Conference in Seattle

I’ve been in Seattle since Sunday to attend the Windows HiEd Conference.  Sponsored by Microsoft and the Windows in Higher Education community, the conference was at the Microsoft Conference Center in Redmond with ~100 attendees from various universities.  There was a mix of presentations by both Microsoft people as well as higher education folks.  Today was …

Canada Loves eBay

I had three eBay auctions that closed yesterday. They were for a digital camera (replaced my Canon SD300 with a SD1000), a Titanic DVD (replaced the old version with the new deluxe edition), and a Delphi SkyFi XM Radio Car Kit.  All three were won by people in Canada including someone all the way up in …

Photos for Collen’s Ornaments

While decorating the Christmas tree last weekend, Kristin noticed that all of the dog photo frame ornaments from Hallmark still had the generic picture that come with the ornaments. Turns out we never put any photos of Collen in them. So this morning I spent the last hour picking out photos and trying to print them …

Happy Thanksgiving!

What great combination… Thanksgiving and Packers football!  We’re getting ready to watch the Packers take care of the Lions, and after the game is over, time to chow down.  Turkey, ham, dressing, potatoes, and more.  Overdoing it a bit for just three people, but isn’t that what Thanksgiving is all about? Well, that and giving …

Viridian gets a name

Ben Armstrong, a program manager for virtualization, mentions on his blog that Microsoft announced the official product name of their virtualization technology at TechEd in Barcelona.  Shipping within 6 months of the release of Windows Server 2008 and formerly code-named Viridian, the product will have an official name of… Hyper-V. Huh? Microsoft often comes up with some really poor …