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Monday, April 25, 2005 6:34 PM

Code Camp Oz - a HUGE success

Over the long weekend, the first Code Camp Oz was held. From what I can see on local mailing lists and blogs, it was a huge sucess. Unfortunatly, I was unable to attend, due to my recouperation following my recent surgery. Here's a quick roundup from
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Thursday, April 21, 2005 11:10 PM

64 ?

64 - the number of clips/staples removed from the cut on my tummy. I have photos but I won’t post.I'm home but i've been taking it easy.Back to regular blogging after ANZAC Day.
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Thursday, April 21, 2005 5:37 AM

Longhorn Networking team looking for feedback

I've got the following email from the longhorn team looking for some feedback..... I am trying to collect customer input on some networking features Microsoft is considering in Longhorn that I thought you might want to pass on to some of your blog
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Tuesday, April 19, 2005 4:18 PM

big news day

Two big news events this morning - I'm going home after my surgery and some guy got a new job in Rome.Woohoo! I'm going home. I'm going home.
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Tuesday, April 19, 2005 2:22 AM

Unexpected benefit of MSN Spaces

While I am in hospital, blogging will be reduced. Moira isn't letting me take my tablet with me. However, I will have my XDAII.What I will do is use the facilty of MSN Spaces, post via email and will detail my recover on my own MSN Space, with pictures!!
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Saturday, April 16, 2005 7:20 PM

surgery over

I had my surgery on Wednesday 13 of April. Moira took my XDAII away from me while I was under sedation and just returned it to me today. So, how am I feeling ? Buggerred. I'm hooked up to an iv drip at one end and a cathatar at the other. Surgery went
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Monday, April 11, 2005 6:00 AM

Post From DIARIST on my XDA II

i'm getting ready to be offline for the next 10 days due to my upcoming hospital visitI’ve installed an app by Kevin Daly which lets me post from my xda ii. I found it at http://kevdaly.aspxconnection.com/PocketBlogWriter.aspx .Feels like a simple app,
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Friday, April 08, 2005 5:10 AM

Is that another MSDN Flash already?

The new MSDN Flash has gone out this evening. I've posted it to the pirate archive, as usual. However, the formatting is weird. I put it down to the way Community Server handles certain tags. I read somewhere that it strips out certain evil html tags.
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Friday, April 08, 2005 4:43 AM

What about Tassie???

I got a comment posted by a Tassie based reader to my What About Canberra post A new comment has been posted to [postName]. Author: Anonymous [titleUrl] Sigh. Seems like all departments of Microsoft has forgotten that Tassie is still part of Australia.
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Thursday, April 07, 2005 2:19 AM

Imagine Cup Australian Finals

We're getting to the pointy end for our local Imagine Cup activities. Deeps writes about the next phase For those students taking part in the Imagine Cup this year here is some information on the Imagine Cup Australian Finals.  The Imagine Cup
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Wednesday, April 06, 2005 11:24 PM

Happy Birthday Channel 9

You arrived a year ago Happy Birthday little fellow! Jeff has some nice things to say about you So does Robert. Let's celebrate and watch some videos!!! [ Currently Playing : Inertiatic ESP - The Mars Volta - Triple J Hottest 100 Volume 11 Disc 2
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Sunday, April 03, 2005 11:16 PM

Can we go live with Visual Studio 2005 ?

I got the following email today from a reader: Hi Frank, We've initiated a large eCommerce project here at my organisation and we have decided to use Visual Studio .Net 2005 to develop the required web applications. We are planning for a July/August
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Sunday, April 03, 2005 8:24 PM

Some thoughts on my new blog home

I've had a good look around the new place and it has a lot of nifty features, such as blog search and moderation. It also seems to be lacking stuff that was pretty neat with .Text. Josh has put together a good summary For me, the things I find missing/different
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Sunday, April 03, 2005 12:45 AM

Elaine van Bergen joins the Aussie .NET Blogger list

Elaine van Bergen sent me a note asking to be added to the Aussie .NET Blogger list. I met Elaine at OBS, and I now read in her blog that she is moving to SDM. From one TLA to another one. Good luck with the new job laney. You are now the 84th member
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Sunday, April 03, 2005 12:22 AM

Microsoft Developer Show debuts on The Podcast Network

Dr Pete has his own show on The Podcast Network. I always thought Pete had a good head for radio. This also explains why his MSN Spaces blog has been pretty vacant recently. He is the host of the Microsoft Developer Show which is a new podcast launched
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Saturday, April 02, 2005 8:48 PM

Shiny.....

Looks like we moved to Community Server. Hmmmm Nice I'm going to play with the different skins over the next few days as I look for a new design. [ Currently Playing : Dirty Hearts - Dallas Crane - Triple J Hottest 100 Volume 12 Disc 1 (02:29)
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Friday, April 01, 2005 11:12 AM

What about Canberra??

I've had a few notes from folks, and seen some postings on blogs about the upcoming MSDN session in April not including Canberra. People are up in arms about the nation's capital being neglected. Well, here's the story directly from
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