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Diabetes Research Fundraiser
At work, we are having a fundraiser for Diabetes Research Institute.  To try to get more sponsors, one of my coworkers decided to turn himself into Mr. T, step by step.  He's skinny.  He's white.  But so far he's raised...
Silverlight 2
Surely by now you've heard that Silverlight 2 is being released tomorrow (Tuesday, October 14).  Coincidentally, the WI .NET Users Group is having a Silverlight 2 presentation the same night. There has been a lot of interest in this meeting and...
Better Keep Things Clean Now
As of sometime yesterday afternoon, my boss' boss has subscribed to my blog.  I guess it's time clean things up around here.  :)
Posted: Sep 17 2008, 09:56 AM by sisaacs | with 2 comment(s)
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RTLB #3: Pain Is The Best Teacher
This is the third in my " Rules to Live By " series.  Like every other professional, in every other field, over the years I've picked up a lot of things that make my life easier, or better, both professionally and personally. ...
RTLB #2: I'm No More Important Than You Are
This is the second in my " Rules to Live By " series.  Like every other professional, in every other field, over the years I've picked up a lot of things that make my life easier, or better, both professionally and personally. ...
Finding Passion
Passion is elusive.  It's sneaky and slippery.  It hides and taunts you.  For those lucky enough to have found it, you are truly fortunate.  For years now, I've been looking for something to be passionate about.  Something...
RTLB #1: Always Assume Good Intentions
"Rules to Live By" (RTLB) is a new series that I will occasionally be writing here on my blog.  Like every other professional, in every other field, over the years I've picked up a lot of things that make my life easier, both professionally...
Curly Brace Placement
I've been writing code with curly braces for a dozen years or so, starting with C++ in college, then JavaScript for many, many years, and for the last few years, C#.  In all that time, I have been a fan of putting the opening curly brace on the...
GiveCamp MKE
I'm very excited to announce that we are planning the first ever GiveCamp in the Milwaukee area: GiveCamp MKE .  In fact, it's one of the first GiveCamps anywhere. "What's a GiveCamp?", you ask.  In short, it is an opportunity...
I Am Excited About... A Conference Call?
For the first time since -- ummm -- since ever, I am looking forward to an upcoming conference call.  And I'm really looking forward to it.  I don't want to say too much, yet, because I want to get some very basic details ironed out...
Which Is Better?
I can't decide if I get more pleasure from solving a big problem, or from the process of breaking it into a series of smaller problems and solving each of them.  Does anyone else ever think of stuff like this?  Or is it just me?
Posted: Jul 21 2008, 09:34 PM by sisaacs | with no comments
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Working From Home
As part of my new job, I will be working from home one day per week.  Now that I've been there for a couple weeks, my first work from home day will be tomorrow. Over the next several weeks, I'll be trying to make improvements to my home office...
Work Soundtrack
This happens to me on a regular basis -- probably every other month or so.  I get tired of the music I have on my iPod.  So I'm looking for suggestions.  What music helps you get your job done?  Sometimes I need something nice...
TimeSnapper
I've been using the free version of TimeSnapper off and on for some time now, but pretty regularly over the last few weeks since I started my new job.  I'm doing billable work again, and am notoriously bad at getting my time entered. ...
Blog Recategorization
As I mentioned earlier , I was bored tonight.  Rather than visiting MySpace I decided to do a little work on the categories I use in my blog.  I didn't remove any categories, but I did add a few.  As of right now, all of my posts are...
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