Nice work if you can get it.

  (The Australian Newspaper, Online Edition, 30th June 2010)

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“The Diary of a Microsoft Marketing Man”

Must remember not to have a mouthful of coffee while reading one of Phil Factor’s blog posts:

The Diary of a Microsoft Marketing Man

I woke up, in a ‘one stop’ process requiring a subtle paradigm shift. I was in my bed at home, a complete integrated platform. The Sun™ was streaming through [...]

So you think you’re funny.

Those bunch of funsters over at Microsoft Education have found a way to measure humour as a job competency.  It makes me want to barf.

Level 1: Basic Level 2: Intermediate Level 3: Advanced Level 4: Expert

Generally uses humor in a positive way

Uses humor to bring people together

Knows [...]

Beer? Anything that it CAN’T do???

Anti-aging?  Make mine a Pint.

“MySpace Angles”

Saw a blog article over at www.officialdatingresource.com, probably via a LIfeHacker article, about “MySpace Angles”.  Hadn’t heard the term before.

Here is a couple of photos which illustrate MySpace Angles perfectly.

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(Click here to continue reading “MySpace Angles”)

“Like the sun, you’re not supposed to stare at it”

Cleavage, that is.

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YouTube: What Have The Unions Ever Done For Us?

Oh, it’s a rip-off of the Monty Python Life of Brian scene “What have the Romans ever done for us?”, but I still like it.

 

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I don’t do World of Warcraft, and that’s probably a good thing.

I do miss Advanced Dungeons and Dragons though.

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“No, you can’t upgrade Internet Explorer 6″

In a week when one of our customer’s senior management team said “No, we’re not upgrading Internet Explorer 6, we’re waiting for Internet Explorer 8 in Windows 7”

A user rings up and tells me “Google Maps doesn’t work with Internet Explorer 6.  I want Internet Explorer 8”

It was with some sense of [...]

And only 20 minutes of real content

  (I’ve been busy working on SOE upgrades.  Normal posting will resume shortly.)

credit: Kevin Remde.  It’s a screen shot from his Windows Media Centre

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