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How to be annoying at a conference
Last week was the annual(ish) MVP Summit here in Seattle and as a regular observer of idiotic behaviour there was no shortage of things for me to watch out for. When there is free food its there for you to stock up your hotel room with. To the MVP who...
Posted 22 April 2008 11:26 AM by zman | 2 comment(s)
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Retarded dog owners
Just because your dog responds to 'sit' when you are sitting quietly at home with a treat in your hand does not mean your dog is trained well nor is it 'under voice control'. So when you take your dog to a park please follow the city law...
Posted 05 March 2008 02:37 PM by zman | 2 comment(s)
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Airline Logic
I just returned from a trip to GDC in San Francisco where United Airlines moved themselves very low down my list of airlines to choose if all other things are equal. I never actually say "I wont fly them again" because airlines are all much...
Posted 26 February 2008 11:57 AM by zman | 1 comment(s)
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Tax refunds are for fools...
Yes its that time of year when the TVs are full of people promising you big refunds and mates bragging about their $2500 checks and how they are going to live the American dream by spending the refund on something they don't need. When I tell them...
Posted 19 February 2008 10:08 PM by zman | 2 comment(s)
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How to be obnoxious on a plane
Continuing my ranting from my vacation: Recline your seat while you are at the airport and then feign innocence when the air hostess comes to tell you about it Recline your seat even though you are not going to sleep - the British guy behind you appreciates...
Posted 30 January 2008 03:40 PM by zman | 2 comment(s)
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How to be obnoxious at Disney World (part 2)
If your kid is sick make sure you take them to the parks and teach them about sharing Just because all the other kids are in school doesn't mean you can't save some money and go to Disney in January - its FAR more important for your kid to see...
Posted 28 January 2008 08:01 AM by zman | 1 comment(s)
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How to be obnoxious at Disney World
Don't walk in a straight line - if you weave about it will increase the amount of walking you do. If you feel like stopping JUST DO IT. Don't bother checking behind you as the surprise will just add to the Disney magic If you see a space to watch...
Posted 15 January 2008 09:30 PM by zman | with no comments
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Did the writers strike start last season for Heroes?
Let's start by saying how much I love my DVR - I have 3x5000 series Replay TVs (the DVR that lost the Tivo/Replay TV war!) which are beautiful machines. They stream content around my house and I can even get episodes that I missed thanks to a now...
Posted 12 November 2007 08:09 AM by zman | 2 comment(s)
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Tell the truth Maxim magazine - you messed up big time!
Back in the midst of the .com boom of the late 90s the internet was a truly wonderful place to visit for cheapskates like me. Everyone was offering 20% off coupons, people had pricing mistakes every week because they hired their nephew to do their eCommerce...
Posted 26 October 2007 02:04 PM by zman | 1 comment(s)
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BlockBUSTED
Back when NetFlix was the only option in town I tried the free trial offer just like everyone else and watched more movies in 30 days than any sane person should and then like some people I cancelled. The pressure of watching enough movies per month to...
Posted 01 October 2007 05:02 PM by zman | 1 comment(s)
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Windows Live Everything All In One Installer (unless you are on x64 of course)
Today I needed to install Live Writer on my nice new x64 machine so that I can finally upload another Coding4Fun article (Yes I know its been far too long....) so I headed off to the download site and ran the new installer. "Windows live programs...
Posted 11 September 2007 10:48 AM by zman | with no comments
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I remembered why I hate building PCs....
So while you are all sitting around waiting for the next installment of 'ZMans super computer tales' I have been cursing and kicking stuff. The new computer was up and working Monday evening, I started to install stuff and copy things over to...
Posted 09 August 2007 09:11 AM by zman | 3 comment(s)
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Moving home...
Not the Zman - this blog. In fact if you are reading this entry then you have moved with me. Its been almost a year since I went through 3 kinds of hell trying to get this blog moved from the godaddy hosted Community Server service onto a virtual server...
Posted 23 July 2007 10:30 PM by zman | with no comments
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He's back, and he's mad....
I'm sure you have all been awaiting a new post after I closed things down for a server move. Well 3 months later and I'm back, comments open but on the same old server I was on before. I am trying to consolidate several shared hosting accounts...
Posted 14 October 2006 09:48 PM by zman | with no comments
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