May 2009

Wordless Wednesday – Pretty Flower Edition

May 20, 2009
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Confessions Of A (Former) Chicago Boy

May 20, 2009

I’m the guest poster over at Confessions of A Chicago Girl today. Even though I’m not a girl. It’s kind of cool how free and open-minded they are over there in that regard. Anyway, if you’re interested in reading my rant re: the suburbs, here it is: http://confessionsofachicagogirl.blogspot.com/2009/05/confessions-of-former-chicago-boy-matt.html Image courtesy of tnarik

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It all started with a Big Bang

May 18, 2009

Christina: they just fixed Hubble which they say should let us see back 13 billion years (approx) Christina: with speed of light and all that jazz – if there was life on another planet in another galaxy – wouldn’t we find out about them after it was too late Christina: Like they could build a [...]

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Follow Friday – Good-Looking People Edition

May 15, 2009

I made a joke earlier this week about creating a “Good-Looking People” group in TweetDeck, so that I would have a column that was filled with pretty people avatars. Given that theme of my twittering this week, it seems only natural that my #FollowFriday post would feature folks who have avatars that are easy on [...]

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I’ve got a thirst for scalability

May 11, 2009

This week I’m one of the featured guests on The Thirsty Developer, a pretty awesome technology podcast. Past episode topics have included such things as SQL Server 2008, SOA, Windows Azure, and Silverlight. This week’s episode was all about website scalability. My collegue Mike Tai and I talked with Larry Clarkin and Wade Wegner about [...]

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The Winner!

May 11, 2009

On April 30, 2009, I posted a contest wherein by submitting feedback on Good Old Rock, you would be entered in a drawing for a $25 Amazon.com Gift Certificate. Here is the list of people for the drawing: And then, using Random.org, a random number between 1 and 17 was selected: So congratulations to Ari, [...]

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Relaxing doesn’t make a baby

May 6, 2009

With over 7 million women in the United States with “impaired fertility”, it’s highly likely that you know someone who is dealing with the depressing situation known as infertility. So you want to be helpful. You want to be nice and supportive. This person is probably a friend of yours, or a member of your [...]

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