Off to Minnesota

Heading to Minneapolis tomorrow for an overnight.  Time for the Xiotech Regional Magnitude User Group (MUG) meeting.  This will be the first one I’ve been to at Xiotech’s headquarters in Eden Prairie.  Going to be about 20 degrees colder than here in St. Louis.  You betcha!

Yapta to the rescue

Recently I signed up on a new web site called Yapta.  Yapta tracks airline ticket prices both before and after purchase.  If you thinking about going somewhere you can enter your trip information, and the site will keep track of the current price and alert you when the price drops.  If you have booked a …

Playing with Google Adsense

Thought I’d add some Google AdSense ads to my page just to play around with it.  I don’t plan to leave them up long term, but I was curious what kind of ads my posts will bring up.

TechEd 2008: One Becomes Two

Microsoft announced yesterday that TechEd 2008 will split into two events.  TechEd 2008 Developers will be held June 3-6, and TechEd 2008 IT Professionals will be held June 10-13.  Both events will be in Orlando as previously announced. Brian Marble posted the news over on Tech•Ed Rocks!  He had asked the question on the site last …

Christmas Music on XM

Hard to believe but XM has already turned on one of their holiday stations.  Holly, channel 103, is playing Kenny G’s Winter Wonderland as I type this.  I enjoy holiday music, but can’t it wait until Thanksgiving?