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This Just In: Microsoft Fails to Get the Macintosh – or just good installation practices…

Just got notified that there’s a Silverlight update for the Mac. OK, I’ll update, what’s the… Wow. The instructions are so dense with unnecessary text, and eventually tell you to first uninstall any previous version, which necessitates removing half-a-dozen files … Continue reading

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The PowerPoint Team Blog…

Well, everything old is new again. Today the Microsoft PowerPoint Team Blog did me the honor of pointing out one of my posts from earlier this year, The Blur Trick, with an invitation to write more later. I had the … Continue reading

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Imported My “Space”

For a short period of time I had a small blog on Microsoft Spaces. Unfortunately Spaces will be going away. But Microsoft and WordPress worked out a deal where the archive of the old Spaces posts can be moved to … Continue reading

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The Garr Box…

To be honest, I’m having a little trouble getting to the point where I write every day. But I’m lucky, I have inspiring friends who help me get past this without even trying.  Today is Garr Reynold’s turn. It’s Wednesday … Continue reading

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Why does this appeal to me so?

There’s something magic about retro tech. Continue reading

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An ending leads.

Forgive me if you’ve heard this one before: I honestly never meant to stay this long. Continue reading

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Forbidden

Friday night was the right time to go and see Forbidden Broadway, a parody review of all the current Broadway shows.

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Mary

We saw Mary Poppins. Much better than I ever hoped it would be.

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MoMA

Today is for art.

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Curtains

Good seats (6th row center) for David Hyde Pierce in Curtains. Everyone enjoyed the show!

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Museum of Natural History

Doing the museum today.

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Wireless

Movie. Sounds more exciting than it actually is.  Just noticed that MSN Spaces added support for video since the last time I used it.  Wanted to see how it worked.      

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Spider-Man

Looks like we got here a bit too early for the celebration…

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Subway

We love the subway.  We can totally understand why so many people sleep here.    

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Forbidden

Forbidden Planet.  Nerd Nervana…

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Chinatown

Spent the morning shopping in Chinatown.  If I had a dollar for every time someone whispered "want to buy a purse" or "want nice watch" I’d have around $214 dollars.  Thanks, but I already have three broken "Rolex" at home. 

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RENT

Justin’s favorite musical. Not bad seats for last minute TKTS buys.

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Pizza

John’s used to be a church (note the stained glass…) dinner before the show, Rent tonight, Justin’s choice for both!

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Toys

Inside the Toys R Us on Times Square…

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Manhattan Mall

Lunch at the Manhattan Mall.

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