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1 day ago
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: When did MSDN start showing adverts on the library pages? Bizarre."
6 days ago
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: RT @ShawnWildermuth: This is a cool bug: http://is.gd/4YAql"
Nov. 18
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: Who's giving the "securing your web site" talk at #notatpdc? I keep getting ASP.NET errors on the site. I see code. Not good."
Nov. 18
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: "You awake as a hamburger..." Cuil Theory illustrated - http://bit.ly/1QfUhV"
Nov. 17
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: Overheard on PDCLive: "They can google it on Bing." #pdc09 @shanselman"
Nov. 17
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: I think @shanselman has found his new calling hosting the PDCLive TV show. Next stop: G4 TV"
Nov. 17
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: Basically I want to make something like this, but on a minimal budget: http://bit.ly/3IN4MA"
Nov. 17
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: I'm trying to figure out how to make "Robot Peter" that I can put in my team's Team Room so I can be there virtually all day. Thoughts?"
Nov. 13
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: Blogged: 20 jährigen Maurfall: This week I was in Berlin presenting four sessions at TechEd Europe. This is a beau... http://bit.ly/1prbrX"
Nov. 13
Peter added the blog post 20 jährigen Maurfall on Geek Noise
"This week I was in Berlin presenting four sessions at TechEd Europe. This is a beautiful city and..."
Nov. 13
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: Off to do some quick shopping then to dinner with Christian and others. Flying home tomorrow morning. Ready to be there. Beam me up Scottie!"
Nov. 13
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: Last day at TechEd Europe was good. Two sessions... well recieved... great people. All-in-all a very good conference."
Nov. 13
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: Last day of TechEd Europe. Have two talks, one on the Arch Extensibility features and the other a repeat of yesterday's arch discovery talk."
Nov. 12
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: Had a great time at the Dutch party downtown in Berlin. Good food, free drinks, good people to hang out with. Good times."
Nov. 12
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: Tweeting for 2 years, 5 months, 1 week, 4 days, 4 hours, 15 minutes, 3 seconds (June 5, 2007). How about you? http://bit.ly/eC942"
Nov. 12
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: Another great day in Berlin at TechEd Europe. My Arch Discovery session went well and was rell recieved. Much fun. Two more tomorrow."
Nov. 10
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: Then spent 3 hours in the hotel lobby with a whole bunch of great folks... so many funny things... #foas... #b=p... an more."
Nov. 10
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: Totally crazy night in Berlin tonight. Watched the dominos fall at the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall collapse with #locksmithdon."
Nov. 8
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: In Berlin. Hooking up with Don Smith and Shy Cohen for lunch and bumped into Stephanie Saad in the lobby. Should be a fun week."
Nov. 7
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: Layover in CHI. Next stop Frankfurt. Will try to sleep this flight so I end up on local time. We'll see."
Nov. 7
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: At the airport for a three leg journey to Berlin for TechEd Europe. Hope to see you there!"
Nov. 2
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: Hey, are any of my Norwegian or Swedish friends going to be in Berlin next week for TechEd EMEA?"
Nov. 2
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: A little morning fun: http://bit.ly/24YRdt"
Oct. 30
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: Finn is home and doing well. Got a funny arm sling on for two weeks. I need a vacation from life. LOL"
Oct. 29
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: What a day. My son broke his collar bone sledding. Whoops! He's fine."
Oct. 29
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: GAH! STILL SNOWING!"
Oct. 29
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: My kids found my old Atari 2600 and games. Now I need to dig up the RCA->Coax adapter before they make me insane asking about it."
Oct. 28
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: Haha... my son left it in the yard. He was "helping". Now it is under 6" of snow. Sending him out to find it."
Oct. 28
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: Crap. I can't find the snowshovel."
Oct. 28
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: 4+ inches of snow on the ground this am. It is still snowing..."
Oct. 27
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: RT @jcansdale: TestDriven.Net 3.0 Alpha – Support for Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2! http://bit.ly/di6Nc"
Oct. 27
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: My LifeChat LX-3000 is dying again. I love these but it seems that they go crap out after a few months. Any recos for a USB headset w/ mic?"
Oct. 27
Peter added the blog post Extending Visual Studio 2010 UML Designers – Part 1: Getting Started on Geek Noise
"This is the first in a series of blog posts to show how the new UML Modeling capabilities in Visu..."
Oct. 26
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: Blogged: Extending Visual Studio 2010 UML Designers – Part 1: Getting Started: This is the first in a series of bl... http://bit.ly/29QAgN"
Oct. 26
Peter added the blog post Extending Visual Studio 2010 UML Designers – Part 1: Getting Started on Geek Noise
"This is the first in a series of blog posts to show how the new UML Modeling capabilities in Visu..."
Oct. 26
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: Correction: Took the kids to Wildlife Experience..."
Oct. 26
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: Took the kids to Windlife Experience then came home and did pumpkin carving. Good day, when they weren't being total brats."
Oct. 24
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: Damn internet drug dealers! Hulu is going to start charging subscription fees next year. Boycot now! <grin/> http://bit.ly/1XBY7T"
Oct. 24
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: I passed my test. I am now a Yellow belt!"
Oct. 23
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: Heading out in a little bit for my Yellow belt test for Karate. A wee bit nervous... this is my first test. :)"
Oct. 23
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: Experimenting with the Pomodoro Technique for personal time management. Nice and simple. Kinda like what I did anyway. http://bit.ly/3082PG"
Oct. 22
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: Grrrr... something funky going on in my Windows audio subsystem. Wasn't do it before Windows Update had its way with me."
Oct. 22
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: In this modern day, can we please make the freaking semi-colon statement terminators optional? Jeez."
Oct. 22
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: So what are people using to push Tweets to Facebook these days? Or to push Blog post announcements to both?"
Oct. 21
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: Blogged: Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4.0 Beta 2 LIVE on MSDN: This morning we released to MSDN the Beta 2 releas... http://snipurl.com/slkbs"
Oct. 21
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: So far, I love the new Touch Pro2 phone. The custom HTC stuff on top of WinMo is very nice. Corp email connectivity is flawless. More later."
Oct. 20
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: Listening to the new Scar Symmetry album. Hope its good."
Oct. 20
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: So far so good. The HTC Touch Pro2 is goodness."
Oct. 19
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: I love the mini-player view of the new Zune software. If only it had "always on top" as an option."
Oct. 19
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: Yay! New HTC Touch Pro2 arrived today for me and @EmilyProvost"
Oct. 19
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: Blogged: Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4.0 Beta 2 LIVE on MSDN: This morning we released to MSDN the Beta.. http://bit.ly/3CEann"
Oct. 19
Peter added the blog post Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4.0 Beta 2 LIVE on MSDN on Geek Noise
"This morning we released to MSDN the Beta 2 release of Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 ..."
Oct. 17
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: I get to go back and do my forms (I'm still white belt) later this afternoon. Woot!"
Oct. 17
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: Just got back from Karate tournament with my son (5-year old yellow belt). He did forms and sparring and did GREAT! I'm so proud of him."
Oct. 14
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: Blogged: New Gaming PC Build-out – Final Results: It has been all done for a little over a week, .. http://snipurl.com/sifzs"
Oct. 14
Peter added the blog post New Gaming PC Build-out – Final Results on Geek Noise
" It has been all done for a little over a week, and I love it. As I said in my last post, I decid..."
Oct. 14
Peter added Colorado State University to education info
Oct. 8
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: Enjoying the new Zune 4.0 software. So far QuickPlay doesn't suck."
Oct. 6
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: My wife and I are considering getting the new HTC Imagio phones in Verizon. Is WinMo 6.5 worth it or should I wait for an Andriod on VZW?"
Oct. 6
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: RT @mglacey: On #Scrum teams I work on and coach I always ask for releases on Friday nights. If people balk, there often are hidden issues.."
Oct. 5
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: I am physically exhausted after group Kenpo class today. This was my 1st group class (also do private once a week). Whew!"
Oct. 5
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: QOTD: "Oh, goddammit, we forgot the silent prayer." -- Dwight D. Eisenhower"
Oct. 5
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: Loving LiveMesh desktop sharing..."
Oct. 2
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: First test boot of new gaming PC... successful!!"
Oct. 1
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: RT @EdHolloway: we've announced the 'TFS Basic' option for 2010! Client OS support, and up and running in 20 mins! http://bit.ly/10sNz6"
Oct. 1
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: Possibly my final tweet on Emily's whole ordeal... today the oncologist pronounced her cured. Woot! Just time to heal now. #ekptwintowers"
Sept. 30
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: QOTD: "Let me make the superstitions of a nation and I care not who makes its laws or its songs either." --Mark Twain"
Sept. 28
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: My first day back to work after 2 weeks out... Inbox down to 168 messages from appx 450."
Sept. 28
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: Apparently Facebook didn't like my blog post... probably because of the three 4-letter words I used. Oh well."
Sept. 28
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: Blogged: New Gaming PC Build-out – The Order: I’ve been a gamer for a few years now, mostly playi.. http://snipurl.com/s7376"
Sept. 28
Peter added the blog post New Gaming PC Build-out – The Order on Geek Noise
" I’ve been a gamer for a few years now, mostly playing World of Warcraft but also occasionally sp..."
Sept. 28
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: Blogged: Two Weeks as a Caregiver: The last two weeks have been… interesting. Last month my wife Emily .. http://snipurl.com/s70ao"
Sept. 28
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: New home computer ordered: Antec 900 case, AMD Phenom II CPU, nVidia GTX 275 video, 4GB RAM (for now), etc. Thanks @bradwilson for the help"
Sept. 28
Peter added the blog post Two Weeks as a Caregiver on Geek Noise
"The last two weeks have been… interesting. Last month my wife Emily was diagnosed with very early..."
Sept. 16
Peter updated Twitter
"pprovost: Another update on Emily... she's doing great. Recovery is slow but steady. Thanks to everyone for all the amazing support. #ekptwintowers"