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For those of you graduating soon...
Monday, May 31, 2004 1:15 PM

What do you want to do with the rest of your life?

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Memorial Day
Monday, May 31, 2004 12:47 PM

It's Memorial Day in the United States.Wall Street Journal has a stirring story about a marine in Iraq."In combat, Marine put theory to test, comrades believe"

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Another week
Sunday, May 30, 2004 6:15 PM

Good Sunday night / Monday morning... another week is here.Continuing with the World War II memories, the Washington Post has a story about tracking down what happened to one of the young soldiers that fought in the war.This weekend was pretty good...

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World War II gallery
Saturday, May 29, 2004 5:29 AM

The Washington Post has a fantastic gallery of soldiers' memories, photos, and video from World War II.

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Big new campus coming for Microsoft India
Friday, May 28, 2004 2:54 AM

"Gates builds massive new Indian Microsoft campus""Given that Microsoft's Redmond campus is around 355 acres, the new campus on the subcontinent could create thousands of Indian jobs. Microsoft said it does not comment on plans for future facilities

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XBox + MSN Messenger = 2-gether 4-ever
Thursday, May 27, 2004 6:16 PM

A great day for all you XBox Live gamers! They've finally integrated XBox Live with MSN Messenger!(Since they just launched this, the site is overwhelmed right now - so you might want to try again in a few hours)(Oh, and go down below and answer

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Privacy while blogging
Thursday, May 27, 2004 6:05 PM

Do you blog while other people around or does that feel weird? Do you prefer to be alone while writing a blog entry even though the general public will be reading your entry once it's done?

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C# in universities
Wednesday, May 26, 2004 7:40 AM

"C# and .NET technologies have matured to become a core component in college computing courses of all levels""Compared with competing technologies, C# and .NET have several advantages. For beginning courses, .NET allows students to get started quickly

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Developer & Platform Evangelism
Monday, May 24, 2004 3:32 PM

Our division has a new logo. Just released for public viewing. What do you think of it?Can anyone guess why they chose these symbols to be part of the logo? (Ear, heart, lightbulb, megaphone)

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Ohio student expelled for legitimately throwing a pie in principal's face
Monday, May 24, 2004 4:37 AM

Student expelled for participating in pie-throwing contest"Lakeside, Ohio- An honor student who won a school contest to throw a pie in his principal's face has been expelled until winter, and the principal filed an assault complaint with local police."It's

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Jon Stewart's Commencement Address
Sunday, May 23, 2004 1:46 PM

Jon Stewart, the "fake" news anchor and comedian, gave the commencement address at The College of William and Mary.It's great.Go read it."So how do you know what is the right path to choose to get the result that you desire? And the honest answer is this.

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Microsoft is looking at blogging...
Friday, May 21, 2004 6:29 AM

Microsoft is taking a look at bloggingExcerpt from the article:"What blogging and these notifications are about is that you make it very easy to communicate," Gates told executives gathered at Microsoft's headquarters for its annual CEO Summit. Gates'

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Brief Imagine Cup Asia update
Friday, May 21, 2004 5:42 AM

Just a brief update about what is going on in Asia...Hong Kong has just selected a winning team - they will be releasing details shortly. In last year's Asia .NET Student Competition, Hong Kong won the "Most Innovative" application category.

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American Idol - bye Jasmine
Thursday, May 20, 2004 3:24 PM

Bye-bye to Jasmine on American Idol.How sad.I shall now tune out of the competition.

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Lonely Planet - Justine Shapiro
Wednesday, May 19, 2004 5:29 PM

Justine Shapiro is one of my favorite TV personalities. She is one of the hosts of the travel show Lonely Planet. (In some places it's known as Globe Trekker).One of the highlights in my Internet experiences is when I was in an online chat

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What do Britney Spears, Beyonce, and F4 have to do with the Imagine Cup?
Tuesday, May 18, 2004 1:16 PM

What do Britney Spears, Beyonce Knowles, and the Taiwan pop group F4 have in common with the Imagine Cup?NOTHING!But!I bet if I were to run into Britney Spears and tell her all about the Imagine Cup, she would be quite excited... running around

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Keon Bok Lee
Monday, May 17, 2004 2:40 PM

I was browsing around the Internet today and found this lovely photo of Microsoft Korea's Academic Evangelist: Keon Bok Lee.It would be nice to go to Korea, visit him and see Seoul. In terms of developer communities that are growing fast in regards

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The Onion has another poignant humor article
Saturday, May 15, 2004 6:11 PM

The Onion has another article that has quite a bit of truth in it. Perhaps this is why they are one of the premiere satire sites on the Internet.Photo ID Shows Toll Job Has Taken On EmployeeI look at some people's work ID, then I look at their face...

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Tablet in bed
Friday, May 14, 2004 6:53 PM

Fantastic! I am lying in bed using my Tablet PC and handwriting this blog entry.Pretty cool, I must say. I am surprised it can recognize my messy handwriting; I have the handwriting of a third grader.I'm not used to handwriting.2:48am. Good

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Server Roadmap
Friday, May 14, 2004 6:50 AM

Microsoft's server roadmapSo looks like there will be a Longhorn server - scheduled to ship some time in 2007. Windows Longhorn (desktop client) scheduled for hopefully mid-2006.Nicely, to whet the appetite for Longhorn, we'll still have SQL Server

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Hey hey hey, what do you say
Wednesday, May 12, 2004 7:43 PM

Can't sleep again. On a good note, I had a big fat juicy burger tonight that had tons of BACON on it and slathered with cheddar cheese. Delicous - from Brewerkz, which also brews some quite all right beers. I'm fond of the light Pilsner.You

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Insomnia
Tuesday, May 11, 2004 8:19 PM

It looks like it's going to be another one of those nights where I can't sleep.Maybe I should play Far Cry until the sun rises, and then just drink coffee all day to stay awake.Or maybe I should go for a walk. That's one nice thing about Singapore...

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Microsoft has opened their newest office... in Sri Lanka
Tuesday, May 11, 2004 4:39 AM

Microsoft has opened their newest subsidiary - the Microsoft office located in Colombo, Sri Lanka.In the Asia Pacific region, the last Microsoft office to open up was in Vietnam, 7 years ago.In Asia Pacific, Microsoft now has offices in:Sri Lanka,

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Great news for gamers
Tuesday, May 11, 2004 4:11 AM

Electronic Arts is finally bringing its games to Xbox Live.(Electronic Arts is like the mega-company in gaming - they have been very reluctant to bring their games to the Xbox Live platform, but finally... they have seen the light!)I can't wait to dominate

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Sneak preview of Imagine Cup, what girls leave behind, foot pain, and karaoke
Monday, May 10, 2004 6:13 PM

There's a couple folks from Redmond over in Brazil right now surveying the area and finalizing plans for the worldwide Imagine Cup. Events are going to take place in Sao Paulo and Foz de Iguacu... for a sneak peek, check out Morris' blog.

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Philippines election
Monday, May 10, 2004 4:50 AM

It's election time in the Philippines (May 10). Who will you vote for?Another article about the election.What do you think of the Philippines? It would be interesting to hear from the people living there...Edit: Violence mars the start of

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Every time I return...
Friday, May 07, 2004 6:28 PM

Well, I'm back in Singapore. When I return from business trips, it's always the same custom... land, get off the plane, go through the efficient line at Immigration, peek into the Duty Free shop by the baggage claim area, debate whether I want to

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Bangkok
Monday, May 03, 2004 6:21 PM

Greetings from Bangkok, Thailand... the teeming metropolis of 7.6 million people. Though I guess compared to some other Asian megalopolises, this isn't that big. Still... quite an exciting city with people everywhere - such energy to it.So

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I am a Microsoft Certified Professional now
Saturday, May 01, 2004 11:10 AM

Ah, forgot to mention this yesterday... I passed my exam! Quite happy about this as I felt that I wasn't totally prepared for the exam.The questions were much more difficult than I expected... there were a lot of questions where the choices differed

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