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Disclaimer: Do not try this at home. Really, don’t. Yesterday a new record was set by B.A.S.E. Jumping from the world’s largest building in Dubai. Now, read the previous sentence carefully again (and read the link to B.A.S.E. Jumping too if you don’t know what it is) and try to find the thing that I...
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The last few days my colleagues and I have been making fun of the new Heineken commercial with the walkin' fridge . While I was driving home from work it suddenly struck me that it just might have a little more value than one might expect from a commercial. The dudes that made the commercial probably...
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Per hoge uitzondering een post in het nederlands. Martijn Hazebroek en ik zijn vanmorgen geslaagd met een 9. De school vond het project goed uitgevoerd en we werden geprezen om onze aanpak. Kortom, tijd voor gebak en een feestje :D
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Pfew, the last schooldays are almost over. Monday I will be presenting the project I worked on together with Martijn at school and hope for the best. We worked really hard on our asp.net based portal project and I personally think it looks great and offers some pretty good functionality. For those who...
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What a job! Apparently Microsoft is willing to pay[1] people for changing content in the Wikipedia[2]. This could drive Wouter[3] into raising some serious bucks... [1] Get paid to contribute to Wikipedia [2] Wikipedia [3] Wouter
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Yesterday when I read Rory's[1] blog and Jason's[2] blog I wondered how long it would take me to get tagged. Tagging is chainmail pressure to reveal 5 private things in your blog that you shouldn't talk about, nobody wants to know about and are just bandwidth eaters. Today I found myself tagged by Eric...
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I just have to admire the effort they took to promote Visual Studio 2005. I really like #144, #156 and #195 videos. Link to Visual Studio 400 Differences
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Today two important messages reached me, both connected to China. I know my blog is being read all over the world: Even in China. However Amnesty International has started a petition to support freedom of speech (blog) because in some countries it is not allowed to speak or write your mind. To sign the...
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Today I decided to get a personal blog[1] up that will shadowcopy my work blog[2] and where I will add more personal bits. I installed Movable Type[3] as a blogging engine because Community Server uses Microsoft SQL Server and my provider charges too much for just being able to run Community Server....
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What would the world be like if Marketing picture were real? Microsoft employees take the lead.[1] [1] Marketing Pics...Where Do They Get This Stuff!?
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I really like this tool[1]. Still have to check how pictures will end up but the WYSIWYG is awesome! When using .Text enter Custom (MetaWeblog API) for the weblog type and http://[site]/services/metablogapi.aspx for the url. Although I dislike the MSN Internet Explorer toolbar (it slows down IE considerably...
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It's completely off topic but this is a must see, hear, read, experience that no geek can afford to miss: Rory, David and Jason are hilarious. Hurry, so you get up-to-date before they release the next episode. Make sure that you understand what all geeky colleagues are talking about near the coffee machine...
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I was zipping a huge file when I saw this: My progress bars are getting more and more precise!
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Here's a blog post I ran into: Hello all, It has been a very long time since I've posted my first entry in this blog, but finally I am back, and I'll begin writing many articles < > starting from this week. Please stay tight and visit the blog frequently Thanks! Now, isn't this funny (especially...
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Joel writes a great story about Bill Gates[1] and confirms my impression of Bill as a 'real, real programmer' [1] My First BillG Review