Random thoughts, musings and things I think are interesting…
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Now I wonder what I ate
.!. When we walked in there were 12 fish in this tank.
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The most popular new 'restaurant' in Japan?
We went out walking last night to find something to eat and stretch our legs after being on planes and buses for 20 hours. Outside the back of our hotel near Shinjuku a new eatery has opened up that seems to be quite popular with the locals. This picture was taken at around 8:30 PM…
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On my way to Tokyo
I’m blogging this from seat 1D on DL flight 55 (yes, the boarding door is still open). This will be the longest flight I have ever been on. Fortunately I am in business class, so it shouldn’t be so unbearable. Still 14 and a half hours is a long time to spend in any one…
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PDF opens even more
.!. While I (and I imagine a lot of people) thought that PDF was already managed by ISO or some other standards body, evidently I was wrong. According to a press release issued today they are routing a version of the PDF spec through a process that will result oversight by ISO. Of course the…
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BatteryGeek update
I’m not out of the woods yet, but things are looking up for me getting some use out of the extended battery I bought from Battery Geek. As I posted previously, I had a terrible time at first with them getting a battery that worked. I sent an RMA in that was gone of more…
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Microsoft weighs in
Didn’t know Eddie was blogging, but it seems he noticed our little news yesterday. I agree Eddie, we have come along way.
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Microsoft takes notice
I didn’t realize that Eddie was blogging, but the more I think about it I can’t believe I didn’t assume he has been blogging all along and I should have been reading his stuff. Anyway, he goes way back with UGS and as a Microsoft tech evangelsit extraordinare he knows quite a bit about Siemens. …
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Phew!
.!. Sorry for the really slow posting the past week or so, but as you may have seen we’ve been a bit busy at UGS. We announced last night that Siemens AG has signed a definitive agreement to acquire UGS Corp and expect it to close in 60 to 90 days. This is a really…
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Really good parody web site
This is one of the funniest parody web sites I have seen in a long time. Get a First Life: A One Page Satire of Second Life Inkheart movies