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Climategate [Climategate]

raymond — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:05:41 GMT

Google Distruption Strategy--Less Than Free [Google Distruption Strategy--Less Than Free]

raymond — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:55:17 GMT

Excellent blog post:

Google Redefines Disruption: The “Less Than Free” Business Model

"...Google will pay you to use their mobile OS. I like to call this the “less than free” business model. This is a remarkable card to play. Because of its dominance in search, Google has ad rates that blow away the competition. To compete at an equally “less than free” price point, Symbian or windows mobile would need to subsidize. Double ouch!! ..."

So, What is Microsoft's counter strategy?

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Rain Drops Keep Falling [Rain Drops Keep Falling]

raymond — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:48:51 GMT

Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the general release in the USA of Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid--get wet.

So it looks like Dallas and Seattle have the same weather.

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New Channel for Gamers--Channel 0 [New Channel for Gamers--Channel 0]

raymond — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:42:26 GMT

Attention Jeff:

Suggest that a new game channel be added, call it Channel 0, to your network.

These guys should be interviewed for the job:

raymond

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Seattle Theme Song [Seattle Theme Song ]

raymond — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 20:19:08 GMT

"The bluest skies you ever see are in Seattle and

the hills the greenest green in Seattle."

Really?

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Bring People Together: Project 2,996 [Bring People Together: Project 2,996]

raymond — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:40:14 GMT

"...9/11/09 will mark 8 years since the attacks of World Trade Center I and II, The Pentagon, Shanksville, American Airlines Flights 11 & 77, and United Airlines Flight 93 & 175.

On that day 2,996 people were ripped from their lives. But as the media and society tend to do, they have focused on the killers. We’ve all learned more about them than we wanted to. On that day many of us made a pledge to never forget what happened.

The bloggers listed below are trying to keep that promise by learning about the people who died that day. Use the list below to visit their sites and read about the people they have chosen to remember. ..."

Project 2,996

2009 Sign-Up

Project 2,996: Remembering Lt. Vincent Gerard Halloran

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Singer For 2010 Microsoft Launch Events--Voice of An Angel [Singer For 2010 Microsoft Launch Events--Voice of An Angel]

raymond — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:57:49 GMT

and for the theme song:

Great interview:

"My Heart Belongs To You"

Through the window of my soul
All the secrets that I hold
Will be yours to share for always, always

Like a whisper in the wind
A gentle breeze touches my skin

And I know youre with me always, always
I can feel it in the air
The fire that we share
Can only come from deep within
Its a light that burns so bright
It guides you through the night
And leads you to me
So find your way back and

Hold me, touch me
Let the love come rushing through me
Im yours with every breath I take
Forever and ever
Hold on to love
Cause deep down thats what were made of
Never let go for my hearts sake
Cause my heart belongs to you

I lie awake to hear you breathe
Only you can fill the need
That builds and burns so deep inside me, inside me

As the moon lights up the sky
Theres a thousand reasons why
That my heart will only beat for you

Youre the reason that I live
So now all Ive got to give
I give it to you
Just dont fight the feeling

Hold me, touch me
Let the love come rushing through me
Im yours with every breathe I take
Forever and ever
Hold on to love
Cause deep down thats what were made of
Never let go for my hearts sake
Cause my heart belongs to you

Dont give up but just give in
I will always be here waiting for you
Love will see us through

Hold me, touch me
Let the love come rushing through me
Im yours with every breathe I take
Forever and ever
Hold on to love
Cause deep down thats what were made of
Never let go for my hearts sake
Cause my heart belongs to you
My heart belongs to you
My heart belongs to you
My heart belongs to you
My heart belongs to youonly you

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Information Overload Syndrome (IOS) [Information Overload Syndrome (IOS)]

raymond — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:15:16 GMT

No, but generating it so much fun.

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Top Ten Tech Trends [Top Ten Tech Trends]

raymond — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:55:36 GMT

The Churchill Club's Top Ten Tech Trends

http://fora.tv/2009/05/20/The_Churchill_Clubs_Top_Ten_Tech_Trends#%20

Future Trend:

Laissez-faire capitalism will be unleased as the collectivist welfare states fail to deliver the goods and services.

Your number one tech trend?

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The Free-Market Case for Green [The Free-Market Case for Green]

raymond — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:27:56 GMT

An great interview with Dr. T. J. Rodgers about the investment alternatives for generating electricity.

"Washington's a black hole. You send money into it. It burns half your money. And then, after burning half your money, the other half comes back in the form of political pork-barrel. The loser's game is to send your sqealers to Washington to see if they can get a bigger piece of the pork than the other guys' squealers. I refuse to participate in it."

~T.J. Rodgers-- The American Enterprise (July-August 1997)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCjM2leF5F8

T. J. Rodgers

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._J._Rodgers

T. J. Rodgers--Libertarian

http://www.theadvocates.org/celebrities/tj-rodgers.html

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Bing A Hit [Bing A Hit]

raymond — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:02:45 GMT

Just tried Bing video and picture features.

Bing is a hit with me.

Typed in Impressionists and the videos I was looking for were on the first page.

Also, was looking for a specific photo for a blog post and got it!

Great execution.

Congratulations Bing Team!

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Living The American Dream and Defending The American Dream [Living The American Dream and Defending The American Dream]

raymond — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:37:22 GMT

Remember those who died defending the American Dream in the Normandy landings of World War II on June 6, 1944.

President Ronald Reagans Speech at Point-du-Hoc Normandy

FDR's D-Day Prayer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normandy_Landings

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Product Combo: Kindle + Tablet PC = Billfold or Bibliophilia [Product Combo: Kindle + Tablet PC = Billfold or Bibliophilia]

raymond — Fri, 29 May 2009 23:01:03 GMT

Combine a Kindle plus the Tablet PC into one product and call it the Billfold or Bibliophilia.

Imagine having an entire library of books in one lightweight computer.

Amazon Kindle

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Kindle

Tablet PC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tablet_PC

Anything in the works Microsoft?

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Stand By Me--Playing For Change [Stand By Me--Playing For Change]

raymond — Sun, 03 May 2009 21:00:36 GMT

For the kids:

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A Good Day [A Good Day]

raymond — Sun, 03 May 2009 19:11:09 GMT

Good Day

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Does MSNBC damage the Microsoft brand? [Does MSNBC damage the Microsoft brand? ]

raymond — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:53:24 GMT

Recently at a stockholders meeting Jeffrey R. Immelt, Chairman & CEO of General Electric was questioned about MSNBC:

Actually it was worse than that as the following three clips illustrate:

Looks like this year's Microsoft stockholders meeting might have some interesting questions.

MSNBC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSNBC

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C9 Songs [C9 Songs]

raymond — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:16:14 GMT

Five For Fighting--100 Years

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmoE8_U-JTw

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Future Microsoft Marketing Manager Review Ads [Future Microsoft Marketing Manager Review Ads]

raymond — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:56:18 GMT

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Tax Day Tea Party Map [Tax Day Tea Party Map]

raymond — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:56:44 GMT

Is there a tea party in your future?

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2010 Launch Event Theme & Song--Microsoft's Multimedia Rock & Roll Circus of Software [2010 Launch Event Theme & Song--Microsoft's Multimedia Rock & Roll Circus of Software]

raymond — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:12:32 GMT

Assuming a late fall launch of Window 7, .NET Framework 4.0, Visual Basic.NET and C# 4.0, ASP.NET 4.0,Visual Studio 2010 and Expression Studio 3.0 what should be the theme song?

How about The Rolling Stones "You Can't Always Get What You Want" released on the 1969 album, Let It Bleed:

Rolling Stones- Rock & Roll Circus 1968- Part5, 5 minutes and 7 second into the video:

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YouTube or Adobe Screwed Up? Looks Like Adobe! [YouTube or Adobe Screwed Up? Looks Like Adobe!]

raymond — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 18:53:10 GMT

Anybody getting this error message when they try to play a video on YouTube:

Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe's Flash Player. Get the latest Flash player.

Never had this problem before and JavaScript is turned on and the lastest Flash player is installed.

The Youtube videos work fine on my blog pages but not on YouTube page.

Seems this problem has happened before:

http://forums.techguy.org/multimedia/526305-hello-you-either-have-javascript.html

http://forums.techguy.org/multimedia/526305-hello-you-either-have-javascript-2.html

I downloaded directly from the Adobe site the lastest Flash player for those using Windows and Internet Explorer.

Still does not work.

Same problem on several different computers all using Windows and Internet Explorer.

Guess there is partial install for the download.

Everything worked fine the day before.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVJaJQCwtlY

Eh, what's up doc?

ZBB

Larry's rules of software engineering, Part 3: "Zero Defects" doesn't result in zero defects

http://blogs.msdn.com/larryosterman/archive/0001/01/01/238878.aspx

More of ZBB from ScoutGu's blog:

http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2004/10/23/246709.aspx

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Science Vs. The Socialist Ideology of Man-Made Global Warming [Science Vs. The Socialist Ideology of Man-Made Global Warming]

raymond — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:02:18 GMT

Professor Fred Singer who has written about unstoppable climate change has also spoken on the subject:

Professor Fred Singer on Climate Change Pt 1

Professor Fred Singer on Climate Change Pt 2

Coal Action Heats Up Capitol

Scenes from the "Climate Justice" Rally in D.C.

Peter Huber wrote the book The Bottomless Well: The Twilight of Fuel, the Virtue of Waste, and Why We Will Never Run Out of Energy.

I highly recommend it.

Huber in the Major Reductions in Carbon Emissions Are Not Worth the Money Debate nails it:

Climate Justice--let Congress freeze their buns off in the winter and sweat them off in the summer.

Turn all the electricity off in Washington D.C.--Shut It Off!

No electricity--no hot water!

Scentific Addendum: Henrik Svensmark on Global Warming

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The Coming Great Depression and Growth Market for Agricultural Software for Farmers? [The Coming Great Depression and Growth Market for Agricultural Software for Farmers?]

raymond — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 02:06:59 GMT

When Jim Rogers speaks people listen for opportunities.

Jim is very big on commodities, farming and Mandarin Chinese.

So, will Microsoft be moving its headquarters to Singapore soon?

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The Leader vs. The Reader: Rush Limbaugh Challenges President Barack Obama to An Open Debate [The Leader vs. The Reader: Rush Limbaugh Challenges President Barack Obama to An Open Debate ]

raymond — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:30:27 GMT

President Obama anointed Rush Limbaugh the leader of the Republican Party and told Republicans not to listen to Limbaugh on the stimulus bill.

Today Rush Limbaugh on his radio show challenged President Obama to an open debate on his radio show.

Rush will pay all of President Obama's travel, food and lodging expenses to travel to Palm Beach, Florida, so taxpayers would not pay a dime for the debate cost.

The debate would be on the radio, internet, and televised like all of Rush Limbaugh's three hour shows are.

No teleprompters allowed!

"...Learning nothing from history, the Obama crowd has now set up a breathtakingly stupid proposition: either Obama debates Rush one-on-one or he is, in the words of his own staff, paralyzed with fear. Now there's a message to send to al Qaeda. The President of the United States has no guts.

Amazing."

http://spectator.org/blog/2009/03/04/is-obama-scared-to-debate-rush

I doubt President Obama has the guts to debate Rush Limbaugh.

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Is their a bot in your life? [Is their a bot in your life?]

raymond — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 01:49:41 GMT

You bet there is.

Daniel Suarez - Daemon: Bot-Mediated Reality

http://fora.tv/2008/08/08/Daniel_Suarez_Daemon_Bot-Mediated_Reality

Very interesting video and book.

http://blog.longnow.org/2008/08/19/daniel-suarez-daemon-bot-mediated-reality/

UPDATE

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