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Byron P HynesByron's ramblings about security, infrastructure, messaging, and things that appeal to my odd sense of humo(u)r. 3/5/2009 Wow, customers read this?I met with acustomer today, in Mexico City, who told me that he expected my blog to be updated to show their country. After I got over the shock of realizing that my *customers* found this blog -- that I hadn't updated in two years -- i assured him it would be done promptly.
Accordingly, here it is:
visited 25 states (11.1%) Create your own visited map of The World or Best time to visit Śródmieście 9/26/2006 My travels...I updated my travel map after I got back from TechEd Australia and TechEd New Zealand:
create your own visited countries map 9/22/2006 Wow. I am so clearly not a blogger.The difference between "bloggers" and the rest of us... When life gets really, really busy, a blogger writes MORE. So, clearly, I am not a blogger.
I've felt bad about not updating the blog and keeping my two loyal readers informed, so I promise to make it up to you, somehow :)
Today is Andreas's one month birthday. We'd should have cake or something, but maybe we'll wait until he can actually eat it.
Here's what he looked like last weekend:
Darrian has started full-day kindergarten, and here's what he looks like:
Cool, huh?
Well, now that I've avoided actually working on "the book" for another 3 minutes, I should go and do that... or find some other distraction. 4/25/2006 New stuff from Microsoft...We'll it's been forever since I blogge. Millions of readers must be disappointed. It's been beautiful weather here the last few days; the rains have stopped, the sun is out. Oh, and I built a step. A couple of Microsoft things that might interest you: The Beta 2 version of Internet Explorer 7 has been posted: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.mspx. Feel free to check it out. And, some of my work is going public. One of the teams I work with, System Integrity, has started a BitLocker team blog. You can read our insights at: http://blogs.technet.com/bitlocker. 3/17/2006 From Patti Page to Baha Men in one generationHere we are, back from vacation. I know, i know, "normal" people go away to the tropics in the winter, and we went back to the Arctic. Normal is over-rated.
We had a good time seeing everyone, and Darrian and I enjoyed our snowmobiling break. I've always liked late-season sledding (although the trails near town are in rough shape), and the bonus this year was a great deal on a new modular helmet for him. Last one in stock, they wanted to move it, ended up paying almost as much for the replacement defroster cable for mine (what I went in to get) as for his new, shiny, very cool helmet.
One night, we're beging to wind down, and he's cuddly... and for some reason I start humming and singing "How much is that doggie in the window" which was one of my favorites as a small child (lyrics: http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/lyrics/howmuch.htm, artist: http://www.arbproductions.ca/pattipage.shtml, audio: http://www.arbproductions.ca/mp3/pattipage/pattipage-doggieinthewindow.mp3) . I was a bit surprised that Darrain didn't mind it, and he'll even sing along.... but durring the chorus, he intersperses each line with "Who let the dogs out" (lyrics: http://www.lyricsdomain.com/2/baha_men/who_let_the_dogs_out.html, audio, via NASA [day 11]: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-104/html/ndxpage1.html), so the new verison is like:
And of course, neither of us get all the lyrics right. Our duet may not be very good, but hey, we work cheap.
2/24/2006 Who's not proud to be a Newf on a day like today?Well, congrats indeed to Team Gushue!
Now, to be fair, I've only been in a Curling rink about twice, and only actually on the ice once, but I can still tell a class act, and these guys are a class act. It also helps that the Canucks group at work has been getting daily updates from the coach, via family on staff here. It's been very cool seeing the story develop.
But, here's the coolest part, in my opinion: The province of Newfoundland closed schools so the kids could watch the game. (Now that may have been just practicality, because they all would likely have anyway.)
My dad, by the way, was born on a small island in Newfoundland's White Bay, (and lived on the Island for 40 years or so), so I'm sure that gives me some reason to join in the celebration.
My friend Chris is photographing the Olympics, while my biggest accomplishment this week seems to be surving three days of single-parenting. Either that or cleaning my desk before vacation next week. 1/30/2006 Did you notice the change?MSN rolled out a new verision of Spaces... one of the really handy things about a web-based application is that upgrades don't involved going and touching every desktop. The most useful change, in my opiion, is that the URLs are simpler. You can now get to my Space at http://spaces.msn.com/byronphynes, or for example, directly to the blog at http://spaces.msn.com/byronphynes/blog.
Read more about the changes at the MSN Spaces Team blog: http://spaces.msn.com/thespacecraft/
By the way, what do you think of team blogs from Microsoft. At work, I provide writing support to a number of technology teams, some of which are actively discussing the benefits (versus the work and effort) of team blogs. Do you like team blogs? Do they help you get information you need? Let me know. 1/19/2006 Week 15 Already?!?Today marks the start of week 15 in my 20/20 program. That's very nearly 4 months. The weight result seems to be slowing down a bit -- I only lost one more pound this week -- but I did get great news this week. I now take two less regular medications. Yipee!
1/6/2006 Happy Three Kings DayOr Epiphany, if you prefer; or even call it the 12th day of Christmas. There are a couple of families on our block who still have a Christmas tree, and few more with lights up, but I think the lights have more to do with not wanting to climb on ladders in torrential downpours.
Since we were away for Christmas, we still have presents to open. We thought it would be kind of nice to save them until the end, sort of spread out the excitement a bit. Our 20/20 dietician, Lida, mentioned that she spent part of her childhood in Argentina, where Three Kings Day was almost more exciting for children than Christmas itself. Of course, we're not organized enough at our house to do it in the morning. |
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