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Wednesday, September 02, 2009 10:30 AM

Download a New Browser and Help Feed the Hungry

I sure wish I’d known about this sooner.. If you haven’t yet downloaded Internet Explorer 8, here’s a great opportunity to acquire some fantastic software and help out some folks less fortunate than we are in the bargain. If you download Internet Explorer
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Friday, February 27, 2009 9:30 PM

Database Programming Contest: Adam Machanic Throws Down

Never let it be said that Adam Machanic lacks style.. Adam left a comment on yesterday’s revisiting of the XML String Concatenation Trick, announcing his T-SQL Challenge: Grouped String Concatenation contest. Read Adam’s post to get all of the particulars
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Thursday, October 26, 2006 11:15 PM

An Email From BillG

Yesterday was the last day of the annual Microsoft Giving Campaign Auction, and tomorrow is the last day of the Giving Campaign as a whole. An all-employee email from Bill Gates reminding us of this latter fact provides some fodder for reflection. In
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Monday, August 21, 2006 4:45 PM

Baseball Challenge Update

The 3rd Annual Baseball Challenge, for the benefit Cocoon House and the Ronald McDonald House of Western Washington , took place yesterday at Everett Memorial Stadium. The Cocoon House team won again this year, 11-5, despite my contribution of an 0-for-3
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Wednesday, August 16, 2006 2:30 PM

Baseball Challenge 2006: Another Chance To Give Back

If this post looks familiar to long-time denizens of this space, it's most likely because you read this one last year. What follows is a shameless solicitation, directed towards my friends and colleagues in the Puget Sound region and throughout the country,
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Saturday, October 08, 2005 6:51 PM

The Gig Was..

.. a blast. Over $100 was raised, which the company will match, and as far as I know a good time was had by all. If you'd like to support Cocoon House , please let me know .
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Thursday, September 29, 2005 10:11 PM

The Gig is On

As promised, here are the details of the Giving Campaign concert for Cocoon House . I'll be playing between noon and one on Monday, October 3rd, at the cafeteria in the Microsoft "Sammamish C" building in Issaquah, WA. If you can't join us but would still
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Friday, August 12, 2005 9:07 PM

Baseball Challenge This Sunday!

Full details here .. please support this worthy cause if you can! More next week.. -wp
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Friday, July 15, 2005 4:12 PM

Baseball Challenge 2005: A Chance To Give Something Back

Warning: what follows is a shameless solicitation, directed towards my friends and colleagues in the Puget Sound region and throughout the country, to provide financial assistance to some of the most innocent, wonderful people you will ever meet. If this
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