TechEd 2011 NA: Academic discount won’t be offered

The academic discount for Microsoft TechEd registration has been an on-again, off-again thing the last few years. Unfortunately, it is back to being off-again. Microsoft is citing public sector gifting guidelines as the reason for discontinuing the special pricing for academic faculty and staff. Discounted pricing is still available for students. More about that later. While …

It’s only Twitter

What is it about Twitter that makes some people think that they can say things that are obviously intended to provoke a response, but when they get that response, they dismiss those who respond? With the new Harry Potter movie out this weekend, some people were apparently upset that others were posting spoilers from the …

A Visit to Wehrenberg’s Five Star Lounge

The latest trend by theater chains is to add ultra-luxe theaters to their offerings with reduced but upgraded seating, expanded food and beverage options, and personal attention… at an ultra-luxe price of course. That trend has finally arrived in St. Louis, and last night, Kristin and I were among the first to see what all …

Vintage Blog Posts

While removing a web site from my hosted server, I came across an archive of my old blog back from when we were building our house. I always intended to go back and restore those pages, but never did. It has now been ten years though, and in light of that anniversary, I’ve started to …