Flyover Country

So just as Don Box has something of a rockstar reputation outside of Microsoft, everyone I know inside the company acts in the same way when they’re around him.
I was at the MVP Summit last night representing my team when Don comes by. We immediately start clamoring for a photo op with him.
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…and bananas, safety razors, and occasionally small children. But only when I’m about to miss the bus.
On a serious note, have you ever tried running for the bus with a latte in one hand and your 20 pound messenger bag stuffed to the gills with books, notebooks, a laptop, iPod, GBA SP, and [...]

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I’m heading off to Vegas for the weekend on October 7th. I’ve never had the pleasure of visiting, so it should be an interesting time if nothing else. Good change of pace to be certain.
Mr. Rob Fierst was also kind enough to give me an incredible deal today on a leather sofa and [...]

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Kanye on White People: “Actually, I do not think that (white people) are allowed to use slang until it is at least a year old. If you say a slang word too early, it’s like you’re trying to be black. So as long as the slang is a little played out, you’re all good.”

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Jan Miksovsky is now blogging: Outlook’s IMAP driver…appears to have been left for dead in the jungle, where it was raised by apes.

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You come from parents wanton
A childhood rough and rotten
I come from wealth and beauty
Untouched by work or duty
Any band that asks their audiences to scream as if they’re being eaten by a giant whale during concerts deserves mad props.

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So, in case you haven’t heard yet, iTunes 5 kills brushed metal dead. Thank. Fucking. God. Of course, this means that I have to go back and figure out how to duplicate this for iRooster, which will be an abolute pain in the ass. Oh well.
My renouncement of brushed metal made a fairly [...]

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