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Effects of jet lag
Saturday, July 31, 2004 5:05 PM

6 pm - take a nap1 am - wake up from "nap."There goes my Saturday night...

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House of Flying Daggers
Saturday, July 31, 2004 9:42 AM

I've been slowed down a bit by jet lag, more updates next week.For now, I'll just say, you must see "The House of Flying Daggers."Zhang Ziyi is #1.

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Home.
Monday, July 26, 2004 11:41 PM

(Written 3 days ago)--It’s funny… I had so many plans for when I came home to Florida. Get away from work, rest, recharge, visit old friends, and really sit down and write about where my life is right now. There’s that saying, “You can never

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Eating in the dark
Friday, July 23, 2004 1:40 PM

Bizarre dining experience. "Newly-opened this month, and the first of its sort in Paris, the Dans Le Noir (In The Dark) restaurant has seven blind people waitering on 55 diners in total darkness."

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What will Microsoft do with its 56 billion dollar cash hoard?
Tuesday, July 20, 2004 10:45 PM

Big news regarding Microsoft's finances.The software giant’s plan includes buying back $30 billion in stock over four years, a one-time dividend of $3 a share and doubling its regular dividend.

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Straits Times and their bad advice
Sunday, July 18, 2004 6:41 PM

A little break from the MGB sessions... some free time to blog and catch up on what is happening in the world.I was reading the Straits Times and saw this ridiculous piece of advice in regards to how girls can deal with other mean girls at their school:"Always

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More Microsoft Global Briefing
Saturday, July 17, 2004 10:22 PM

Al right, so here I am at the Microsoft Global Briefing 2004. And man, am I tired… it has been some long days for me, and I haven’t even really been going out at night! I think each night I’ve slept around 3 or 4 hours… the jet lag is really

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Waiting for the flight
Tuesday, July 13, 2004 3:07 AM

I'm here at Changi airport, waiting for my flight. Really thinking about just how much time I'm going to be spending in transit. 18.5 hours for this first flight, 2 hour layover, and then about another 2 hours to fly down to Atlanta, Georgia

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Microsoft Global Briefing
Monday, July 12, 2004 3:54 PM

First – I know I owe a few of you some e-mail (Bernard and Minh J); I’ll be responding soon, probably get a chance to write while I’m on the plane on the way to the US. -- So it’s finally time for me to hit the skies again… due to various

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Microsoft blog portal launched
Saturday, July 10, 2004 9:34 AM

Just launched - the Microsoft Community Blogs portal. Finally a good, comprehensive listing of Microsoft employees with blogs. If you're a MS employee, go register your blog today!Also launched on the community portal - a listing of Microsoft

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What not to say to a girl at a bar
Wednesday, July 07, 2004 7:13 PM

Tonight we went out to celebrate a colleague's (Caroline) birthday. Went to Post Bar at the Fullerton and then to Bar None at the Marriott.At Bar None we were all having fun... dancing, having drinks, and just hanging out... Matty was having a grand

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Software Design Invitational Winners
Tuesday, July 06, 2004 1:45 PM

Just announced literally 2 minutes ago (got info from a friend on IM in Brazil at the keynote).Winners:5th: Belgium4th South Africa3rd: Greece2nd: Russia1st: FranceRendering:1st place - ChinaShort Film:1st place - RomaniaMy comments to come later.

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Fun news for the day
Monday, July 05, 2004 7:47 AM

It's Monday. Let's take a break and laugh.A couple humorous yet true happenings:"Man marries dog for luck - then dies"Good use for Spam messages (via Scoble's blog)

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China and the "Hero" of SARS
Monday, July 05, 2004 4:34 AM

Washington Post has an interesting article about China and the doctor who exposed the coverup of the SARS epidemic.Excerpt:"Chinese military and security officials are forcing the elderly physician who exposed the government's coverup of the SARS epidemic

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July 4
Sunday, July 04, 2004 2:40 PM

Happy 4th of July to all the Americans and those in the US.It's funny, I totally forgot about the holiday until a Singaporean friend SMS'd me and wished me a happy independence day earlier this evening. That's when I realized, "Oh! This is

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Imagine Cup Webcasts
Sunday, July 04, 2004 3:40 AM

You all probably are seeing the banner ads, but just in case you ignore banner ads, you should go check out the webcasts from the Imagine Cup in Brazil.I'm glad to see that India, Taiwan, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, and the other Asian teams made it

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Spiderman dances
Saturday, July 03, 2004 5:49 PM

I find this kind of amusing.I remember back in 1996 or so animated GIF's were really popular. I don't see them being used as much anymore.

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I-Diners Malaysia team with Bill Gates
Friday, July 02, 2004 5:51 AM

First picture of the Malaysia Imagine Cup team - University Sains Malaysia I-Diners - on stage with Bill Gates during Innovation Day in Putrajaya, Malaysia. That's See Mun, Wai Keng, and Su Ling from the student team. They were part of Colin

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