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This weekend I took the plunge, literally, and participated in my first sprint triathlon here in Minneapolis. I won't say it was pretty, or that I did excellent, but I feel pretty good about my effort and the results. Mostly I was hoping to just finish, but I did have the goal of being done in under...
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Well, like I mentioned back in January , one of my major personal goals for this year has been to complete my first marathon. I started training back in December and followed Hal Hidgon's novice training program . I only missed a few runs here and there but was able to stay pretty consistent throughout...
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My wife and I did the annual Ogden Valley triathlon over the weekend... This was the pic just before the race. I was a swimmer growing up so that was the easiest part for me personally. I was in about 6th or 7th place (in my age group) coming out of the water, and from that point on it was pretty depressing...
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I leave for Redmond tonight and will be on the Microsoft campus through Friday attending some meetings with the Connected Systems Division (at the MS conference center). In fact, a bunch of us from Pluralsight will around campus this week including Keith , Fritz , Jon Flanders , Matt Milner , Brian Randall...
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I've been busy. One of my craziest summers ever. Now that it's winding down, the kids are back in school, and I'm finding comfort in the routine, I figured it was time for an update. My summer was full of outdoor activities, sporting events, family projects and a big family reunion (in Island Park near...
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My little girl (#5) was born about ten days ago and my life has changed significantly since then. When I tell people I already have four children, they say "oh, nothing to worry about then…you're a seasoned pro!" I think I even started to convince myself of that as well. You'd think I've learned my lesson...
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Our newest addition , Emma Teresa, arrived last Thursday without complications thankfully. She's a beautiful little girl who keeps bringing smiles to our faces. We want to thank everyone who has reached out for your support and concern -- it means a lot to us.
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I received a fed-ex package of 6 shiny new books today! With a box of 18 more coming that I will bring to TechEd Barcelona next week. I'm very pleased with the size, print, and appearance of the final book - kudos to Addison Wesley. I have to say, there's nothing quite like holding the final copy of...
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I'm a little late to the iPod game so this may be old news to some of you… I finally decided it was worth figuring out how to play videos from my iPod on a TV. This will be especially nice for hotel rooms. Here's how you do it . You probably already have the necessary cable lying around like I did. I...
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I recently had an experience that really made me appreciate the quickly evolving technologies that surround us more and more. I was listening to Morning Edition on NPR ( streaming online , of course) and they had a story on a classical improvisational pianist, Gabriela Montero . I had recently subscribed...
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Speaking of new family additions , another one that I'm excited about is my new MacBook Pro . I've been a loyal IBM Thinkpad user for years, but frankly, I was getting bored. I don't really have any Thinkpad complaints other than it's not very exciting to buy one anymore, if you know what I mean. I started...
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So after years of using an Archos Jukebox to listen to my music collection on the go (I had actually ripped out the 20Gig drive that came with it and replaced it with a 60Gig laptop drive to fit it all), it finally died and wouldn't boot up anymore. I did manage to save the hard drive though, which is...
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I'm happy to announce that Microsoft has renewed my MVP status for 2006! I think it's a great incentive for Microsoft to run this program, and I'm honored to be chosen again. Maybe this year I'll finally make it to the MVP summit, which I've heard great things about.
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Our first major snowstorm of the season hit early this year - we have 17" of snow here in Southern Maine! I can't tell you how hard it is to get work done with a foot and a half of powder calling to you...
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