I love my Zune 80GB player. I love my Zune Pass. But I have to tell you, there’s something seriously mucked-up in the new 4.2 version of the Zune Marketplace. And when I say “seriously mucked-up” I’m talking data corruption that we in the database applica...
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2/2/2010 9:44:37 PM
by Dave Burke,
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Microsoft did a fantastic job making PDC09 accessible to everyone, even to geeks as far away as Vermont. Their real-time HD video coverage of the keynotes and conference presentations was awesome. And what Microsoft didn't provide at http://microsoftpdc.c...
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11/21/2009 8:46:37 PM
by Dave Burke,
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This is common knowledge for most of you reading this, but I wanted a reference point for myself on the topic of shortened URLs and tweets. "Mentions" are a twitter feature where your twitter name (mine is @daveburkevt) is included in the tweet so that it...
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9/26/2009 6:51:11 AM
by Dave Burke,
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This past weekend the Burkes drove from Burlington, Vermont to pick up our daughter from summer camp on the east side of New Hampshire near the Maine border in Ossipee. To get there we drove down beautiful I-89 Vermont, then on beautiful I-93 New Ha...
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8/4/2009 7:49:35 PM
by Dave Burke,
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We just returned from five days across the border, the Canadian border, that is, vacationing at the Auberge de Lac Morency resort outside of Montreal, Quebec. It struck me when we returned home that one of the great things about living in Burlington...
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7/22/2009 6:53:45 PM
by Dave Burke,
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As of this afternoon, my wife and I now sport new 32GB 3GS iPhones. Our purchase and activation couldn’t have been handled more smoothly than it was by the nearby South Burlington AT&T guys at the Dorsett Street store. (And the place was a zoo!) ...
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7/16/2009 8:26:48 PM
by Dave Burke,
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Everyday
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I wanted to share a daily news service with you I receive each day, free of charge, from Tim Anater. How he is able to produce this every day, I have no idea. The guy is incredibly smart, for sure, but if you check out his @bfbcping twitter st...
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7/6/2009 6:26:09 PM
by Dave Burke,
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It’s always a good holiday weekend when it results in new additions to my photo gallery. Taking advantage of my new photo gallery recent photos display, I walked through several pages and grabbed the weekend’s 60-some photos. They include today’s v...
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7/5/2009 6:38:19 PM
by Dave Burke,
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Everyday
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A few snapshots from Niquette Bay State Park located in Colchester, Vermont, about 30 minutes from our front door. I didn't know this place existed until yesterday, so it was a wonderful Memorial Day discovery. We wanted to take a family holid...
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5/26/2009 4:59:56 PM
by Dave Burke,
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Early Wednesday afternoon I was at my desk remotely configuring a client’s IIS server to support some weird CAD file extension when I started getting the chills. Within minutes I was shaking pretty bad so I headed down the hall and straight to bed. ...
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5/2/2009 12:52:35 PM
by Dave Burke,
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Everyday
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