neko case live

June 25, 2006 &bull music

On Wednesday Heidi and I saw Neko Case live at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach. I was raving about Neko Case a few weeks go so I’ll try to keep the gushing to a minimum. However, it’s hard to not go on and on about how good Neko Case is, especially live. The [...]



Tech Ed 2006, day 5

June 16, 2006 &bull uncategorized

The last day of TechEd is always bittersweet. I love this conference so much that I’m always a bit sad to say good-bye. At the same time, though, I’m always so wiped out at the end that I can barely drag myself to the airport. This year is no exception. I’m starting to feel sick [...]



Tech Ed 2006, day 4

June 15, 2006 &bull uncategorized

This year’s TechEd “Thursday night party” was at Fenway park. The Red Sox were out of town (incidentally getting beat in Minnesota) so Microsoft “rented” the entire ballpark for the night. We had access to the entire park and were even able to go onto the field and walk around it on the warning track. [...]



Tech Ed 2006, day 3

June 14, 2006 &bull uncategorized

I slept like crap last night, but somehow was able to still get up early and get to the conference for some early morning hands-on labs. I spent some time with Longhorn “Core Server,” which is a pretty neat Longhorn flavor that has no GUI. It supports four server roles (DHCP, DNS, AD, and file [...]



Tech Ed 2006, day 2

June 13, 2006 &bull uncategorized

I just got back from a hole-in-the-wall bar named “Bukowski Tavern.” It had a bunch of pictures and stuff of, who else? Charles Bukowski. It was a pretty neat bar with tons of exotic beers and good music.
The conference was pretty good today. Here are the sessions I attended:
CLI306 Windows XP: Building the Perfect Master [...]



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