Coming to TR7 in Seattle and wondering what to do with a day off? sure, there’s plenty to do and see in Seattle but consider this: Hop the ferry to Bainbridge Island – the weather is quite nice this weekend (so far) and if you walk on to the boat, it’s a short walk into town for a quiet day. Nice shops, lots to see and very god food: lunch or dinner at the Winslow Way café (save room for dessert) or Nola’s.
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More on Mojave: new site online
Check out the site for the Mojave Experiment that just went live along with Ina Fried’s latest post, noting that “Microsoft has created a teaser site for its Mojave project.”
A quick note to let you know that Knowledge Base article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/914387 “How to configure daylight saving time for Microsoft Windows operating systems” reflects the manual changes and additions DST and TZ. KB 914387 should contain all DST changes made since RTM.
The cumulative DST packages for Windows have been released to the DLC for supported versions of XP, WS03, Vista and Server 2008.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951072
The above packages will be pushed out via Windows Update next month. More info to be available soon at Microsoft DST & Time Zone updates
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Post a few more signs
Ok, so we’re taking the family out for the day to Bainbridge Island. On our way to the terminal, we noticed that we encountered not just one or two signs that ensured we stayed on the right route to the terminal, we had more than eleven signs (we lost count) directing us…
Of course, due to a glitch in the boarding, we missed our ride and now lunching in the parking lot while we wait for the next departure.
Seeing the signs reminded me that you can’t have enough signs pointing out the right direction to help reassure you that you’re on the right path and ultimately find what you’re looking for.
I had heard from customers in the past that it was difficult to find out how to get support and more information n our products and services. yesterday a customer mentioned to me that the Windows Vista page and our customer support site (as mentioned previously here) have made it easier to get their questions answered. all we had to do was leave enough breadcrumbs in various places to make the resources more discoverable, and simplify our support portals.
But we probably have to put up a few more signs to help everyone find their way to the port, er, web portal.
[edits: fixed all the typos, as this was one of the first long posts sent from my Windows Mobile phone.]
As I previously posted here — with link to the lecture — about Randy Pausch’s piece in the usually less than cutting edge weekly Parade, The Lessons I’m Leaving Behind, adapted from his book The Last Lecture, written with Wall Street Journal reporter Jeffrey Zaslow.
This from today’s article, included in our local Times…
Randy Pausch said obstacles serve a purpose: They “give us a chance to show how badly we want something.” Confronted with incurable cancer, he devised a last lecture that became an Internet sensation, a best-selling book and a celebration of a life spent achieving his dreams.
Ten months after giving the lecture, Dr. Pausch died Friday at his home in Chesapeake, Va., said Jeffrey Zaslow, The Wall Street Journal writer who co-wrote Pausch’s book “The Last Lecture.” Dr. Pausch was 47.
He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in September 2006. A year later, he gave the popular 76-minute speech, “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams.”
Here are the seven things that mattered most to Pausch:
- Always Have Fun
- Dream Big — Give yourself permission to dream. Fuel your kids’ dreams too. Once in a while, that might even mean letting them stay up past their bedtimes.
- Ask for What You Want — More often than you’d suspect, the answer you’ll get is, “Sure.”
- Dare To Take a Risk — Experience is what you get when you don’t get what you wanted. And it can be the most valuable thing you have to offer.
- Look for the Best In Everybody
- Make Time for What Matters — Time is all you have. And you may find one day that you have less than you think.
- Let Kids Be Themselves
Pausch said “We don’t beat the reaper by living longer, we beat the reaper by living well and living fully.”
So re-read the list above and have fun this weekend and as long as you can get away with it.
Of interest: Randy Pausch’s Home Page – The computer science professor’s site at CMU. Includes profile, CV, and publications, as well as personal information, including an account of his experience with pancreatic cancer.
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