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June 2004 - Posts

Surfer Barbie
Wednesday, June 30, 2004 11:59 PM
Not that I play with Barbie or have that much opinion on these dolls, but the new direction they're taking with Barbie is no good!"Barbie now has a new man in her life, a well-toned surfer dude called Blaine, who is helping her to get over her break-up
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Visual Studio 2005 Express and the Bill Gates chain e-mail
Wednesday, June 30, 2004 2:59 AM
Fresh news - Visual Studio 2005 Express has been announced!  These Express packages are aimed at the student and hobbyist developers.  SQL Server 2005 Express has also been announced, and I believe it is FREE.These two products should be pretty
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Scoble blogs about Imagine Cup
Tuesday, June 29, 2004 6:25 AM
Cool - one of Microsoft's most popular evangelists has blogged about the Imagine Cup.  Guess we can look forward to a video interview of Morris, Mario, and others who are the organizers for Imagine Cup!I wish I were going to Brazil.
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MS plans big for .NET in India and my own note of food poisoning
Tuesday, June 29, 2004 2:50 AM
The India Times had a brief article today talking about Microsoft and how they are really encouraging Indian software developers to move to .NET.  Dilip Mistry, the director for Developer & Platform Evangelism in India, was the source for the
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Steak!
Monday, June 28, 2004 11:30 AM
I am going to eat a big, fat, juicy, delectable steak tonight - cooked rare (of course)!The thought of it makes me incredibly happy.Shall I get a ribeye, t-bone, porterhouse, prime rib, or what?Choices, choices... and then the sides that will accompany
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EU Suspends Microsoft Sanctions
Monday, June 28, 2004 2:26 AM
Good news for Microsoft!The European Commission has suspended sanctions against Microsoft as long as the case is in European courts.The EU wanted the following sanctions:"The Commission gave Microsoft 90 days to separate Windows Media Player, which plays
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First Korean in the NBA
Saturday, June 26, 2004 1:47 PM
From the Straits Times article:"Towering Ha Seung Jin (above) became the first South Korean to be drafted in the National Basketball Association as the Portland Trail Blazers selected the 19-year-old with the 46th pick in New York on Thursday."It's exciting
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US Comdex cancelled for 2004
Friday, June 25, 2004 2:41 AM
Comdex in Las Vegas has been cancelled for this year.Well, that's too bad - with the IT industry on the upswing, it's always good to have a mainstay like Comdex happening.  The organizers are planning on having Comdex in 2005 in some newer format
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Hotmail offers 250 MB of storage
Thursday, June 24, 2004 5:17 AM
Finally, Microsoft is jumping back into the free e-mail game!"Microsoft Boosts Storage Capacity in E-Mail War"Hotmail is now offering 250 MB of free storage and the ability to send 10 MB attachments!"Microsoft will now boost storage to 250 megabytes for
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Microsoft patents human body as power transmitter
Thursday, June 24, 2004 3:07 AM
Microsoft patents human body as power transmitter "Microsoft has been granted a patent on using the human body as conductive medium for the transmission of power and data. According to the filing, the company believes it can network power-sources and
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Not the best of culinary experiences
Tuesday, June 22, 2004 11:28 AM
Hmm... I thought it was an all-time low when I ate butter for dinner once.  But no, I've managed to find an even more desperate way to relieve my hunger!  I didn't eat much today, and I'm meeting a friend for dinner later, but in the mean time
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Random pictures and a new team member
Monday, June 21, 2004 3:30 PM
Well, hey, it’s Monday – let’s start the week with a few random pictures from the past month.  A few small scenes.   First – we should welcome the newest member of the Asia Pacific Regional Developer & Platform Evangelism Team (is that
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The power of a home desktop
Thursday, June 17, 2004 4:54 PM
This amazing rendering demonstration was made on an Athlon 1.4 Ghz computer.  It really is impressive:"A troubled young woman finds an unexpected surprise in this highly emotional and beautiful tale."When I run across things like this, it really
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Our Full House Beats Your Two Pair
Wednesday, June 16, 2004 9:15 AM
Congratulations to the Detroit Pistons for beating the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA Finals!The better team won.
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Racism in Singapore
Tuesday, June 15, 2004 8:06 PM
All right, apparently it's another night of insomnia as it's 4 AM and I can't sleep.I've been browsing around blogs, and went to one of my regular readings - the almost daily grind.She has quite an entry regarding race in Singapore.I can't believe she
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Microsoft India is the most popular company for graduating IIT students
Tuesday, June 15, 2004 6:18 PM
From the India Times article:"According to the findings of ‘Campus Track’ – a study conducted by market research agency AC Nielsen ORG-MARG, Microsoft Corporation India is the most preferred company on the top campuses this year. The study was
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Increasing support for developers in Asia
Monday, June 14, 2004 3:26 AM
My group director, Colin Png, is in the news today talking about MSDN Connection and how it will provide a personalized experience for developers in Asia.  CMPNetAsia talks about the program.--"According to Colin Png, Microsoft’s regional director
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Vietnam restrictions
Sunday, June 13, 2004 6:02 AM
From the Straits Times: "THE authorities in Vietnam have begun a crackdown on Internet traffic. Under new rules, owners of Internet cafes in the communist-led country can be fined or jailed for allowing customers to send or download what is described
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Microsoft Taiwan's new Academic Developer Evangelist
Friday, June 11, 2004 12:12 PM
A big welcome to the newest member of the Developer & Platform Evangelism team in Taiwan... Ching Chen!  A Masters graduate from National Tsing Hua University and a participant in Imagine Cup 2003!  (Her team won 2nd place at the Asia Regional
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Reagan and the American Dream
Thursday, June 10, 2004 8:34 AM
"The longest and most dramatic journey was that of Dutch Reagan. He came from a bleak childhood in small towns in the Midwest all the way to Lincoln's pine-board catafalque in the Rotunda of the United States Capitol. "He encompassed what it is to be
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Patents and Open Source
Wednesday, June 09, 2004 8:03 AM
Chris Pratley, group program manager for the OneNote and Information Worker team at Microsoft, had an interesting blog entry on the patent system and also a small discussion of open source.Definitely worth a read.  His view of the patent system is
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Professional marketer?
Tuesday, June 08, 2004 2:07 PM
The director of Windows Longhorn Evangelism, Lenn Pryor, has written an interesting blog entry about being a professional marketer and how he got there.Incidentally, Lenn is Robert Scoble's manager.  I found the entry through Scoble's blog.
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A few links from Sunday
Tuesday, June 08, 2004 8:23 AM
Welcome to the new week.  Let's hope it will be as full of excitement as the last.I collected a few links this past Sunday to some stories I found interesting.Of course, one of the stories that really reached out... the death of Ronald Reagan.The
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Olympic Hopefuls
Saturday, June 05, 2004 8:09 PM
Good morning / evening to you... it's a lovely 4 am in Singapore after a very good Saturday night out with friends.This is a pure advertising blog entry - about a band I just learned of from a friend of mine (Patrick Niemeyer - who learned about this
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What a French child thinks of the US
Friday, June 04, 2004 7:40 AM
From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer:"Thibault Mear's colorful drawing reflects what many French children picture when they think of America: fast food and fat people. (February 29, 2004)"
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Bush strikes a pose
Friday, June 04, 2004 5:40 AM
Picture from the Straits Times - when Bush was giving a speech at the Air Force AcademyI'll leave the comments to you all.
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Good morning
Thursday, June 03, 2004 2:03 AM
Even though I didn't sleep much last night, this is going to be a good day.Wouldn't it be nice to start every day with good news upon awakening?I would share the news, but my iron is burning my pants, so I need to attend to that...
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I can't sleep
Wednesday, June 02, 2004 8:27 PM
It's another night of sleeplessnes... but a good sleeplessness, one of those nights where you lie awake thinking about what is coming head - because you're excited, about opportunities or some big change or meeting someone special... not like the nervousness
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Yo banana boy!
Wednesday, June 02, 2004 10:40 AM
Can anyone tell me why the phrase, "Yo Banana Boy!" is special?My friend Leslie Yeh came up with it.  Quite creative I think.It's 2:19 AM and I'm in the office.  And what am I doing?  Thinking about things like, "Yo banana boy."*Szesiong
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Affirmative Action?
Tuesday, June 01, 2004 4:50 AM
The US isn't the only country with affirmative action relating to university admissions.Malaysia is switching from race-based quotas to a meritocracy-based admissions process.Of course, there's controversy.
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