Did my mouse just jump a shark?

I just sat down at my laptop and realized I don't have my external mouse plugged in. As I am going for it, it dawns on me that I can't remember the last time I used the external mouse with my laptop. I think it was for my event in Berkeley, CA about three
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Wednesday, October 08, 2008 11:33 PM

Ah Man! Just missed my blog time!

I drove back frantically from the karaoke bar trying to make it before my midnight post time. It would have been a lame post had I made it and this one won't be any better. I did spend a bit of time on Twitter tonight. I recently started following a bunch
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Thursday, October 02, 2008 11:37 AM

Interesting interview with founders of The Pirate Bay...

This article is an interesting read . I really appreciate that these guys don't hide under rocks and are accessible. I would really enjoy seeing them speak at a conference.   Cheers!
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008 10:47 PM

I guess I am ineligible for Big Top Points....

subtitled.......where to go if you want to be absolutely guaranteed NOT to see the Bill Gates/Jerry Seinfeld commercials Millions of people have watched them on TV. Anyone with an Internet connection can go to the Microsoft Press Pass site and not only
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