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Wii Hunting begats Social Networking
Dave Leininger presses keys ...	By David Leininger on 1/21/2008

We found a Wii, after many days of hunting. The Nintendo Wii is an interesting little box, and one we wanted to complete the triumvirate of XBox 360, PS3, and Wii. Each of the machine's has its own strengths, quirks, and devotees. In our home, the PS3 is the choice of a recent college graduate. The XBox is the domain of her boyfriend, and the Wii is what my wife wanted. Wii? Yep, to continue the saga of Zelda and other nifty games. Vickie scoured the stores (BestBuy, Circuit City, GameStop, Meijer, and others) for the past couple of months. "Do you have a Wii in stock?", was a standard query. "Not today!", was the standard reply, often followed by "But, we had [insert a number between 3 and 16] on [insert any day prior to the day of the quest ...

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And a-one, and a-two...
Dave Leininger presses keys ...	By David Leininger on 12/10/2007

There's no time like the present to start doing something, eh? In this case, the 'something' is my third attempt to maintain a useful blog. Now, there are many useful blogs out here, depending on what you seek. I am focusing on technology ... specifically, Microsoft development technologies. This has been my world for since 1993, and for ten years prior to that, I was immersed in various database, language, and application technologies. What have I learned in 25 years? Well, it is clear that you cannot waltz through COMDEX with a couple of bags, collecting brochures and tsotchkes, and understand the 'lay of the land'. Now, it is not possible to 'know' even a single product. Take SQL Server, for instance. In the late 80s, when Sybase and Microsoft were in licensing discussions, it was possible to 'know' the product rather thoroughly. Today, when I meet people who 'know' SQL Server, I ask them, 'Which aspect?' You ...

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