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Zidane
I watched the final with friends at my place yesterday. I still can’t believe Zidane’s action. No matter what he was told, there was no excuse. He’s still, though, one of the best players around and it’s unfortunate that one of his worst moments (we all have some of those) happened at his last international game…
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Paul Watson visiting
Just picked up Paul from the airport. He’s visiting Microsoft for a week. It’s so great to have him around. Looking forward to hearing all about the Newcastle folks and discussing his latest adventures.
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Back online
Apologies to all for the SSDL, Jim‘s, and my websites/blogs downtime. Due to construction work going on at the building hosting our server, there was no electricity for few days. Unfortunately the warning message never reached us (my fault for not monitoring my University account often) so we couldn’t inform you. Hopefully, we are now back…
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Meeting Robert Anderson
It was really nice talking to Robert last week. I’ve been aware of Digipede since my UK e-Science days. Great stuff!
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An update on my lifestyle change efforts
As I have already mentioned, I started a long-term effort to loose weight and get fit. I think I’ve been doing great so far on both aspects. I have already lost ~25 lbs over the last 56 weeks and last week I run 5.1 miles in 46 mins. I am still far away from my target…
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REST and the Robotics Application Model
Mark Nottingham highlights the use of the term ‘REST’ by the Microsoft robotics folks. I also think that there is a suggestion in Mark‘s post about Windows Communication Foundation (WCF, used to be known as Indigo) not necessarily being a good fit for RESTful applications. As I have said many times in the past, Web Services is a suite of…
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Bill Gates is going part-time
I guess the news that Bill Gates will be transitioning to a part-time job in two years is going to be huge around the world. Hmm… is there an opportunity there? Shall I apply for the job? 🙂 Love him or hate him, this is a big milestone for Microsoft. Let’s see how the world of technology…
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More great Mac adverts
They are excellent 🙂
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“The Evolution of Dance”
Very funny 🙂
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World Cup in HD
That’s the way to watch football!!! My trips for a weekend of windsurfing at the Hood River were cancelled at the very last minute due to luck of wind, so I was able to watch the Paraguay vs England World Cup 2006 game on ABC and in High Definition (boring game but well done to…