Until today I could say no. This afternoon we received a call here at home. The bank was calling to find out if we had indeed purchased over $3000 of gear at various Apple Stores around Sydney during the day… Naturally the answer was No. The Banks Fraud division already knew that though and were going to cancel the AMEX card on that account. Great – No … [Read more...]
Merry Christmas from SBSfaq
Just a brief Christmas post to wish you all a very merry Christmas. Christmas day for me is one starting with my traditional breakfast BBQ. This year we’ll have 15 people being feed direct off the grill with bacon, sausages, eggs, and anything else we decide to throw on the barbie. I hope that this Christmas brings everyone closer to their loved ones. … [Read more...]
What a cool Christmas gift for a geek
Each year at Christmas, I buy myself something small just for me. This year, I decided it was time for a new watch. I’ve been thinking about it for a while, but I wanted a watch that did more than just tell the time. Last week while onsite, one of my customers (also a fellow geek gadget guy) showed me his new watch. It was an iPod Nano combined with a … [Read more...]
Microsoft MVP awarded again – 11 years running
Wow… It’s that time of the year again when Microsoft announce the MVP awards. I just received email from them indicating that I’ve been nominated for another year of service to the community. Thank you. Below is what Steve Ballmer says of the MVP community. In particular the thing I value the most is being an independent voice to Microsoft of the views … [Read more...]
Man on a mission…
Ok – so over the next three weeks, you might find my postings on the site to be a little light on. You see – I’m going to be spending this week at Microsoft in Redmond playing with some great cool, upcoming Microsoft products that I can’t talk about. I’m sure you could guess at what they might be, but I cannot confirm anything due to the heavy NDA. The following … [Read more...]