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Bribing Bloggers (link to Joel)

Apparently Microsoft tried to give Joel a free Vista laptop. He has written about why it would be wrong to accept. Technology journalists receive free products to review every day; as long as no implied stings are attached I believe Microsoft … Continue reading

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42″ Plasma TVs are <$800

This is a public service announcement  Tonight I was supposed to see Watts Humphrey speak, but Atlanta traffic put a stop to that! While killing time for rush hour to die down I wandered around a Best Buy and was amazed to see … Continue reading

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Is blogging software a commodity?

You know the saying, concentrate on your core business and leverage commodity software wherever possible. Well 2007 is almost here, and it is probably time to stop maintaining my own blog software when there are so many easy to use services … Continue reading

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Time wasting humour: Bad programmer diseases

It seems many people have not run across these posts yet, I particularly loved this one: 4. RealEstateStockMarketitis: Usually occurs in patients around the age of 25 with about 3-4 years of post college experience. The sudden rush of a … Continue reading

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Looking for Podcasts?

On this week’s Gillmor Gang, Adam Curry mentioned this link: IT Conversations had a good interview with Adam last week. For those that grew up in a cave (or Europe like me) and don’t know who Adam Curry is – … Continue reading

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Backup your Blogs

Probably everyone already does this, but if not it is incredibly easy to create a DTS package that will do a nightly backup of your blog. The only semi-tricky part is realizing you have to start the Windows Service SQLSERVERAGENT. … Continue reading

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