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One of the interesting articles that popped up was how to prepare for an interview by prepping yourself with 50 common questions. The famous one that I’ve encountered often wasn’t there: “What’s your biggest weakness” but someone asked about it in the comments and got a harsh response. The reply to the comment was that […]

Now that I’m back in Wellington after the four days in Auckland for TechEd, I’ve been catching up on my reading. Fortunately, FeedDemon is great to work with so I’ve got everything all up to date now. Funny little bug keeps cropping up though. I’ve got FeedDemon set to open links in an external browser […]

Day three of TechEd has just finished with brings the event to an end. We were all a little bit weary after the brilliant TechFest last night but we still managed to get in a couple of good sessions. The Active Directory session from Brian Puhl was quite interesting as he went through the details of […]

We went to TechFest last night, the big geek-fest that Microsoft puts on for all the attendees to TechEd. The event was held at the St James theatre and featured a couple of comedians and a few bands. The highlight was local band, The Feelers – they were awesome live. Here’s a video from last […]

The second day at TechEd was pretty good. The best sessions I attended were the Exchange 2007 ones. Charlie Chung gave a flawless demo of Exchange 2007 and its integration with PowerShell. The worst demo of the day came from Softricity whose session I was really looking forward to. Their presentation was all marketing based […]

Well the first day of TechEd 2006 is over. The keynote speech from TradeMe’s Rowan Simpson was the most interesting. The most painful was the dreadful MC,  Jaquie Brown – if you’ve ever been to a comedian that wasn’t funny, you’ll know the feeling. That horrible, painful feeling you get when the presenter on stage […]

I’m up in Auckland for the next few days to attend the number one geek-fest that is known as TechEd! I flew up early this morning to catch up with Damian and Shelley, and got to meet the new edition to their family – 2 month old, Lola. The next three days are going to be full-on, […]

A couple of interesting articles to read if you’re looking to lose weight and increase fitness: http://www.wikihow.com/Get-Six-Pack-Abs http://www.carbohydrate-guide.com/archives/2005/09/16/thermogenic-foods.html Also, read this article too: http://positivesharing.com/2006/08/low-rent-living/. It’s not anything to do with diet or fitness, but I like it…

Interesting reading for any current or wannabe bloggers, the blogosphere is not quite what you expected! A blog-peasant, one of the Great Unread, comes to the wall of the castle to offer a tribute to a royal, and the royal drops a couple of coins of attention into the peasant’s little purse. The peasant is […]

I discovered the Traineo site which is the latest Web 2.0 offering aiming to fill a need in the online market place. I’m not sure whether I’ll file this with the other sites I sign up with but then lose interest in, but we’ll see. Anyway, the aim is to track your weight, diet and fitness […]