Nicely done, Microsoft! Um, but… With the MSDN (Microsoft Developer Network) subscription, you get a certain amount of Azure computing time to play with to learn how it works and develop applications. Pretty neat stuff! One issue was that if you accidentally used too much in terms of time/resources, you’d get billed. Microsoft has handily [...]
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Windows Azure – MSDN Spending limit
January 31, 2012
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To all the kids who were born in the 1930′s 40′s, 50′s, 60′s and 70′s!!
January 31, 2012
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Ok, so this isn’t original, it’s been kicking around the net in one form or another, but my previous post reminded me about it so instead if listening to me whine, here it is for your convenience: TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE 1930's 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's !! First, we [...]
Generation “Bubble Wrap” – Gen BW
January 27, 2012
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We had the “baby boomers”, then “Generation X”, then “Generation Y”… I think today’s crop of kiddies should be called “Generation Bubble Wrap” (or “Generation BW”). It appalls me how ridiculously over protective parents are these days. Surprisingly enough, I even have a couple of examples :-p In an elevator today, I rode up with [...]
uJam – lots of fun creating music
January 26, 2012
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If you like music and have time on your hands, check out www.ujam.com It’s a web app which lets you sing or whistle a tune, then add accompaniment to it. This is similar in concept to Microsoft’s old Songsmith product, except it produces much better results. If you look on YouTube, you’ll find all sorts [...]
Enhancing images on TV and in Movies
January 23, 2012
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Have you noticed how laughable it is the way they portray image enhancement on TV and in movies? They take some blobby blurry picture, hit a button and poof! Crystal clear (for the non-geeks out there, it doesn’t work that way in real life). This video-strip cracked me up, taking it to the logical extreme:
Ladle Rat Rotten Hut – Aguish Languish
January 20, 2012
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I remember this one from waaaaaay back in high school. That was a long time ago, before electricity was invented. In fact, we had to watch TV by candlelight. Anyhow, I thought it would be amusing to dig this up for your enjoyment. There are also many more examples of “Anguish Languish” on this site. [...]
Regret – Motivational poster
January 19, 2012
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Words of wisdom to live by – how important is our customer
January 18, 2012
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It was Mahatma Gandhi who, during a speech in South Africa, in 1890 said: "A customer is the most important visitor on our premises. He is not dependant on us, we are dependant on him. He is not an interruption of our work, he is the purpose of it. He is not an outsider of [...]
Bungee Jumping–Oh Snap!
January 14, 2012
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On Dec 13, 2011, Bungee jumper Erin Langworthy’s rope snapped, letting her fall into the Zambezi river at Victoria Falls, Africa. Here’s a link to the story: http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/Africa-Monitor/2012/0109/Oh-snap%21-Bungee-jumper-plunges-into-Zambezi-River-at-Victoria-Falls I particularly love the quote on page two where one jumper in a party chickened out: The one who didn’t jump had asked the bungee operator what would [...]
Brisbane Times: Python tried to kill my son
January 3, 2012
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A friend of mine sent me this link: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/a-python-tried-to-kill-my-son-mother-20120101-1pgxg.html – Thanks Mike As I’m the local reptile expert, he asked me if I believed the story (we all know that the media would never lie or get anything wrong, right?). I said yes, and made some other pithy comments on various excerpts from the story. [...]
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