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more ...Darn it. My designated "airplane read" for the PDC was John Sandford's "Rules of Prey." Unfortunately, it's proved too good and I'm now halfway through it, which means that I'll polish it off by the time my flight is halfway to LA. The next 2 books in my queue are …
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There's been a deafening silence regarding ink support in Office 12, leading me to suspect that Tom Clarkson's ink in Excel, Loren Heiny's ink in Word, and Josh Einstein's Outlook support may prove a great success for years to come. Perhaps they'll band together to create a virtual ink "suite …
more ...Although I know that the first priority still has to be aid, I'm having a hard time keeping the bile down at the government response. Any disaster will involve chaos and bungled plans, but concentrating on preparations for civil emergencies, including the possibility of evacuating a major city, is supposed …
more ...Given the sudden spontaneous emergence of "Gee, this doesn't have anything to do with anything, but have you thought about how helpful query statements are?" posts going around, I think Friday, September 16 1:00 PM- 2:30 PM Room: 152/153 (Hall F) is going to be the most …
more ...After an initial sweep to clear the spam and no-further-reading-required blog posts, I've got 92 emails in my Inbox and 193 posts in my RSS folder after ten days on the road. Getting to zero email bounce (ZEB) looks to be a lot easier since the next action on individual …
more ...Just in (to Hawaii) from the East Coast. In the past few years, my left knee has become excruciating on long flights from fluid accumulating due to a combination of long periods of sitting erect and (perhaps) lower air pressure. Yesterday, I wrapped my knee in an ace bandage (not …
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