Chilly Morning

TechEd Day 3 is off to a chilly start. Not outside… in the CommNet area. Headed up here to read mail and hit some web sites, and it is like walking into a meat locker. Of course being in shorts and short-sleeves may have something to do with that too. I’m going to one of …

Good Swag Hunting

The hunt for swag continued for a second day: IT Hero tropical shirt from Microsoft at the TechEd/MCP/MCT party TechNet “Blueprint” t-shirt from Microsoft, also at the TechEd party Black “hack My Network & Die” t-shirt from Sunbelt Software Stress Reliever Rhino from NetIQ Free copies of MOM 2005 Express and SMS 2003 from Microsoft …

TechEd Swag Tally

Here’s the swag I accumulated by the end of Day 1: Travel Game Kit from Microsoft and NetIQ. This is a nice case that opens to reveal chess, checkers, backgammon, cribbage, poker dice, and two decks of cards. The backgammon and chess/checkers boards are the inside covers of the case. This would have been handy …

Tech Ed Day 1

I meant to blog yesterday, but never seemed to have time between sessions and trying to handle work e-mail. Day 1 went pretty well. To start with, the food is much better this year than it was in Dallas. I thought lunch was especially good, although the logistics make you feel like cattle being herded …