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Man vs. Food on this particular fast food delight…

Well I haven’t geeked out on D&D in a while, but here’s a cool Surface proof of concept from Carnegie Mellon.

The mouse. How the mouse has changed the course of computing. Check out the video to see  multi-touch implemented across a variety of devices and applications.

I’ve always loved photography. However, I’ve never been a good photographer. Typically, if I have a camera, the photo opportunity never arrives, and when I don’t, the “perfect” sunset appears. Photography is like any other skill/art. Lots of wood shedding and hopefully more than a modicum of talent! I’ll paraphrase another quote “Great photography is like art…you know it when you see it” and the “coffee table” book or its online equivalent Photographers@Microsoft 2009 does not disappoint. Here’s a preview.

If you can combine great photography AND charitable giving I think they’ve got a real winner to raise charitable donations. The book has 157 photos chosen from over 900 submitted. The book is available at blurb.com for both Microsoftees and the public.

Here’s a few pictures that are posted on Ina Fried’s blog on news.com.

I love Win7 but I’m not so sure I would throw a party . Seriously, the video is hilarious!

Microsoft Pri0 | Microsoft employees throw Windows 7 parties, and friends show up | Seattle Times Newspaper

When I was an account manager several years ago, Knight Ridder was one of my accounts. At the time, the KR papers were desperately struggling with their advertising revenues and they eventually were acquired by McClatchey. We’ve seen many magazines go the way of the dodo bird, but this has also included one of the original cooking magazines “Gourmet”. Conde Nast Saved “Bon Appetite” thankfully. However here’s a chart of a comparison of losses over an 8 month period y/y. Yikes…

I transparency and dislike hidden agendas. Well in case you didn’t read, watch or hear about this over the past couple of days, the FTC is requiring bloggers to disclose freebies etc. I’m not quite sure how they are going to enforce this given the sheer numbers of blogs out in the wild.

I’ve attached the document in all of it’s mind-numbing 81 pages – just click the folder to my skydrive.

It was a great weekend spent at WordCamPDX in Portland’s a great town.  

I like Portland more than Seattle.  It’s got a very cool food cart culture…Jason Mauer the local Microsoft Developer Evangelist introduced me to Wiffies Fried Pies. Wiffies offers a wide range of pies, from BBQ Brisket to Peanut Butter and Chocolate Chip. I had some really good Belgian Fries too.  I certainly had my fried food quota for the month!

Matt Mullenweg during the Q&A session

Picture of the group at the beginning of Saturday’s sessions

Jason Mauer’s Talk Like A Pirate – Windows Live Writer Demo

Wiffie’s BBQ Brisket…

Belgian Fries!

I just heard that Les Paul has passed away.  He made so many contributions to music with multi-track recording and the inventor of the Gibson Les Paul.  Rock and Roll would not be the same without him.  Les Paul won two Grammys for an album he released in his 90’s in February 2006 “Les Paul & Friends: American Made, World Played”. RIP in Les Paul and thanks for all you have done for Music.

Guitar legend Les Paul has died at 94 – Music- msnbc.com

It’s been a while since I posted something humorous.  I saw this picture (AP Nati Harnik) of Erich Schmidt holding what appears to be Blackberry device…It’s one thing to to see the rank and file folks carrying various devices, but your CEO? Why doesn’t he eat his own dog food? Especially at the swanky media summit held in Sun Valley, Idaho by the investment bank Allen & Co. Luminaries attending include Bill Gates, LeBron James, Rupert Murdoch and more. Here’s the link to the article. Enquiring minds want to know! Comments anyone?