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Author: ShanV

  • Farmer Dad

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    My Dad does organic farming on our family’s Iowa farm.  He was recently featured in an article about organic farming in a local Iowa newspaper.

  • Avishai Cohen in concert

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    Last night I saw one of my favorite bassists.

  • Record High Temperature in San Francisco (and I’m in Philly)

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    Most San Franciscans know that there are about five drop everything and have fun outside days per year.  Without fail, I’m out of town for most of them.  I think I’m going to start sharing my travel plans with weather forecasters. In related news, it was a cold and dreary in Philadelphia and the red-eye…

  • Geek Dinner in San Francisco

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    Okay, so in case you haven’t figured it out yet, I’m a geek (but a cool one).  I guess that means that I can attend “geek dinners.”  I dined with a bunch of cool people last night amidst spicy Chinese food and conversations of digital media, Windows, content and blogs.  It was good to see…

  • WGTB has a new web site

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    The college radio station that I revived has rolled out a new web site – http://www.georgetownradio.com/. It’s great to see that they are still going strong after almost 10 years.  I still remember one administrator saying that she didn’t think it would last more than three years. Check out their online stream.  Very eclectic Georgetown…

  • I love Sunday

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    Here’s why: Sunday starts one minute after 11:59pm Saturday night.  Usually Saturday night is pretty good around that time and it tends to get a little better before it winds down. Breakfast – Simply put, I love breakfast food and on Sunday mornings I almost always make a frittata (an Italian omelet), coffee, juice, cereal…

  • Business Week: Microsoft May Be a TV Star Yet

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    http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_06/b3919124_mz063.htm BillG Q&A: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_06/b3919127_mz063.htm  Yup, that’s the group I work in.

  • Where to find info on the Comcast DVR offerings from Guideworks (TVGuide) and MSTV

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    http://www.wematter.com/comcast-dvr.htm http://blogs.msdn.com/johnmont/archive/2004/11/25/270425.aspx http://www.jeffsandquist.com/PermaLink,guid,8651f710-98c2-4b1d-83eb-a1db2188e01e.aspx http://www.majornelson.com/blog/2004/11/thanks-for-memories-tivo.html http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000097020901/

  • New Smartphone

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    I just purchased an Audiovox SMT5600 Microsoft Smartphone.  I’ll keep updating this entry with the steps I use to set it up. Install ActiveSync 3.8 (not the one on the CD) Go to the smartphone site to setup corporate email Setup passport for phone number and pin so it’s easier to login – go to…

  • MSTV Foundation Gets Kudos from PVR Blog

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    http://www.pvrblog.com/pvr/2005/01/microsoft_at_ce.html