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Just that, I am leaving Microsoft...


This weblog is sponsored by newtelligence AG. Leaving Microsoft http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,ba8519dd-bdc0-4949-9416-64e00978d788.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,ba8519dd-bdc0-4949-9416-64e00978d788.aspx Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:28:08 GMT <p> Just that, I am leaving Microsoft... </p> <br /> <hr /> This weblog is sponsored by <a href="http://www.newtelligence.com">newtelligence AG</a>. main http://kemmou.com/Trackback.aspx?guid=3d64c9f4-49dc-4df3-9ccc-708d2b1c57fe http://kemmou.com/pingback.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,3d64c9f4-49dc-4df3-9ccc-708d2b1c57fe.aspx malekblog@kemmou.com (Malek!)

With the current (or barely past, depending how you look at it) crisis, and with claims that some people had actually forwcasted it long time ago, I started looking at was out there... I stumbled upon the the open your eyes DVDs ...

I have to confess that the first few videos about the financial system did get my attention... Is the fractional reserve system a good one? was the first US Dollars fiat money a better one?

As I kept watching these conspıracy theory DVDs though, I got a lot more skeptical very quickly... As I believe in open mindedness, I went on watching (though skipping many videos, and just watching the first moments of many). I saw in most of the first ones, although not something believable, a glımpse of some form of respectable opinion, mixed in the middle of a flood of unfounded and totally unbelievable pseudo-facts. Most of them had A perspective that centered around the judeochristian culture, but that is something one gets used to in the current world... Until I started hitting the juicy stuff...

One of those videos has the title of "the light behind masonary" where a guy called "Bill Schnoebelen" explain masonary (supposedly he was a mason of very high degrees). From the start, he tries to make masonary look like a satanic worship (for all I know it could be), so I watch (I have been intrigued by masonic practice for years now), until he starts saying things that went contrary to things I know very well. He said the muslims had an efficient way to convert souls, and that it was putting a simitar above somebody's head, then ask him to convert, and if he said no, cut his head... he then went into explaining why Islam has the moon as a symbol, and said that the god of islam, Allah (by the way, Allah is Arabic for "The God" as it is very simply using the article "al" in front of the word "ilah" wich means god), was not God. "Allah was the moon, a rock" he exclaimed!

It is actually interesting that a guy that thinks he has both a high intellect and first hand knowledge can be so cavalier... It is even more interesting that he tries very hard to make it "judeochristians" against "mahometans"... The problem is that the only relation between islam and the moon is the calendar. Islam uses a lunar calendar. Well, judaism uses a mixed solar and lunar calendar. does that make the god of the bible (the judeochristian god) an offspring of a star and a rock ?

Actually, the most interesting aspect of the whole series of videos, is that it has actually given me a much more positive impression of the masons, and more astonishingly, of the illuminati (if they actually exist)... In almost all of the videos, they are globalists, thriving to achieve global world government! How can this be the evil plan ? more balance in the world, with less priviledge to the west? I would call that great good, or alternatively, morality... These are supposed to be a few evil people, conspiring to achieve what I would call a more just world!!! and what is the downside? they are not preaching christianity the way he wants them to!!!

Off course I don't give much credit to any of that stuff, but my only worry about masons has always been that they seem to be a secret society of the powerful, giving them more opportunity to network and be even more powerful... If all they're doing is trying to make the world a more just place, then long live conspiracy! and long live masonary!


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A couple of years back, I was having a discussion about art and science at a bar with a friend, and it occured to me that it is an impossible question:

1. Science is the voice of the brain. Observing and absorbing the facts, analyzing them, identifying patterns, infering possibilities and cold bloodedly checking if those possibilities hold. It is essential in understanding the world. without it, one goes from random action to the next without recognizing what one is doing. there can be no sense of purpose...

2. Art is the voice of emotions, the voice of the heart. It is about observing the world and capturing the emotions that things and beings sucitate in one self. It is essential both in understanding oneself and in connecting with objects and beings, with people and with ideas. without it, there can be no enjoyment and no passion...

Do I prefer my brain or my heart? can anybody operate without equally relying on both?


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I would like to thank all those that have had the patience to look for what I have to say for so long... I said a few days, well it took over a month, and what I will say is only a fraction of what, only a month ago, I though I could say as only personal things are my own decision...

I already warned that anything professional would be on my msdn blog, and it won't be still many days/weeks that I can speak about anything happening on the platform or  server for process stuff...

There are yet big news on the personal side:

There are encounters that change the way we think about life. there are encounters that even change our lives. Yet there aren't so many encounters that change both our life and our perception about life... encounters that one feels in the depth of his guts that nothing will ever be the same...

As much as I used to love writing, I have not felt I needed to say anything except what I whispered into her ears... As much as I always was available for my friends, I only cared about what she felt...

To cut a long story short, I am feeling legendary love, and think (when my ego is not under control)  that we (see next paragraph) are part of the circle of Cleopatra and Antonio, Antar and Abla,, Qais and Leila,  Romeo and Juliet.... etc. Time evolves, and we don't need a drama to boost our feelings...

I never felt this way, although I had extremely strong feeling for friends (with or w/o benefits) before and still do. I had teenage love(s) (I won't specify numbers, sorry), and even simulacres of the ideal love. I would die anyday to preserve one of my real close friend's life. I do have the most amazing kind of love, one that can never be changed or topped : My love for Arwa, the most intelligent and beautiful girl in the world, my daughter. But I still forgot my friends since I met her. I would not only die for her, I litterally can't live a day without her...

In three (extensible) words, I love Nadia, and she is my wife.

That's all I can say for now.


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I have disappeared for a while, both on the blog and physically with my friends... I have a few surprises for everyone... keep watching in the next few days.


This weblog is sponsored by newtelligence AG. Haven't written anything in a while http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,68d3fa6f-2016-4f70-a78a-01f1d93dbfb3.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,68d3fa6f-2016-4f70-a78a-01f1d93dbfb3.aspx Mon, 15 Jan 2007 19:06:57 GMT <p> I have disappeared for a while, both on the blog and physically with my friends... I have a few surprises for everyone... keep watching in the next few days. </p> <br /> <hr /> This weblog is sponsored by <a href="http://www.newtelligence.com">newtelligence AG</a>. main http://kemmou.com/Trackback.aspx?guid=99ab8418-2c50-4447-b9bb-a5cc748b5197 http://kemmou.com/pingback.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,99ab8418-2c50-4447-b9bb-a5cc748b5197.aspx malekblog@kemmou.com (Malek!)

New girlfriend, new position, visiting new countries, new car, new phone, new style... All in the last few weeks !

Off course all the old rhythm of change and travel is still there...

Who said last year was incredible ?


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Kimberly never ceases to amaze me. How geekier can one get. Writing a stored proc on the plane is a "normal" thing to do, but when the stored proc gets data from the database, formats an HTML message and sends it to thousands of subscribers from her laptop on the plane...


This weblog is sponsored by newtelligence AG. Amazing Kimberly Tripp http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,d6a72840-c467-4522-9f5b-66472154a794.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,d6a72840-c467-4522-9f5b-66472154a794.aspx Sat, 24 Jun 2006 05:21:39 GMT <p> <a href="http://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/kimberly/PermaLink.aspx?guid=5a7247ca-df7b-4122-9185-8d2689583f4b">Kimberly&nbsp;never ceases to amaze me</a>. How geekier can one get. Writing a stored proc on the plane is a "normal" thing to do, but when the stored proc gets data from the database, formats an HTML message and sends it to thousands of subscribers from her laptop on the plane... </p> <br /> <hr /> This weblog is sponsored by <a href="http://www.newtelligence.com">newtelligence AG</a>. main http://kemmou.com/Trackback.aspx?guid=e7f3ab0f-f652-4588-b5bd-08d90286ea65 http://kemmou.com/pingback.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,e7f3ab0f-f652-4588-b5bd-08d90286ea65.aspx malekblog@kemmou.com (Malek!)

Congratulations Andrew, Steven and Bill...


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I know many of you only come here to get some inetresting technology information...

From now on, I have decided to separate whatever I say about techonology (which has to somewhat conform with my employer official views) at http://blogs.msdn.com/malek/default.aspx  (wont start on that for few days yet) and what I say about my own life (which, in return, only concern me, and has no implication on my employer what so ever).

I have kept everytging I had said in the past (in my original www.malekkemmou.ma blog) here as I still have not changed and I would, personnally, not implicating my employer, defend anything and everything I ever said (including recognizing errors of the past, which I recon have happened some times)...

I have hundereds of pages of "creative writing" that have not yet been published, as well as general opinions on politics, social ideals and other genral topics.  off course there will be quite a bit of semi-private / cryptic posts as well, adressed mostly to those who know more about the details of my life.

I will start posting in here and on my other blog very soon, so stay tuned...

For 400 years, you name will still be anywhere I go, and shiny will be every one of my lives with you...


This weblog is sponsored by newtelligence AG. If you want a technology blog, check my msdn one (in few days) http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,17d81788-8c28-4e4c-8d71-c5f708cafb24.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,17d81788-8c28-4e4c-8d71-c5f708cafb24.aspx Wed, 31 May 2006 02:49:39 GMT <p> I know many of you only come here to get some inetresting technology information... </p> <p> From now on, I have decided to separate whatever I say about techonology (which has to somewhat conform with my employer official views)&nbsp;at <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/malek/default.aspx">http://blogs.msdn.com/malek/default.aspx</a> &nbsp;(wont start on that for few days yet)&nbsp;and what I say about my own life (which, in return, only concern me, and has no implication on my employer what so ever). </p> <p> I have kept everytging I had said in the past (in my original www.malekkemmou.ma blog) here as I still have not changed and I would, personnally, not implicating my employer, defend anything and everything I ever said (including recognizing errors of the past, which I recon have happened some times)... </p> <p> I have hundereds of pages of "creative writing" that have not yet been published, as well as general opinions on politics, social ideals and other genral topics.&nbsp; off course there will be quite a bit of semi-private / cryptic posts as well, adressed mostly to those who know more about the details of my life. </p> <p> I will start posting in here and on my other blog very soon, so stay tuned... </p> <p> For 400 years, you name will still be anywhere I go, and shiny will be every one of my lives with you... </p> <br /> <hr /> This weblog is sponsored by <a href="http://www.newtelligence.com">newtelligence AG</a>. main http://kemmou.com/Trackback.aspx?guid=c93ef885-ae7a-4e10-9dde-0f459f5950f2 http://kemmou.com/pingback.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,c93ef885-ae7a-4e10-9dde-0f459f5950f2.aspx malekblog@kemmou.com (Malek!)

Since the day my mom passed away, I had shied away from public publications... I was to hard to swallow, and harder to come to term with...

Well, here I am. as passionate with my dreams (maybe a little more), as much in love with my self (speak of an inflated ego), and really as much a chanter of the beauty of life as I ever been...

I will just say that (quoting one of my dearest friends) "Life doesn't suck!"...

Thank you Lara for such a beautiful quote...


This weblog is sponsored by newtelligence AG. Blogging again http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,c93ef885-ae7a-4e10-9dde-0f459f5950f2.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,c93ef885-ae7a-4e10-9dde-0f459f5950f2.aspx Wed, 31 May 2006 02:29:39 GMT <p> Since the day my mom passed away, I had shied away from public publications... I was to hard to swallow, and harder to come to term with... </p> <p> Well, here I am. as passionate with my dreams (maybe a little more), as much in love with my self (speak of an inflated ego), and really as much a chanter of the beauty of life as I ever been... </p> <p> I will just say that (quoting one of my dearest friends) "Life doesn't suck!"... </p> <p> Thank you Lara for such a beautiful quote... </p> <br /> <hr /> This weblog is sponsored by <a href="http://www.newtelligence.com">newtelligence AG</a>. Anti Suckiness Club (private);main http://kemmou.com/Trackback.aspx?guid=1477679f-f384-476a-a79e-d2950a4eba63 http://kemmou.com/pingback.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,1477679f-f384-476a-a79e-d2950a4eba63.aspx malekblog@kemmou.com (Malek!)

I have been looking at bug tracking for a Mozilla (Firefox) bug related to tooltips .

I was surprized by quite a few things. Here are some :

 

  • 5 years to fix a bug ?
    • Opened: 2000-07-13 06:28 PST
    • Status : ASSIGNED        Priority: P3
    • Last modified: 2005-02-11 15:01 PST
  • Threads that take up days to end up marked as duplicates
  • an incredible offer :
I'm interested in attempting to fix this bug...  I'm a competent C/C++
programmer with no experience with the Mozilla code base, so I'd appreciate it
if someone could point me to the part of the code (file and lines) where
tooltips are handled, and I'll take a look.
  • Even comments like this :
The problem, as I understand it, is that the bug blocking this one depends on a
person who is no longer working on Mozilla doing some work, or another person
doing a huge amount of work.  If anyone would like to fix it, many people would
appreciate it.

            You still like to use
      OSS in your critical systems? good luck...

This weblog is sponsored by newtelligence AG. You like OSS, have a look at community at work ... http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,1477679f-f384-476a-a79e-d2950a4eba63.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,1477679f-f384-476a-a79e-d2950a4eba63.aspx Sat, 11 Feb 2006 23:52:57 GMT <div class=itemBodyStyle> <p> <font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif>I have been looking at bug tracking for a Mozilla (Firefox) </font><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45375"><font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif>bug related to tooltips</font></a><font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif>.</font> </p> <p> <font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif>I was surprized by quite a few things. Here are some :</font> </p> <p> &nbsp; </p> <ul dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <li> 5 years to fix a bug ? <ul> <li> Opened: 2000-07-13 06:28 PST <li> <font color=#0000ff><strong><u>Status</u></strong></font> : ASSIGNED&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <font color=#0000ff><strong><u>Priority</u> </strong><font color=#000000>:</font></font>&nbsp;P3 <li> Last modified: 2005-02-11 15:01 PST</li> </ul> <li> Threads that take up days to end up marked as duplicates <li> an incredible offer :</li> </ul> <pre id=comment_text_91>I'm interested in attempting to fix this bug... I'm a competent C/C++ programmer with no experience with the Mozilla code base, so I'd appreciate it if someone could point me to the part of the code (file and lines) where tooltips are handled, and I'll take a look.</pre> <ul dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <li> <pre>Even comments like this :</pre> </li> </ul> <pre>The problem, as I understand it, is that the bug blocking this one depends on a person who is no longer working on Mozilla doing some work, or another person doing a huge amount of work. If anyone would like to fix it, many people would appreciate it. </pre> <pre><font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif>You still like to use OSS in your critical systems? good luck...</font></pre> </div> <br /> <hr /> This weblog is sponsored by <a href="http://www.newtelligence.com">newtelligence AG</a>. main http://kemmou.com/Trackback.aspx?guid=8943260a-4862-4aaf-bb3a-0e6a3265f984 http://kemmou.com/pingback.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,8943260a-4862-4aaf-bb3a-0e6a3265f984.aspx malekblog@kemmou.com (Malek!) It has been an incredible year !!! http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,8943260a-4862-4aaf-bb3a-0e6a3265f984.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,8943260a-4862-4aaf-bb3a-0e6a3265f984.aspx Sat, 24 Dec 2005 15:41:57 GMT <p> This year has been amazing on every front.&nbsp;Here is a short look back at the ending year: </p> <ul> <li> I will remember this year as the year I have lost contact with my daughter for so long, my mom had cancer, I met/rediscovered&nbsp;my most wonderful friends, I went through the most drastic change of my life - changed location, job, main language, lifestyle... <li> Quite a bit of traveling (even a bit too much) in chronoligical order (I have probably missed a few):</li> </ul> <blockquote dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <blockquote dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <p> <strong>While I was still based out of Casablanca, Morocco</strong> </p> </blockquote></blockquote> <ul> <ul> <ul type=disc> <ul type=circle> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /> <st1:City w:st="on"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Cairo</span> </st1:City> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Egypt</st1:country-region> (<st1:place w:st="on">Middle East</st1:place><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Developer Conference)<o:p></o:p> </span> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in"> <st1:place w:st="on"> <st1:City w:st="on"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Alexandria</span> </st1:City> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Egypt</st1:country-region> </span> </st1:place> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> (First Time)<o:p></o:p> </span> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in"> <st1:place w:st="on"> <st1:City w:st="on"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">San Fransisco</span> </st1:City> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">, <st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State> </span> </st1:place> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> (VS-Live)<o:p></o:p> </span> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in"> <st1:place w:st="on"> <st1:City w:st="on"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Frankfurt</span> </st1:City> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region> </span> </st1:place> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> <o:p></o:p> </span> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in"> <st1:place w:st="on"> <st1:City w:st="on"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Dusseldorf</span> </st1:City> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region> </span> </st1:place> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> (First Time - Personal)<o:p></o:p> </span> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in"> <st1:place w:st="on"> <st1:City w:st="on"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Istanbul</span> </st1:City> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Turkey</st1:country-region> </span> </st1:place> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> (First Time)<o:p></o:p> </span> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in"> <st1:place w:st="on"> <st1:City w:st="on"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">San Jose</span> </st1:City> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">, <st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State> </span> </st1:place> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> (First Time, SD-West)<o:p></o:p> </span> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">New <st1:place w:st="on"> <st1:City w:st="on">Martinsville</st1:City> , <st1:State w:st="on">West Virginia</st1:State> </st1:place> <o:p></o:p> </span> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in"> <st1:place w:st="on"> <st1:City w:st="on"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Orlando</span> </st1:City> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">, <st1:State w:st="on">Florida</st1:State> </span> </st1:place> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> (VS-Cnnections)<o:p></o:p> </span> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in"> <st1:place w:st="on"> <st1:City w:st="on"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Istanbul</span> </st1:City> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Turkey</st1:country-region> </span> </st1:place> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> <o:p></o:p> </span> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in"> <st1:place w:st="on"> <st1:City w:st="on"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Ryiadh</span> </st1:City> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Saudi Arabia</st1:country-region> </span> </st1:place> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> (Gulf Developer Conference)<o:p></o:p> </span> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in"> <st1:place w:st="on"> <st1:City w:st="on"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Tunis</span> </st1:City> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Tunisia</st1:country-region> </span> </st1:place> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> (Business)<o:p></o:p> </span> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in"> <st1:City w:st="on"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Agiers</span> </st1:City> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Algeria</st1:country-region> (<st1:place w:st="on">North Africa</st1:place> Developer Conference)<o:p></o:p> </span> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in"> <st1:City w:st="on"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Istanbul</span> </st1:City> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Turkey</st1:country-region> (Microsoft Summit, and moved to <st1:City w:st="on"> <st1:place w:st="on">Istanbul</st1:place> </st1:City> for good)<o:p></o:p> </span> </li> </ul> </ul> <li> <p> <strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #003300; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">After I moved to <st1:City w:st="on"> <st1:place w:st="on">Istanbul</st1:place> </st1:City> end of April (joined Microsoft May 2nd)</span></strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #003300; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> <o:p></o:p> </span> </p> <ul type=disc> <ul type=circle> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in"> <st1:place w:st="on"> <st1:City w:st="on"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Dat&#231;a</span> </st1:City> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Turkey</st1:country-region> </span> </st1:place> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> (First Time, holiday)<o:p></o:p> </span> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in"> <st1:place w:st="on"> <st1:City w:st="on"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Lagos</span> </st1:City> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Nigeria</st1:country-region> </span> </st1:place> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> <o:p></o:p> </span> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in"> <st1:place w:st="on"> <st1:City w:st="on"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Nairobi</span> </st1:City> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Kenya</st1:country-region> </span> </st1:place> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> <o:p></o:p> </span> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in"> <st1:place w:st="on"> <st1:City w:st="on"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Dubai</span> </st1:City> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">, <st1:country-region w:st="on">United Arab Emirates</st1:country-region> </span> </st1:place> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> <o:p></o:p> </span> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in"> <st1:place w:st="on"> <st1:City w:st="on"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Karachi</span> </st1:City> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Pakistan</st1:country-region> </span> </st1:place> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> <o:p></o:p> </span> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in"> <st1:place w:st="on"> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Mauritius</span> </st1:PlaceName> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Island</st1:PlaceType> </span> </st1:place> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> <o:p></o:p> </span> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in"> <st1:place w:st="on"> <st1:City w:st="on"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Tunis</span> </st1:City> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Tunisia</st1:country-region> </span> </st1:place> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> <o:p></o:p> </span> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in"> <st1:place w:st="on"> <st1:City w:st="on"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Casablanca</span> </st1:City> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Morocco</st1:country-region> </span> </st1:place> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> <o:p></o:p> </span> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in"> <st1:place w:st="on"> <st1:City w:st="on"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Seattle</span> </st1:City> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">, <st1:State w:st="on">Washington</st1:State> </span> </st1:place> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> <o:p></o:p> </span> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in"> <st1:place w:st="on"> <st1:City w:st="on"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Portland</span> </st1:City> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">, <st1:State w:st="on">Oregon</st1:State> </span> </st1:place> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> (Week end)<o:p></o:p> </span> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Tour of the Dardanels and the <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Egean</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Sea</st1:PlaceType> (Bandirma, &#231;anakkale, <st1:City w:st="on">Troy</st1:City> , Ayvacik, Essos, Balikesir) in <st1:country-region w:st="on"> <st1:place w:st="on">Turkey</st1:place> </st1:country-region> (First Time)<o:p></o:p> </span> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">New <st1:place w:st="on"> <st1:City w:st="on">Martinsville</st1:City> , <st1:State w:st="on">West Virginia</st1:State> </st1:place> </span> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> <st1:place w:st="on"> <st1:State w:st="on">Chicago, Illinois</st1:State> </st1:place> <o:p></o:p> </span> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in"> <st1:place w:st="on"> <st1:City w:st="on"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Bellevue</span> </st1:City> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">, <st1:State w:st="on">Washington</st1:State> </span> </st1:place> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> <o:p></o:p> </span> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">New <st1:place w:st="on"> <st1:City w:st="on">Martinsville</st1:City> , <st1:State w:st="on">West Virginia</st1:State> </st1:place> <o:p></o:p> </span> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in"> <st1:place w:st="on"> <st1:City w:st="on"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Washington</span> </st1:City> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">, <st1:State w:st="on">DC</st1:State> </span> </st1:place> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> (First Time)<o:p></o:p> </span> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in"> <st1:country-region w:st="on"> <st1:place w:st="on"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Malta</span> </st1:place> </st1:country-region> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> (First Time)<o:p></o:p> </span> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in"> <st1:place w:st="on"> <st1:City w:st="on"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Numea</span> </st1:City> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">, <st1:State w:st="on">New Caledonia</st1:State> </span> </st1:place> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> (First Time)<o:p></o:p> </span> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in"> <st1:City w:st="on"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Papeete</span> </st1:City> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> (Tahiti) and Moorea, <st1:place w:st="on">French Polynesia</st1:place> (First Time)<o:p></o:p> </span> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in"> <st1:place w:st="on"> <st1:City w:st="on"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Nairobi</span> </st1:City> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Kenya</st1:country-region> </span> </st1:place> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> <o:p></o:p> </span> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in"> <st1:place w:st="on"> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Mauritius</span> </st1:PlaceName> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Island</st1:PlaceType> </span> </st1:place> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> <o:p></o:p> </span> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Paris, Fance<o:p></o:p> </span> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in"> <st1:place w:st="on"> <st1:City w:st="on"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Douala</span> </st1:City> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Cameroon</st1:country-region> </span> </st1:place> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> (First Time)<o:p></o:p> </span> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in"> <st1:City w:st="on"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Kinshasa</span> </st1:City> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">, Democratic <st1:place w:st="on"> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Republic</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Congo</st1:PlaceName> </st1:place> (First Time)<o:p></o:p> </span> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in"> <st1:place w:st="on"> <st1:City w:st="on"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Dakar</span> </st1:City> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Senegal</st1:country-region> </span> </st1:place> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> (First Time)<o:p></o:p> </span> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Saint Giles, <st1:place w:st="on"> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Reunion</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Island</st1:PlaceType> </st1:place> (First Time)<o:p></o:p> </span> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in"> <st1:place w:st="on"> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Mauritius</span> </st1:PlaceName> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Island</st1:PlaceType> </span> </st1:place> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> <o:p></o:p> </span> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in"> <st1:place w:st="on"> <st1:City w:st="on"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Casablanca</span> </st1:City> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Morocco</st1:country-region> </span> </st1:place> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> (next week)<o:p></o:p> </span> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in"> <st1:place w:st="on"> <st1:City w:st="on"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Paris</span> </st1:City> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">, <st1:country-region w:st="on">France</st1:country-region> </span> </st1:place> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> (I will end the year there) <o:p></o:p> </span> </li> </ul> </ul> <p> <strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #003300; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">I also transited by many places without stepping out of the airport</span></strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #003300; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> <o:p></o:p> </span> </p> <ul type=disc> <ul type=circle> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in"> <st1:place w:st="on"> <st1:City w:st="on"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Rome</span> </st1:City> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Italy</st1:country-region> </span> </st1:place> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> <o:p></o:p> </span> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in"> <st1:place w:st="on"> <st1:City w:st="on"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Milan</span> </st1:City> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Italy</st1:country-region> </span> </st1:place> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> <o:p></o:p> </span> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in"> <st1:place w:st="on"> <st1:City w:st="on"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Frankfurt</span> </st1:City> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region> </span> </st1:place> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> (many times)<o:p></o:p> </span> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in"> <st1:place w:st="on"> <st1:City w:st="on"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Tunis</span> </st1:City> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Tunisia</st1:country-region> </span> </st1:place> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> <o:p></o:p> </span> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in"> <st1:place w:st="on"> <st1:City w:st="on"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Cairo</span> </st1:City> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Egypt</st1:country-region> </span> </st1:place> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> <o:p></o:p> </span> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in"> <st1:place w:st="on"> <st1:City w:st="on"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Munich</span> </st1:City> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region> </span> </st1:place> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> <o:p></o:p> </span> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in"> <st1:place w:st="on"> <st1:City w:st="on"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Djeddah</span> </st1:City> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Saudi Arabia</st1:country-region> </span> </st1:place> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> <o:p></o:p> </span> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in"> <st1:place w:st="on"> <st1:City w:st="on"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Dubai</span> </st1:City> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">, <st1:country-region w:st="on">United Arab Emirates</st1:country-region> </span> </st1:place> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> (many times)<o:p></o:p> </span> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in"> <st1:place w:st="on"> <st1:City w:st="on"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Paris</span> </st1:City> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">, <st1:country-region w:st="on">France</st1:country-region> </span> </st1:place> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> (many times)<o:p></o:p> </span> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in"> <st1:place w:st="on"> <st1:City w:st="on"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Charlotte</span> </st1:City> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">, <st1:State w:st="on">North Carolina</st1:State> </span> </st1:place> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> <o:p></o:p> </span> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in"> <st1:City w:st="on"> <st1:place w:st="on"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Osaka</span> </st1:place> </st1:City> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> Japan (twice)<o:p></o:p> </span> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in"> <st1:place w:st="on"> <st1:City w:st="on"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Nairobi</span> </st1:City> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Kenya</st1:country-region> </span> </st1:place> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in"> <st1:place w:st="on"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> <st1:country-region w:st="on"></st1:country-region> </span> </st1:place> <st1:place w:st="on"> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #003300; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Mauritius</span> </st1:PlaceName> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #003300; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Island</st1:PlaceType> </span> </st1:place> </li> </ul> </ul> </li> </ul> </ul> <p> &nbsp; </p> <ul> <li> Crazy workload, crazy partying and a few private moments of fame and few moments of shame... Some of the things I will never forget - don't expect details (this is for insiders only) : <ul> <li> Late night chat at Intercontinental in Cairo <li> Crazy interview day in Istanbul <li> Spa in Orlando <li> Two first time divers in Dat&#231;a <li> "The night" in Istanbul <li> An awkward declaration in a car by the bosphorus <li> A Cliff from the past&nbsp;in Ayvacik <li> A wedding party in Bellevue <li> Back to the office from Tahiti <li> WooHoo in Nairobi <li> Arriving late to Reunion</li> </ul> <li> This year has been full of surprises, including multiple new encounters, and multiple new friendships, some of which have become extremely important in my life, and some having very interesting promises. <li> Some sad happenings: <ul> <li> My mom's disease <li> Lost contact with my daughter for a long time (Well, I will see her Tuesday. I am so thrilled!) <li> Close friends going through bad times (emotional and health) <li> A close friend loses her brother <li> my uncle's disease <li> The drone</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In short, I never thought one year could be so full... Neither have I ever thought I could handle such an intensity... </p> <p> <strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I am so sorry if it has made me a little less availlable to so many people I care about...</strong> </p> <p> <strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Merry Christmas, Happy new year, and Mabrouk El-Eid</strong> </p> <br /> <hr /> This weblog is sponsored by <a href="http://www.newtelligence.com">newtelligence AG</a>. main http://kemmou.com/Trackback.aspx?guid=81982089-980d-42f2-8589-4b24b693cd27 http://kemmou.com/pingback.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,81982089-980d-42f2-8589-4b24b693cd27.aspx

I have not been flying too many economy long haul flights lately, and was awakened by some remarks from my Lufthansa "flight attendant". I asked about the choice I have for drinks, and was not happy with the brands they had. She said " this is economy, it's free ".

I remember talking with some friends at some point in the past about the service (actually the lack of service would be more acurate) in economy class, and I believe it was Clemens that dubbed it "Cattle Class"...


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    Oh Boy, Oh Boy... during the month of June, I spent all my time in Hotels, planes, airport lounges ... etc. I only spent three nights sleeping on my bed.

   So, lots of traveling, no so much time for my friends - but I will make up for it  - and a great number of things to blog. I will rest a little bit today, and enjoy a an evening alone at home... Staring tomorrow, I will be blogging about Mauritius Island, Pakistan Developer Conference, Dubai, Lagos, Nairobi and Mombasa. I even have some fun stories like having been baptised with a new name : "Wambua" which litteraly means "Rain Man"... and that was only a side effect of having to have a tribe...

   I am really looking forward to a couple of days of "normality". before I go back to more travel and even more madness.


This weblog is sponsored by newtelligence AG. Ready to spend some time home... http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,c63f531b-863e-4b89-b31d-8b36103da23d.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,c63f531b-863e-4b89-b31d-8b36103da23d.aspx Tue, 28 Jun 2005 09:28:42 GMT <p> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Oh Boy, Oh Boy... during the month of June, I spent all my time in Hotels, planes, airport lounges ... etc. I only spent three nights sleeping on my bed. </p> <p> &nbsp;&nbsp; So, lots of traveling, no so much time for my friends - but I will make up for it&nbsp; - and a great number of things to blog. I will rest a little bit today, and enjoy a an evening alone at home... Staring tomorrow, I will be blogging about Mauritius Island, Pakistan Developer Conference, Dubai, Lagos, Nairobi and Mombasa. I even have some fun stories like having been&nbsp;baptised with&nbsp;a new name : "Wambua" which litteraly means "Rain Man"... and that was only a side effect of having to have a tribe... </p> <p> &nbsp;&nbsp; I am really looking forward to a couple of days of "normality". before I go back to more travel and even more madness. </p> <br /> <hr /> This weblog is sponsored by <a href="http://www.newtelligence.com">newtelligence AG</a>. main;Travel http://kemmou.com/Trackback.aspx?guid=d1883dc3-8a8c-4fc0-898c-8cfbdc7a0591 http://kemmou.com/pingback.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,d1883dc3-8a8c-4fc0-898c-8cfbdc7a0591.aspx

Check this out :

http://msdn.microsoft.com/elearning/


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بينما  كنت  اتجول  على  الانترنت،  صادفت  مقالا  يتكلم  عن محاضرة ألقيتها في الرياض الشهر الماضي حول المقارنة بين J2EE و NET.

اتهمني صاحب المقال بأنني قد وعدت بأن أكون محايدا تمام الحياد، وأنني لم أتوفق في ذلك. غير أني أتذكر جيدا ما وعدت به، ولم أعد أبدا بأن أكون كامل الحياد، حيث أن الكمال للله وحده. عند بداية المحاضرة قلت بأنني لست أتقاضى أي أجر من مايكروسفت، وكان ذلك حقيقة عند ذاك، قبل أن ألتحق بصفوف موظفي مايكروسفت في بداية هذا الشهر، وقلت أنني سأتجنب أن أميل إلى أي جانب ما استطعت، علما بأن اختياري الشخصي لا غبار عليه و أنني أفضل NET.، ولا يكلف الله نفسا إلا وسعها.

في نهاية المحاضرة، عاتبني عدد من أصدقاءي الميالين لNET. لأنهم شعروا بأنني كنت متساهلا مع J2EE أكثر من اللازم. أظن أنني قد كنت أقوم بمقارنة تقنية بعيدة عن العاطفة ما استطعت، و أن أكبر حجة على أنني لم أكن ميالا لجانب دون الأخر هو أن كل جانب اعتبرني ميالا للأخر.

  


This weblog is sponsored by newtelligence AG. عن المحايدة في نقاش بين متشددين http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,bef0e76e-d941-4079-85c9-a0d193cfcaaf.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,bef0e76e-d941-4079-85c9-a0d193cfcaaf.aspx Fri, 27 May 2005 14:05:15 GMT <blockquote dir=rtl style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0px"> <p dir=rtl> <font face="Arabic Transparent" size=4>بينما&nbsp; كنت &nbsp;اتجول&nbsp; على&nbsp; الانترنت، &nbsp;صادفت&nbsp; مقالا &nbsp;يتكلم&nbsp; عن <a href="http://www.abduh.net/index.php?p=93">محاضرة ألقيتها في الرياض الشهر الماضي حول المقارنة بين J2EE و NET.</a></font> </p> <p dir=rtl> <font face="Arabic Transparent"><font size=4>اتهمني صاحب المقال بأنني قد وعدت بأن أكون محايدا تمام الحياد، وأنني لم أتوفق في ذلك. غير أني أتذكر جيدا ما وعدت به، ولم أعد أبدا بأن أكون&nbsp;كامل الحياد، حيث&nbsp;أن الكمال للله وحده. عند بداية المحاضرة قلت بأنني لست أتقاضى أي أجر من مايكروسفت، وكان ذلك حقيقة عند&nbsp;ذاك، قبل أن ألتحق بصفوف&nbsp;موظفي مايكروسفت في بداية هذا الشهر، وقلت أنني&nbsp;سأتجنب أن أميل إلى أي جانب ما استطعت، علما بأن اختياري الشخصي لا غبار عليه و أنني أفضل&nbsp;NET.،&nbsp;ولا يكلف الله نفسا إلا وسعها.</font></font> </p> <p dir=rtl> <font face="Arabic Transparent" size=4>في نهاية المحاضرة،&nbsp;عاتبني عدد من أصدقاءي الميالين لNET. لأنهم&nbsp;شعروا بأنني كنت&nbsp;متساهلا مع J2EE أكثر من اللازم.&nbsp;أظن أنني قد كنت أقوم بمقارنة تقنية بعيدة عن العاطفة ما استطعت، و أن أكبر&nbsp;حجة على أنني لم أكن ميالا لجانب دون الأخر هو أن كل جانب&nbsp;اعتبرني ميالا للأخر.</font> </p> </blockquote> <p dir=rtl> <font face="Arabic Transparent" size=4>&nbsp;&nbsp;</font> </p> <br /> <hr /> This weblog is sponsored by <a href="http://www.newtelligence.com">newtelligence AG</a>. .Net;main http://kemmou.com/Trackback.aspx?guid=fded8551-285f-4771-88c2-2742e1318107 http://kemmou.com/pingback.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,fded8551-285f-4771-88c2-2742e1318107.aspx

I have been googling myself today (I never said my ego was not super inflated), and stumbled upon an a blog entry talking about the presentation on .Net vs. J2EE I did in Riyadh last month (The entry is in Arabic). There are a few things I think I should correct, as I think the remarks were not ill intended:

  • The author claims that I said I would be perfectly neutral. I would have been foolish to claim perfectness in anything. I have only said that I would be as neutral as possible, and precised that I my own personnal choice was very clear, and that I prefered .Net
  • The author said that I didn't succeed in being neutral, and that I was too favorable to .Net. I have had many reactions from attendees that were favorable to .Net that said that I was giving J2EE much more credit than it deserves. I believe that when people are there to discuss, we can talk in a serene and calm technical atmosphere.

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I have not been blogging lately, and will not be doing much of it in the next few days... It is very hard for me to cope with this...


This weblog is sponsored by newtelligence AG. My mom has a lymphatic system cancer... http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,0b847f63-019a-4094-bc9f-a21409c8700e.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,0b847f63-019a-4094-bc9f-a21409c8700e.aspx Mon, 09 May 2005 23:23:32 GMT <p> I have not been blogging lately, and will not be doing much of it in the next few days... It is very hard for me to cope with this... </p> <br /> <hr /> This weblog is sponsored by <a href="http://www.newtelligence.com">newtelligence AG</a>. main http://kemmou.com/Trackback.aspx?guid=e0bdd72e-482b-48ea-a39e-ccb0adfbbd0a http://kemmou.com/pingback.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,e0bdd72e-482b-48ea-a39e-ccb0adfbbd0a.aspx malekblog@kemmou.com (Malek!)

As I promised during my sessions at the Microsoft Zirvesi, here are my slide decks (I will be publishing the demos later).

Visual Studio 2005 : new features for the web services developer (926 KB)

DotNet vs j2ee (1.4 MB)

Developing Mobile Web Applications With ASP.NET (1.65 MB)

Compact Framework _ part 1 (3.78 MB)

Compact Framework _ part 2 (1.47 MB)


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   I will celebrating starting today in Casablanca, and not finishing until the end the month in Istanbul... Some of friends will be throwing a "bachelor party" for me Sunday in Istanbul, as I am joining Microsoft, letting go of my independent status. Then there is the very first time the anti-suckiness club meets in full membership, then the Turkey Developer Summit, then a friend's birthday... It is going to be a big long party.


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   Bye Bye Casablanca. Our relationship goes back to my very first day in life, even my very first second. Even though on paper, I am registered as being born in Figuig, my parents home town, on the 16th of February, I actually I was born in Casablanca sometime in late January 1968. I have traveled a lot, and I have loved some cities, hated others, but Casablanca will always hold a special place in my heart.

   Bye Bye Casablanca. I have seen your many faces, and the take time had on your physionomy. I remember when we were children, you and I, and you were already a promise of a metropolitan culture. I remember when your seaside's nights were rocked by Elvis, the Beattles, the Eagles, Jhon Lennon, Bob Dylan, Joe Cocker, David Bowie,  ABBA, Stevie Wonder, Paul McCartney, Simon&Garfunkel, ...etc. At that time, you were still as oriental as ever, and your evenings echoed the songs of Oum Kalthoum, Mohammad Abdelwahab, Abelhalim Hafiz, Farid Al Atrash, Nazim Al ghazali, Sabah Fakhri ...etc. Your beaches in the summer danced Flamenco, your weddings sounded Andalucian tarab, and in the trenches, one could loudly hear the reborn pop music of Nass Al Ghiwane...

   Bye Bye Casablanca. You saw me grow, and witnessed my early successes and failures. You brought me my first loves, my passion for electronics and then for computers, my inability to learn music or dance, my first ink portraits, my first poems. You inspired my dreams, and showed me the stars and the comets.You also saw me part from you for a few years, looking for other constallations, but reclaimed me so strongly I dwindled back in a hurry.

   Bye Bye Casablanca. You were harsh on me when I started my first business. I started in a market with 3 competitors, and 12 more saw the light within 6 months... You were harsh on me as well when you let my best friend and business partner whom I loved silently get killed for the stupidest of reasons. You made me glorious in the culture market, and then in the PR market, but each time letting me down at the highest of my vain glory. Were you just reminding me of my first and truest passions ? You gave me a home for my sweetest moments, gave me a the sweetest of daughters, then turned my life into neverending conflicts. You still gave me a nest from which I could get reborn from my ashes...

   Bye Bye Casablanca. I don't think I know you anymore. While I was busy with my little ambitions and daily troubles, you changed so much on me. You music is no longer mine. You don't even seem to be keen on diversity anymore. Your gardens and parks don't look green anymore. Your dreams seem so far away from mine. I can hardly find anything to tell you anymore... Or maybe I grew up on you, and you don't recognize me anymore.

   Bye Bye Casablanca. I will miss you a lot. Sure I will come every so often and visit. You will always have a precious spot in my heart and  big chunk of my memory, but it is time we part and become friends again...


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I remember when your seaside's nights&nbsp;were rocked by Elvis, the Beattles, the Eagles,&nbsp;Jhon Lennon, Bob Dylan, Joe Cocker, David Bowie, &nbsp;ABBA, Stevie Wonder, Paul McCartney, Simon&amp;Garfunkel, ...etc. At that time, you were still&nbsp;as oriental as ever, and your evenings&nbsp;echoed the songs of Oum Kalthoum, Mohammad Abdelwahab, Abelhalim Hafiz, Farid Al Atrash, Nazim Al ghazali, Sabah Fakhri ...etc. Your beaches in the summer danced Flamenco, your weddings sounded Andalucian tarab, and in the trenches, one could loudly hear the reborn pop music of Nass Al Ghiwane... </p> <p> &nbsp;&nbsp; Bye Bye Casablanca. You saw me grow, and witnessed my early successes and failures. You brought me my first loves, my passion for electronics and then for computers, my inability to learn music or dance, my first ink portraits, my first poems. You inspired my dreams, and showed me the stars and the comets.You also saw me part from you for a few years, looking for other constallations, but reclaimed me so strongly I dwindled back in a hurry. </p> <p> &nbsp;&nbsp; Bye Bye Casablanca. You were harsh on me when I started my first business. I started in a market with 3 competitors, and 12 more saw the light within 6 months... You were harsh on me as well when you let my best friend and business partner whom I loved silently get killed for the stupidest of reasons. You made me glorious in the culture market, and then in the PR market, but each time letting me down at the highest of my vain glory. Were you just reminding me of my first and truest passions ? You gave me a home for my sweetest moments, gave me a the sweetest of daughters, then turned my life into neverending conflicts. You still gave me a&nbsp;nest from which I could get reborn from my ashes... </p> <p> &nbsp;&nbsp; Bye Bye Casablanca. I don't think I know you anymore. While I was busy with my little ambitions and daily troubles, you changed so much on me. You music is no longer mine. You don't even seem to be keen on diversity anymore. Your gardens and parks don't look green&nbsp;anymore. Your dreams seem so far away from mine. I can hardly find anything to tell you anymore... Or maybe I grew up on you, and you don't recognize me anymore. </p> <p> &nbsp;&nbsp; Bye Bye Casablanca. I will miss you a lot. Sure I will come every so often and visit. You will always have a precious spot in my heart and&nbsp; big chunk of my memory, but it is time we part and become friends again... </p> <br /> <hr /> This weblog is sponsored by <a href="http://www.newtelligence.com">newtelligence AG</a>. main;Other Texts http://kemmou.com/Trackback.aspx?guid=2500843b-14fc-41e9-a60d-c4a772a09c4e http://kemmou.com/pingback.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,2500843b-14fc-41e9-a60d-c4a772a09c4e.aspx SQL Server 2005 Virtual Labs http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,2500843b-14fc-41e9-a60d-c4a772a09c4e.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,2500843b-14fc-41e9-a60d-c4a772a09c4e.aspx Tue, 05 Apr 2005 19:05:42 GMT <p dir=ltr> <font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif>&nbsp;&nbsp; Are you interested in experimenting with SQL Server 2005 (formerly codenamed Yukon), but don't have the time, the bits or the resources to install it and test it yourself ? Maybe you have it intalled, but it is taking you to much time to figure out the features ? </font><a href="http://msdn.demoservers.com/login.aspx?group=sql2005"><font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif>MSDN has just launched SQL Server 2005 virtual labs you can use</font></a><font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif>&nbsp;as part of the Visual Studio hosted experience. On the menu is a great selection of labs you can choose from :</font> </p> <ul dir=ltr> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> <font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif>SQL Server 2005 Integration Services&nbsp;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;</span><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> <o:p></o:p> </font> </li> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> <font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif>SQL Server 2005 Introduction to SQL Server Management Studio&nbsp;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;</span> <o:p></o:p> </font> </li> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> <font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif>SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services&nbsp;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;</span> <o:p></o:p> </font> </li> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> <font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif>SQL Server 2005 Server Management Objects&nbsp;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;</span> <o:p></o:p> </font> </li> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> <font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif>SQL Server 2005 SQL CLR Integration&nbsp;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;</span> <o:p></o:p> </font> </li> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> <font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif>SQL Server 2005 SQL Query Tuning&nbsp;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;</span> <o:p></o:p> </font> </li> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> <font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif>SQL Server 2005 SQL Server and ADO.NET (Lab A)&nbsp;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;</span> <o:p></o:p> </font> </li> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> <font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif>SQL Server 2005 SQL Server and ADO.NET (Lab B)&nbsp;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;</span> <o:p></o:p> </font> </li> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> <font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif>SQL Server 2005 T-SQL Enhancements&nbsp;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;</span> <o:p></o:p> </font> </li> <li class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> <font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif>SQL Server 2005 Web Services&nbsp;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;</span> <o:p></o:p> </font> </li> <li> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif>SQL Server 2005 XML Capabilites<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span></font></span> </li> </ul> <p dir=ltr> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif>Have fun!</font></span></span> </p> <br /> <hr /> This weblog is sponsored by <a href="http://www.newtelligence.com">newtelligence AG</a>. .Net;main http://kemmou.com/Trackback.aspx?guid=8013478a-d537-4b6d-8187-aaed734c685b http://kemmou.com/pingback.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,8013478a-d537-4b6d-8187-aaed734c685b.aspx

   I have hinted to movig out of Morocco and into Istanbul, Turkey. I can now say that I am joining Microsoft Middle East and Africa Head Quarters as a Technology Architect - Application Platform.

   This is a major change in my life, and I am really looking forward to the new challenges.


This weblog is sponsored by newtelligence AG. Joining Microsoft http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,8013478a-d537-4b6d-8187-aaed734c685b.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,8013478a-d537-4b6d-8187-aaed734c685b.aspx Sat, 26 Mar 2005 10:46:48 GMT <p> &nbsp;&nbsp; I have hinted to movig out of Morocco and into Istanbul, Turkey. I can now say that I am joining Microsoft Middle East and Africa Head Quarters as a Technology Architect - Application Platform. </p> <p> &nbsp;&nbsp; This is a major change in my life, and I am really looking forward to the new challenges. </p> <br /> <hr /> This weblog is sponsored by <a href="http://www.newtelligence.com">newtelligence AG</a>. main http://kemmou.com/Trackback.aspx?guid=26e12c41-bb35-417e-b37b-41d194c635ab http://kemmou.com/pingback.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,26e12c41-bb35-417e-b37b-41d194c635ab.aspx

  I have been looking through my agenda for the rest of March and April, and it is a quite busy schedule :

  • March 21-23 : Visual Studio Connections in Orlando, FL (just 1 session)
  • April 2 - 5 : Microsoft Partner Academy Workshops in Algiers, Algeria (4 full days)
  • April 10-12 : Gulf Developers Conference in Ryadh, Saudi Arabia (6 sessions)
  • April 16-18 : North Africa Developers Conference in Algiers, Algeria (4 sessions)
  • April 25-27 : Developer Coference in Istanbul, Turkey (number of sessions TBD)

  Off course, I have all my regular work with my customers (to finish all ongoing projects, and I will be finished on those by April 8), flying in between locations takes usually one day before and one day after each event. All in all, I'll be home or a total of  7 busy days during the next 4 weeks... and then I will be moving... to Istanbul for good.

  


This weblog is sponsored by newtelligence AG. Busy agenda for the next 4 weeks. http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,26e12c41-bb35-417e-b37b-41d194c635ab.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,26e12c41-bb35-417e-b37b-41d194c635ab.aspx Sun, 20 Mar 2005 18:18:33 GMT <p> &nbsp; I have been looking through my agenda for the rest of March and April, and it is a quite busy schedule : </p> <ul> <li> March 21-23 : <em>Visual Studio Connections in Orlando, FL (just 1 session)</em> <li dir=ltr> April&nbsp;2 - 5 : <em>Microsoft Partner Academy Workshops in Algiers, Algeria (4 full days)</em> <li dir=ltr> <em>April 10-12 : Gulf Developers Conference in Ryadh, Saudi Arabia (6 sessions)</em> <li dir=ltr> <em>April 16-18 : North Africa Developers Conference in Algiers, Algeria (4 sessions)</em> <li dir=ltr> <em>April 25-27 : Developer Coference in Istanbul, Turkey (number of sessions TBD)</em> </li> </ul> <p> &nbsp; Off course, I have all my regular work with my customers (to finish all ongoing projects, and I will be finished on those by April 8), flying in between locations takes usually one day before and one day after each event. All in all, I'll be home or a total of&nbsp; 7 busy days during the next&nbsp;4 weeks... and then I will be moving... to Istanbul for good. </p> <p> &nbsp;&nbsp; </p> <br /> <hr /> This weblog is sponsored by <a href="http://www.newtelligence.com">newtelligence AG</a>. main;Travel http://kemmou.com/Trackback.aspx?guid=2c158b76-5ce3-4239-ab23-e5c9c8b98ced http://kemmou.com/pingback.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,2c158b76-5ce3-4239-ab23-e5c9c8b98ced.aspx malekblog@kemmou.com (Malek!)

 

   SSW (australian company, lead by my good friend Adam Cogan) has a great product for code audit.

The concept is quite simple : define rules using regular expressions (it has a builtin RegEx editor) to be checked against source code, file path, file names, HTML code ...etc, and define wether that is a desirable (should exist) or undesirable (should not exist) pattern (there is a lot of flexibility built in, as setting exceptions, notes, or statistics about the rules and the time they take). You choose the files you want to apply the rules to, and you run a scan. At the end you get a detailed report.

   The tool allows you to schedule automatic execution, and email the reports to any email address.

   It has many qualities I love in products: useful, productive, simple... Great job, Adam.


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Check out this series of Videos :

Scott and Rory go to TechEd :

Way to go guys, keep up the fun.


This weblog is sponsored by newtelligence AG. TechEd 2005 : be there!!! http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,dea7d129-ec41-4277-bafc-01e7c725abe8.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,dea7d129-ec41-4277-bafc-01e7c725abe8.aspx Thu, 17 Mar 2005 22:45:48 GMT <p> Check out this series of Videos : </p> <p> <a href="http://www.hanselman.com/blog">Scott</a> and <a href="http://www.neopoleon.com/blog/">Rory</a> go to TechEd : </p> <ul dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <ul> <li> <a href="http://www.hanselman.com/blog/RoryAndScottGoToTechEdALoveStory.aspx">#1 : A love Story</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://www.hanselman.com/blog/RoryAndScottDesignSomeSoftwareTechEdRevengeOfTheSith.aspx">#2 : Scott and Rory design some software</a> </li> </ul> </ul> <p dir=ltr> Way to go guys, keep up the fun. </p> <br /> <hr /> This weblog is sponsored by <a href="http://www.newtelligence.com">newtelligence AG</a>. main http://kemmou.com/Trackback.aspx?guid=f89001b5-515e-4d27-ae22-e5650186f0d0 http://kemmou.com/pingback.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,f89001b5-515e-4d27-ae22-e5650186f0d0.aspx

   C'était prévisible, et même prévu que j'allais quiter le Maroc. A part cela, rien n'était très clair: Vers où? Quand? ...etc. Il y avait juste que je commençait à me sentir un peu à l'étroit au Maroc, et que mon activité commençait à être beaucoup plus internationale que locale, et que donc le Maroc ne se présentait plus comme une bonne base pour mes activités (Ce n'est pas un centre aérien important, les formalités pour les visas, la devise, ...etc, ne sont pas adaptées à quelqu'un qui passe plus de la moitié du temps entre aéroports, avions et hotels àl'étranger...)

   C'est donc décidé, je quite le Maroc. Je m'installe à Istanbul, à partir de fin Avril.


This weblog is sponsored by newtelligence AG. Quiter le Maroc... http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,f89001b5-515e-4d27-ae22-e5650186f0d0.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,f89001b5-515e-4d27-ae22-e5650186f0d0.aspx Thu, 17 Mar 2005 22:21:35 GMT <p> &nbsp;&nbsp; C'était prévisible, et même prévu que j'allais quiter le Maroc. A part cela, rien n'était très clair: Vers où? Quand? ...etc. Il y avait juste que je commençait à me sentir un peu à l'étroit au Maroc, et que mon activité commençait à être beaucoup plus internationale que locale, et que donc le Maroc ne se présentait plus comme une bonne base pour mes activités (Ce n'est pas un centre aérien important, les formalités pour les visas, la devise, ...etc, ne sont pas adaptées à quelqu'un qui passe plus de la moitié du temps entre aéroports, avions et hotels àl'étranger...) </p> <p> &nbsp;&nbsp; C'est donc décidé, je quite le Maroc. Je m'installe à Istanbul, à partir de fin Avril. </p> <br /> <hr /> This weblog is sponsored by <a href="http://www.newtelligence.com">newtelligence AG</a>. main http://kemmou.com/Trackback.aspx?guid=9bf473f9-c49b-4ff0-8910-ed2fa6e1ce82 http://kemmou.com/pingback.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,9bf473f9-c49b-4ff0-8910-ed2fa6e1ce82.aspx

Big changes for me in the air ...

I won't give anymore details until May 1st.


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What's the next step for .Net ? this might just be it ...

AspSoft  is preparing a big surprise for TechEd 2005. be there!


This weblog is sponsored by newtelligence AG. You won't believe it until you see it... http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,e6bfad8c-4da6-457f-821f-8dac6defc234.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,e6bfad8c-4da6-457f-821f-8dac6defc234.aspx Thu, 03 Mar 2005 11:18:46 GMT <p> What's the next step for .Net ? this might just be it ... </p> <p> AspSoft&nbsp; is preparing a big <a href="http://www.aspsoft.com/rallytrailer1.html">surprise</a> for TechEd 2005. be there! </p> <br /> <hr /> This weblog is sponsored by <a href="http://www.newtelligence.com">newtelligence AG</a>. .Net;main http://kemmou.com/Trackback.aspx?guid=1aa2186b-ae35-45e5-8ea9-4ead9daeaecd http://kemmou.com/pingback.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,1aa2186b-ae35-45e5-8ea9-4ead9daeaecd.aspx

Not counting home, Me and Goksin just realized we have been on 4 continents this month... and we've been there together too... does this call for a new club?


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It still takes you too much time to build your Business entities and manage their persitence?  Check out what Serena is doing with paladin.

I will be talking in more details about it next week (as I am just finishing the last details of Atlantis bank, and finally getting ready to be out of the tunnel).


This weblog is sponsored by newtelligence AG. Serena is doing Wonders... http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,51d715a3-75ee-498e-8991-fc2df7e2c513.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,51d715a3-75ee-498e-8991-fc2df7e2c513.aspx Thu, 24 Feb 2005 02:39:52 GMT <p> It still takes you too much time to build your Business entities and manage their persitence?&nbsp; Check out what <a href="http://serena-yeoh.blogspot.com/">Serena</a>&nbsp;is doing with <a href="http://www.gotdotnet.com/workspaces/workspace.aspx?id=19c4a237-9816-443d-817d-e160e2bcfc2c">paladin</a>. </p> <p> I will be talking in more details about it next week (as I am just finishing the last details of&nbsp;Atlantis bank, and finally getting ready to be out of the tunnel). </p> <br /> <hr /> This weblog is sponsored by <a href="http://www.newtelligence.com">newtelligence AG</a>. main http://kemmou.com/Trackback.aspx?guid=41bef8a5-8233-4f25-9b11-f5b83ee5587b http://kemmou.com/pingback.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,41bef8a5-8233-4f25-9b11-f5b83ee5587b.aspx

I have been looking at bug tracking for a Mozilla (Firefox) bug related to tooltips .

I was surprized by quite a few things. Here are some :

 

  • 5 years to fix a bug ?
    • Opened: 2000-07-13 06:28 PST
    • Status : ASSIGNED        Priority: P3
    • Last modified: 2005-02-11 15:01 PST
  • Threads that take up days to end up marked as duplicates
  • an incredible offer :
I'm interested in attempting to fix this bug...  I'm a competent C/C++
programmer with no experience with the Mozilla code base, so I'd appreciate it
if someone could point me to the part of the code (file and lines) where
tooltips are handled, and I'll take a look.
  • Even comments like this :
The problem, as I understand it, is that the bug blocking this one depends on a
person who is no longer working on Mozilla doing some work, or another person
doing a huge amount of work.  If anyone would like to fix it, many people would
appreciate it.

          You still like to use
   OSS in your critical systems? good luck...

This weblog is sponsored by newtelligence AG. You like OSS, have a look at community at work ... http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,41bef8a5-8233-4f25-9b11-f5b83ee5587b.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,41bef8a5-8233-4f25-9b11-f5b83ee5587b.aspx Sat, 19 Feb 2005 09:02:29 GMT <p> <font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif>I have been looking at bug tracking for a Mozilla (Firefox) </font><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45375"><font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif>bug related to tooltips</font></a><font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif>.</font> </p> <p> <font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif>I was surprized by quite a few things. Here are some :</font> </p> <p> &nbsp; </p> <ul dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <li> 5 years to fix a bug ?</li> <ul> <li> Opened: 2000-07-13 06:28 PST </li> <li> <font color=#0000ff><strong><u>Status</u></strong></font> : ASSIGNED&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <font color=#0000ff><strong><u>Priority</u> </strong><font color=#000000>:</font></font>&nbsp;P3</li> <li> Last modified: 2005-02-11 15:01 PST</li> </ul> <li> Threads that take up days to end up marked as duplicates</li> <li> an incredible offer :</li> </ul> <pre id=comment_text_91>I'm interested in attempting to fix this bug... I'm a competent C/C++ programmer with no experience with the Mozilla code base, so I'd appreciate it if someone could point me to the part of the code (file and lines) where tooltips are handled, and I'll take a look.</pre> <ul dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <li> <pre>Even comments like this :</pre> </li> </ul> <pre>The problem, as I understand it, is that the bug blocking this one depends on a person who is no longer working on Mozilla doing some work, or another person doing a huge amount of work. If anyone would like to fix it, many people would appreciate it. </pre> <pre><font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif>You still like to use OSS in your critical systems? good luck...</font></pre> <br /> <hr /> This weblog is sponsored by <a href="http://www.newtelligence.com">newtelligence AG</a>. main http://kemmou.com/Trackback.aspx?guid=f87da0e9-6d64-48e2-b660-47eff021fcb7 http://kemmou.com/pingback.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,f87da0e9-6d64-48e2-b660-47eff021fcb7.aspx

MISOC et l'association des étudiants de l'ISIC organisent aujourd'hui une rencontre sur les blogs à Rabat. Voici le communiqué :

Dans le cadre de ses activités de vulgarisation et de promotion des technologies de l'information, l'Association marocaine de la promotion d'internet «MISOC» ( www.misoc.ma ) organise en partenariat avec l'Association des Eudiants de l'ISIC (Institut Supérieur de l'Information et de la Communication) le jeudi 17 février à Rabat une rencontre sur le phénomène des sites web « weblogs ».

La rencontre aura lieu dans les locaux de l'Institut Supérieur de l'Information et de la Communication (ISIC), à Rabat, à partir de 18h00 (Madinat Al Irfane)

Programme de la rencontre :

Weblog : mode d'emploi : Rachid Jankari Témoignage sur une expérience du blogging : Anouar ouali Alami Démonstration pratique pour la création et la gestion d'un weblog Othmane Boumaalouf Mohamed Zainabi: Journalisme et blogging

Pour confirmer votre participation, merci de remplir ce formulaire et Nom & Prénom :

Fonction :

E-mail :

Et l'envoyer par e-mail à l'adresse suivante : laeisic@yahoo.fr Adresse de L'ISIC : Avenue Allal El Fassi, Madinat Al Irfane, Rabat.

Tél: 037773340/55 - Fax: 037772789

Site web: www.isic.ac.ma

Visitez le blog de l'Association des Etudiants de l'ISIC:

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This weblog is sponsored by newtelligence AG. 2ème rencontre MISOC sur les blogs aujord'hui à L'ISIC - Rabat http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,f87da0e9-6d64-48e2-b660-47eff021fcb7.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,f87da0e9-6d64-48e2-b660-47eff021fcb7.aspx Thu, 17 Feb 2005 10:59:07 GMT <p> <font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif>MISOC et l'association des étudiants de l'ISIC organisent aujourd'hui une rencontre sur les blogs à Rabat. Voici le communiqué :</font> </p> <blockquote dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <p> <font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif size=2><em>Dans le cadre de ses activités de vulgarisation et de promotion des technologies de l'information, l'Association marocaine de la promotion d'internet «MISOC» (</em></font><a href="http://www.misoc.ma"><u><font color=#0000ff><font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif size=2><em>www.misoc.ma</em></font> </u>></a><font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif size=2><em>) organise en partenariat avec l'Association des Eudiants de l'ISIC (Institut Supérieur de l'Information et de la Communication) le jeudi 17 février à Rabat une rencontre sur le phénomène des sites web « weblogs ». </em></font> </p> <p> <font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif size=2><em>La rencontre aura lieu dans les locaux de l'Institut Supérieur de l'Information et de la Communication (ISIC), à Rabat, à partir de 18h00 (Madinat Al Irfane) </em></font> </p> <p> <font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif size=2><em>Programme de la rencontre : </em></font> </p> <p> <font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif size=2><em>Weblog : mode d'emploi : Rachid Jankari Témoignage sur une expérience du blogging : Anouar ouali Alami Démonstration pratique pour la création et la gestion d'un weblog Othmane Boumaalouf Mohamed Zainabi: Journalisme et blogging</em></font> </p> <p> <font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif size=2><em>Pour confirmer votre participation, merci de remplir ce formulaire et Nom &amp; Prénom : </em></font> </p> <p> <font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif size=2><em>Fonction : </em></font> </p> <p> <font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif size=2><em>E-mail :</em></font> </p> <p> <font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif size=2><em>Et l'envoyer par e-mail à l'adresse suivante : laeisic@yahoo.fr Adresse de L'ISIC : Avenue Allal El Fassi, Madinat Al Irfane, Rabat.</em></font> </p> <p> <font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif size=2><em>Tél: 037773340/55 - Fax: 037772789</em></font> </p> <p> <font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif size=2><em>Site web: </em></font><a href="http://www.isic.ac.ma"><u><font color=#0000ff><font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif size=2><em>www.isic.ac.ma</em></font> </u>></a> </p> <p> <font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif size=2><em>Visitez le blog de l'Association des Etudiants de l'ISIC: </em></font> </p> <p> <a href="http://laeisic.canalblog.com/"><u><font color=#0000ff><font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif size=2><em>Http://laeisic.canalblog.com</em></font> </u>></a> </p> </blockquote> <br /> <hr /> This weblog is sponsored by <a href="http://www.newtelligence.com">newtelligence AG</a>. main http://kemmou.com/Trackback.aspx?guid=d0979eee-8c4b-4c9b-a016-bf886d45ece2 http://kemmou.com/pingback.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,d0979eee-8c4b-4c9b-a016-bf886d45ece2.aspx

Check this... The best love letter ever written!

 


This weblog is sponsored by newtelligence AG. A must read!!! http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,d0979eee-8c4b-4c9b-a016-bf886d45ece2.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,d0979eee-8c4b-4c9b-a016-bf886d45ece2.aspx Wed, 16 Feb 2005 06:38:38 GMT <p> <a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/palermo4/archive/2005/02/14/372170.aspx">Check this</a>... The best love letter ever written! </p> <p> <a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/palermo4/archive/2005/02/14/372170.aspx"></a>&nbsp; </p> <br /> <hr /> This weblog is sponsored by <a href="http://www.newtelligence.com">newtelligence AG</a>. main http://kemmou.com/Trackback.aspx?guid=8baa17d2-84cf-4028-9c51-a42575f430c2 http://kemmou.com/pingback.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,8baa17d2-84cf-4028-9c51-a42575f430c2.aspx

   This year, I had a great time (again) in Cairo. I had to do 7 presentations at the conference!!! but I still could manage to spend some time with my friends. 4 out of 5 of the anti-suckiness club were there : Kimberly Tripp, Steven Forte, Goksin Bakir and I. We had some very good moments. Patrick Hynds was accompagnied by his wife Sabina and his partner Bruce Bacca. We had arranged to stay for two extra-days, and we did some tourism together. It was very fun and Sabina and Bruce are very nice to hang out with.

   Lara Martini was there too, and I had some good time talking to her. She made me remember writing (which I have not done for quite a while) as she wrote poetry and short stories as well.

   All in all, I got to meet quite a few new people, to do some productive speaking, and to hang out with friend. It was a blast.


This weblog is sponsored by newtelligence AG. Cairo was a blast ... http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,8baa17d2-84cf-4028-9c51-a42575f430c2.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,8baa17d2-84cf-4028-9c51-a42575f430c2.aspx Sat, 05 Feb 2005 01:48:33 GMT <p> &nbsp;&nbsp; This year, I had a great time (again) in Cairo. I had to do 7 presentations at the conference!!! but I still could manage to spend some time with my friends. 4 out of 5 of the anti-suckiness club were there : Kimberly Tripp, Steven Forte, Goksin Bakir and I. We had some very good moments. Patrick Hynds was accompagnied by his wife Sabina and his partner Bruce Bacca. We had arranged to stay for two extra-days, and we did some tourism together. It was very fun and Sabina and Bruce are very nice to hang out with. </p> <p> &nbsp;&nbsp; Lara Martini was there too, and I had some good time talking to her. She made me remember writing (which I have not done for quite a while) as she wrote poetry and short stories as well. </p> <p> &nbsp;&nbsp; All in all, I got to meet quite a few new people, to do some productive speaking, and to hang out with friend. It was a blast. </p> <br /> <hr /> This weblog is sponsored by <a href="http://www.newtelligence.com">newtelligence AG</a>. main;Travel http://kemmou.com/Trackback.aspx?guid=2de1bd70-473b-463a-8f12-e4298012eb5c http://kemmou.com/pingback.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,2de1bd70-473b-463a-8f12-e4298012eb5c.aspx malekblog@kemmou.com (Malek!)

     The initiative lead by Julia Lerman and Stephen Forte, the .Net "Celebrity" Auction for the benefit of Tsunami victims of Banda Aceh will start this afternoon (2pm GMT time) on e-bay . Your bid will buy you an hour of consulting from one of the top experts, and all the money will go to the tsunami victims.

    Stephen Forte has the complete list with bios on his blog.

    Thanks to Thinktecture (and fellow .Net celebrities Christian Nagel, Christian Weyers, Ingo Rammer and Ralf Westphal from Thinktecture) who, being unable to get on board because they did not get the info on time (Travel and busy schedules play tricks on all of us sometimes) they have decided to help by picking up all the e-bay fees.

   You can click on the above link to the e-bay auction or go here : http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5552696499

   Some people seem to dislike the term "Celebrity" that Julia used to discribe us. I don't usually like to be discribed with such words, and I'm sure many on the list have the same feelings. but I have a few remarks on the subject : If not every single person on the list is a worldwide celebrity (I definitely don't think I am one), these are definitely people that would be seen as celebrities at least in their respective geographies. Also, the term celebrity only means that they are known and liked by a big number of people, which doesn't say the same as "top notch experts", which does apply to most people on the list (I would qualify as such everyone escept myself, and I know some would disagree with the exclusion)... Anyway, even if the celebrity status was not appropriate in other circumstances (and I know many of us have been called things that go beyond the term "celebrity" in the past, like "Software Legends", "Rock Stars", "Over Achievers", and many other things), it is completely appropriate as marketing for such a noble cause.

    Celebrity or not, these are people that will gie you more than your money's worth in consulting and advice.

    For my part, I intend to give a rather "long hour", and to deliver without much delay (notwithstanding my busy agenda).


This weblog is sponsored by newtelligence AG. .Net Celebrity charity auction starts today (9am Esatern US) http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,2de1bd70-473b-463a-8f12-e4298012eb5c.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,2de1bd70-473b-463a-8f12-e4298012eb5c.aspx Sun, 23 Jan 2005 13:06:57 GMT <p> <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;item=5552696499"><img src="http://www.kemmou.com/content/binary/CelebAuction.jpg" border=0></a> </p> <p> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The initiative lead by <a href="http://www.thedatafarm.com/blog/">Julia Lerman</a>&nbsp;and <a href="http://www.stephenforte.net/owdasblog">Stephen Forte</a>,&nbsp;the <strong><em>.Net "Celebrity" Auction for the benefit <font face=Verdana size=2>of&nbsp;</font></em></strong><a href="http://www.acehaid.org/"><font face=Verdana color=#005bba size=2><strong><em>Tsunami victims of Banda Aceh</em></strong></font></a>&nbsp;will start this afternoon (2pm GMT time)&nbsp;on <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;item=5552696499">e-bay</a> . Your bid will buy you an hour of consulting from one of the top experts, and all the money will go to the tsunami victims. </p> <p> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://www.stephenforte.net/owdasblog">Stephen Forte</a> has the <a href="http://www.stephenforte.net/owdasblog/#a61b646aa-ca24-47ef-b013-012bf852f79d">complete list with bios</a> on his blog. </p> <p> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Thanks to <a href="http://www.thinktecture.com/">Thinktecture</a>&nbsp;(and fellow .Net celebrities Christian Nagel, Christian Weyers, Ingo Rammer and Ralf Westphal from Thinktecture) who, being unable to get on board because they did not get the info on time (Travel and busy schedules play tricks on all of us sometimes) they have decided to help by picking up all the e-bay fees. </p> <p> &nbsp;&nbsp; You can click on the above link to the e-bay auction or go here : <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;item=5552696499">http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;item=5552696499</a> </p> <p> &nbsp;&nbsp; Some people seem to dislike the term "Celebrity" that Julia used to discribe us. I don't usually like to be discribed with such words, and I'm sure many on the list have the same feelings. but I have a few remarks on the subject : If not every single person on the list is a worldwide celebrity (I definitely don't think I am one), these are definitely people that would be seen as celebrities at least in their&nbsp;respective geographies. Also, the term celebrity only means that they are known and liked by a big number of people, which doesn't say the same as&nbsp;"top notch experts", which does apply to most people on the list (I would qualify as such everyone escept myself, and I know some would disagree with the exclusion)... Anyway, even if the celebrity status was not appropriate in other circumstances (and I know many of us have been called things that go beyond the term "celebrity" in the past, like "Software Legends", "Rock Stars", "Over Achievers", and many other things), it is completely appropriate as marketing for such a noble cause. </p> <p> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Celebrity or not, these are people that will gie you more than your money's worth in consulting and advice. </p> <p> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; For my part, I intend to give a rather "long hour", and to deliver without much delay (notwithstanding my busy agenda). </p> <br /> <hr /> This weblog is sponsored by <a href="http://www.newtelligence.com">newtelligence AG</a>. .Net;main http://kemmou.com/Trackback.aspx?guid=ab3487eb-5b6f-4234-8f0c-11cc9e55c496 http://kemmou.com/pingback.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,ab3487eb-5b6f-4234-8f0c-11cc9e55c496.aspx

     The .Net "Celebrity" Auction for the benefit of Tsunami victims of Banda Aceh will start this afternoon (GMT time) at e-bay . Your bid will buy you an hour of consulting from one of the top experts, and all the money will go to the tsunami victims.

    Stephen Forte has the complete list with bios on his blog.

    Thanks to Thinktecture (and fellow .Net celebrities Christian Nagel, Christian Weyers, Ingo Rammer and Ralf Westphal from Thinktecture) who, being unable to get on board because they did not get the info on time (Travel and busy schedules play tricks on all of us sometimes) they have decided to help by picking up all the e-bay fees.

   You can click on the above link to the e-bay auction or go here : http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5552696499

   For my part, I intend to give a rather "long hour", and to deliver without much delay (notwithstanding my busy agenda).


This weblog is sponsored by newtelligence AG. .Net Celebrity charity auction starts today (9am Esatern US) http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,ab3487eb-5b6f-4234-8f0c-11cc9e55c496.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,ab3487eb-5b6f-4234-8f0c-11cc9e55c496.aspx Sun, 23 Jan 2005 12:28:42 GMT <p> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The .Net "Celebrity" Auction for the benefit <strong><font face=Verdana size=2>of&nbsp;</font></strong><a href="http://www.acehaid.org/"><font face=Verdana color=#005bba size=2><strong>Tsunami victims of Banda Aceh</strong></font></a>&nbsp;will start this afternoon (GMT time) at <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;item=5552696499">e-bay</a> . Your bid will buy you an hour of consulting from one of the top experts, and all the money will go to the tsunami victims. </p> <p> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://www.stephenforte.net/owdasblog">Stephen Forte</a> has the <a href="http://www.stephenforte.net/owdasblog/#a61b646aa-ca24-47ef-b013-012bf852f79d">complete list with bios</a> on his blog. </p> <p> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Thanks to <a href="http://www.thinktecture.com/">Thinktecture</a>&nbsp;(and fellow .Net celebrities Christian Nagel, Christian Weyers, Ingo Rammer and Ralf Westphal from Thinktecture) who, being unable to get on board because they did not get the info on time (Travel and busy schedules play tricks on all of us sometimes) they have decided to help by picking up all the e-bay fees. </p> <p> &nbsp;&nbsp; You can click on the above link to the e-bay auction or go here : <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;item=5552696499">http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;item=5552696499</a> </p> <p> &nbsp;&nbsp; For my part, I intend to give a rather "long hour", and to deliver without much delay (notwithstanding my busy agenda). </p> <br /> <hr /> This weblog is sponsored by <a href="http://www.newtelligence.com">newtelligence AG</a>. .Net;main http://kemmou.com/Trackback.aspx?guid=f24dc230-8758-4f1c-a4f8-279ece581eab http://kemmou.com/pingback.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,f24dc230-8758-4f1c-a4f8-279ece581eab.aspx

Sony, although almost all their exisisting systems are J2EE based, has choosen .NET Framework and .NET Framework built Web Services for their new Professional Services web presence. Check it out at eweek...

 


This weblog is sponsored by newtelligence AG. Sony chooses Microsoft for a Web Services based Web Presence solution http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,f24dc230-8758-4f1c-a4f8-279ece581eab.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,f24dc230-8758-4f1c-a4f8-279ece581eab.aspx Sat, 22 Jan 2005 18:36:22 GMT <p> Sony, although almost all their exisisting systems are J2EE based, has choosen .NET Framework and .NET Framework built Web Services for their new Professional Services web presence. Check it out at <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1737129,00.asp">eweek</a>... </p> <p> &nbsp; </p> <br /> <hr /> This weblog is sponsored by <a href="http://www.newtelligence.com">newtelligence AG</a>. .Net;main http://kemmou.com/Trackback.aspx?guid=2619816e-5f64-400a-81ce-4eba1b1d4f3f http://kemmou.com/pingback.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,2619816e-5f64-400a-81ce-4eba1b1d4f3f.aspx Buy an hour of consulting time and help the Tsunami Victums of Banda Aceh http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,2619816e-5f64-400a-81ce-4eba1b1d4f3f.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,2619816e-5f64-400a-81ce-4eba1b1d4f3f.aspx Fri, 21 Jan 2005 00:07:16 GMT <p> <font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif size=2><strong>A group of us RDs, MVPs, .NET experts, trainers and consultants, including very famous .NET community figures are going to auction an hour of consulting time&nbsp;for the benefit of&nbsp;</strong></font><a href="http://www.acehaid.org/"><font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif size=2><strong>Tsunami victims of Banda Aceh</strong></font></a><font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif size=2><strong>. The iniiative, championed by </strong></font><a href="http://www.thedatafarm.com/blog/"><font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif size=2><strong>Julia Lerman</strong></font></a><font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif size=2><strong> and </strong></font><a href="http://www.stephenforte.net/owdasblog/"><font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif size=2><strong>Stephen Forte</strong></font></a><font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif size=2><strong>&nbsp; will go live soon.&nbsp;The participants include:</strong></font> </p> <p> <a href="http://www.dasblonde.net/"><font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif size=2><em>Michelle Leroux Bustamante</em></font></a><font size=2><em><font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif>&nbsp;(Das Blonde, the Interop Worriors princess),<font face=Arial><strong> </strong><strong><b><font color=black><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><a title=http://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/kimberly/ href="http://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/kimberly/">Kimberly L. Tripp</a>&nbsp;(Sql Hera, Anti-Suckiness club member),</span></font></b></strong></font>&nbsp;<font color=#000000><a href="http://aspsoft.blogs.com/">Jonathan Goodyear</a>(Angry Coder), </font><font color=#000000><a href="http://citigatehudson.com/news/news_2004_09_08.htm">Andrew Brust</a>&nbsp;(The most quoted .NET expert), </font><font color=#000000><a href="http://www.campbellassociates.ca/blog/">Richard Campbell</a>&nbsp;(Toy Boy), </font><font color=#000000><a href="http://www.ssw.com.au/SSW/Employees/employeesprofile.aspx?EmpID=AC">Adam Cogan</a>&nbsp;(Office Development Guru),</font><font color=#000000> Goksin Bakir (Yoda, the JIT Speaker,<font face=Arial>Anti-Suckiness club member)</font>, </font><font color=#000000><a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/JackieG">Jackie Goldstein</a>&nbsp;(Author and very active community leader), </font><font color=#000000><a href="http://www.neward.net/ted/weblog/">Ted Neward</a>&nbsp;(Mountain of worthy information), </font><font color=#000000><a href="http://www.gendotnet.com/">Kathleen Dollard</a>(GenDotNet), </font><font color=#000000>Hector M Obregon, </font><font color=#000000><a href="http://www.criticalsites.com/phynds/">Patrick Hynds</a>&nbsp;(Tech Seige, the smartest man I know and he still has a life), </font><font color=#000000><a href="http://sqljunkies.com/WebLog/fguerrero/">Fernando Guerrero</a>&nbsp;(Solid Quality Learning), </font><font color=#000000><a href="http://www.gregcons.com/kateblog/">Kate Gregory</a>&nbsp;(Great Kate, and C++ is still alive and well), </font><font color=#000000><a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/jsemeniuk">Joel Semeniuk</a>&nbsp;(not work burnout, simply enjoying Team System), </font><font color=#000000><a href="http://www.computerzen.com/">Scott Hanselman</a>&nbsp;(ComputerZen or the nicest person on the face of the earth), </font><font color=#000000><a href="http://www.objectsharp.com/blogs/barry">Barry Gervin</a>&nbsp;(Not lost and still having great fun with triangulations and Map Point)</font></font><font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif><font color=#000000>, </font><font color=#000000><a href="http://staff.newtelligence.net/clemensv/">Cle<font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif>mens Vasters</font></a><font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif>&nbsp;( Enterprise Development &amp; Alien Abductions, Das Blog, Proseware,&nbsp;hundreds of talks, and still disposed to give you a liberal interpretation of "1" hour,</font><font face=Arial>Anti-Suckiness club member)</font>&nbsp;, </font><font color=#000000><a href="http://www.icuadrado.com/">Jorge Oblitas</a>&nbsp;<font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif>(No, Pisco isn't part of the auction deal, just very serious consulting time)</font>, </font><font color=#000000><a href="http://www.stephenforte.net/owdasblog/">Stephen Forte</a>&nbsp;(Your money goes to the tsunami victims, but the love letters still go to Steven,<font face=Arial>Anti-Suckiness club member)</font>, </font><font color=#000000><a href="http://www.wintellect.com/">Jeffrey Richter, John Robbins and Jeff Prosise</a>&nbsp;(Wintellect).</font></font></em></font> </p> <p> <em><font face=Verdana color=#a52a2a size=2>_________________________________________________________________</font></em> </p> <p class=MsoNormal> <strong><b><font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif color=#a52a2a><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Who this auction is to benefit?</span></font></b></strong><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> <o:p></o:p> </p> <p class=MsoNormal> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif><font size=2> <o:p></o:p> </font></font></span> </p> <p class=MsoNormal> <font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />In the long run, the auction is to benefit the people of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Aceh</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Province</st1:PlaceType> , <st1:place w:st="on">Sumatra</st1:place> , who have had their island destroyed and lost nearly 100,000 of their people. The waves may be gone, but the devastation continues and the fear of many more dying from disease continues.</span></font> </p> <p class=MsoNormal> <font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></span></font><font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">We are trying to help, by assisting Aceh Aid at IDEP, an organization that is local and doing amazing work.</span></font> <o:p></o:p> </p> <p class=MsoNormal> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif><font size=2> <o:p></o:p> </font></font></span> </p> <p class=MsoNormal> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif>There is an area on their website devoted to this work: </font><a title=http://www.idepfoundation.org/aceh_aid.html href="http://www.idepfoundation.org/aceh_aid.html"><font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif>www.idepfoundation.org/aceh_aid.html</font></a><font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif>. (</font><a title=http://www.AcehAid.org href="http://www.acehaid.org/"><font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif>www.AcehAid.org</font></a><font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif> will take you right to this page). I recommend that if you are interested in knowing who you are doing this for, you go peruse that website, read the updates, read about the volunteer search, etc.</font></span> <o:p></o:p> </p> <p class=MsoNormal> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif><font size=2> <o:p></o:p> </font></font></span> </p> <p class=MsoNormal> <strong><b><font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif color=#a52a2a><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Below is an explanation of IDEP and what they are doing.</span></font></b></strong> <o:p></o:p> </p> <p class=MsoNormal> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif><font size=2> <o:p></o:p> </font></font></span> </p> <p class=MsoNormal> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif><font size=2><font color=#a52a2a>WHAT IS IDEP?<br> </font>IDEP is a small, Indonesian NGO, based in Ubud, <st1:place w:st="on">Bali</st1:place> . Completed projects over the years have included community based development, sustainable living initiatives, permaculture training, waste management, organic gardens, recycling, etc. The focus is on helping people to help themselves. IDEP's founding director, Petra Schneider is a <st1:country-region w:st="on"> <st1:place w:st="on">US</st1:place> </st1:country-region> -born, Indonesian citizen. The demonstrated and reproducible success of IDEP's small projects in local communities has earned the team an excellent reputation.<br> <br> <font color=#a52a2a>IDEP AND DISASTER RESPONSE/RELIEF/RECOVERY</font> <br> At the time of the <st1:place w:st="on">Bali</st1:place> bomb, about two years ago, IDEP was an important element of the network of local NGOs and other supporters that quickly responded to the tragedy, in various ways, not only immediately after the bomb, but during the recovery process for the various communities involved. Following shortly thereafter, IDEP received funding from USAid to create a comprehensive set of disaster management materials for Indonesian communities, aimed at children, families, and local leaders (official and unofficial). The materials are in the Indonesian language and suitable for use in rural and urban settings. These materials, including a booklet for children about Tsunami preparedness, were finished just weeks ago, but had not yet been disseminated to communities. Then the tsunami struck.<br> <br> <font color=#a52a2a>WHAT IS ACEH AID AT IDEP</font> <br> Only hours after the news of the tsunami reached Bali, the same network of NGOs and individuals in Bali who had been involved in the relief efforts for the <st1:place w:st="on">Bali</st1:place> bomb, reanimated and went into action. We started something called the "Aceh Aid Bucket Brigade" (see website), creating and deploying one-family-one-bucket multi-material aid packages from the hands of donors in Bali to the field in <st1:place w:st="on">Sumatra</st1:place> . We began sending highly skilled volunteers, well-matched to the task within two days of the tsunami (Sam Schultz, Lee Downey, Oded Carmi and others). Our relief, and later, recovery programs in response to the Tsunami are now focused on two fronts. One is direct aid from <st1:City w:st="on"> <st1:place w:st="on">Medan</st1:place> </st1:City> by road to areas around Banda Aceh. The other is this remarkable joint effort (nothing short of heroic), to the islands off the west coast of <st1:place w:st="on">Sumatra</st1:place> , which as of yet, have not been receiving aid from any other channels that we know of.<o:p></o:p> </font></font></span> </p> <font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif color=#000000 size=2><strong> <p class=MsoNormal> <strong><b><font face=Arial color=#a52a2a size=2><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">_________________________________________________________________________</span></font></b></strong> </p> <p class=MsoNormal> <font size=1><em><font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif><font size=1><strong><b><font color=#0000ff>About the auction:</font></b></strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">&nbsp; </span></font></font></em><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><em><font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif size=1>We have 25 amazing consultants and trainers in this auction.&nbsp;Each person has donated one hour of consulting time, to be provided by email or phone (at expense of bidder). The consultant and winner are free to agree upon other arrangements. It will be an Ebay "multi-item" auction where all of the consultants are in the same auction. The top 25 bids will be the winners. The highest bidder will get first choice of which consultant they would like to work with. Payments will be made DIRECTLY to Aceh Aid at IDEP's PayPal account (</font></em><a title=mailto:acehaid@tides.org href="mailto:acehaid@tides.org"><em><font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif size=1>acehaid@tides.org</font></em></a><font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif><em>).</em></font></span></font> <o:p></o:p> </p> <p class=MsoNormal> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif><em><font size=1> <o:p></o:p> </font></em></font></span> </p> <p class=MsoNormal> <font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif><em><font size=1><strong><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif color=#0000ff size=1>A note about multi-item auctions: </font></span></b></strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif size=1>Normally and EBay multi-item auction is set up to auction off identical items, such as hammers. Given that they are of equal value, the multi-item auction rules state that the winning bidders would each pay the amount of the lowest winning bid. The .NET Celebrity Auction for Aceh Aid at IDEP will not work this way. Since this is a charity auction, we expect the winning bidders to pay the amount of their final bid. Allowing bidders to select consultants based on their bid rank justifies this, but moreso, the fact that this is a charity auction justifies this</font>.</span> <o:p></o:p> </font></em></font> </p> <p class=MsoNormal> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif><em><font size=1> <o:p></o:p> </font></em></font></span> </p> <p class=MsoNormal> <em><font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif><font size=1><strong><b><font color=#0000ff>A note about your tax-deductible contribution: </font></b></strong>All contributions will be made through a PayPal account that goes to Tides Foundation (</font></font><a title=http://www.tidesfoundation.org href="http://www.tidesfoundation.org/"><font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif size=1>www.tidesfoundation.org</font></a><font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif><font size=1>) which is a&nbsp;></font></font><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif size=1> US-based 501c3 non-profit, permitting tax-deductible contributions and supported by many corporate matching programs. Tides Foundation's EIN is 51-0198509. Tides Foundation then forwards the full amount of the donations directly to Aceh Aid at IDEP</font> </em> </p> </strong></font> <p> <font face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif></font> </p> > <br /> <hr /> This weblog is sponsored by <a href="http://www.newtelligence.com">newtelligence AG</a>. main http://kemmou.com/Trackback.aspx?guid=f57bd5c9-31a1-4df5-8602-1ce71ca14678 http://kemmou.com/pingback.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,f57bd5c9-31a1-4df5-8602-1ce71ca14678.aspx

I will be doing a session on Sql Server Mobile Edition on February 9.


This weblog is sponsored by newtelligence AG. VSLive San Francisco http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,f57bd5c9-31a1-4df5-8602-1ce71ca14678.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,f57bd5c9-31a1-4df5-8602-1ce71ca14678.aspx Thu, 13 Jan 2005 15:00:20 GMT <p> <a href="http://www.ftponline.com/conferences/vslive/2004/or/"><img height=120 alt="" src="http://www.ftponline.com/conferences/vslive/imagery/vslogo-panel.gif" width=369 border=0></a> </p> <p> I will be doing a session on Sql Server Mobile Edition on February 9. </p> <br /> <hr /> This weblog is sponsored by <a href="http://www.newtelligence.com">newtelligence AG</a>. main;mobility;speaking http://kemmou.com/Trackback.aspx?guid=e9192e71-e5e9-43ed-b584-bc91a5f0fdb9 http://kemmou.com/pingback.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,e9192e71-e5e9-43ed-b584-bc91a5f0fdb9.aspx Middle East Developers Conference in Cairo http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,e9192e71-e5e9-43ed-b584-bc91a5f0fdb9.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,e9192e71-e5e9-43ed-b584-bc91a5f0fdb9.aspx Thu, 13 Jan 2005 14:50:17 GMT <p> <a href="http://www.fillforms.com/middleeast/egypt/english/events/MDC/register.aspx"><img height=265 alt="" src="http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/egypt/english/events/mdc/images/header.jpg" width=589 usemap=#Map2 border=0></a>A great conference will take place in Cairo with Bill Gates doing the opening keynote. Among the speakers, there will be <a href="http://www.projectbotticelli.co.uk/">Rafal Lukawiecki</a>, <a href="http://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/kimberly/">Kimberly Tripp</a>, <a href="http://www.stephenforte.net/owdasblog/">Stephen Forte</a>,Goksin Bakir,&nbsp; Patrick Hynds, Hans Verbeeck, Dina Lasheen, Ahmad Badr, Hossam Khalifa&nbsp;and others. </p> <p> I will be presenting 7 sessions : </p> <p> <table style="WIDTH: 426pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=568 border=0 x:str> <colgroup> <col style="WIDTH: 426pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 20772" width=568> <tbody> <tr style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17> <td style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 426pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" width=568 height=17> <ul> <li> <font face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Information Bridge Framework Overview: Business and Architecture</font> </li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17> <td style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" height=17> <ul> <li> <font face=Arial size=2><font color=#000000>Visual</font> C# 2005: Language Enhancements</font> </li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17> <td style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" height=17> <ul> <li> <font face=Arial size=2>Interoperability and Integration using Web Services</font> </li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17> <td style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" height=17> <ul> <li> <font face=Arial size=2>Using Visual Studio 2005 to build data-driven applications in ASP.NET 2.0</font> </li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17> <td style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" height=17> <ul> <li> <font face=Arial size=2>Security - Developing Identity &amp; Access Aware Applications</font> </li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17> <td style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" height=17> <ul> <li> <font face=Arial size=2>Overview of Java/J2EE to .NET migration approaches and tools. Helping ISVs to migrate</font> </li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17> <td style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" height=17> <ul> <li> <font face=Arial size=2>Which Application Blocks? PAG perspective guidance to build flexible applications on the windows platform</font> </li> </ul> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </p> <br /> <hr /> This weblog is sponsored by <a href="http://www.newtelligence.com">newtelligence AG</a>. main;speaking http://kemmou.com/Trackback.aspx?guid=51925d07-f226-40cd-96c3-f455f24507f7 http://kemmou.com/pingback.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,51925d07-f226-40cd-96c3-f455f24507f7.aspx malekblog@kemmou.com (Malek!)

you can download the beta here


This weblog is sponsored by newtelligence AG. Atlanta (Microsoft AntiSpyWare) is out http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,51925d07-f226-40cd-96c3-f455f24507f7.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,51925d07-f226-40cd-96c3-f455f24507f7.aspx Sun, 09 Jan 2005 13:41:16 GMT <p> </p> <p> <img src="http://www.kemmou.com/content/binary/Microsoft AntiSpyware1.JPG" border=0> </p> <p> you can download the beta <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx">here</a> </p> <br /> <hr /> This weblog is sponsored by <a href="http://www.newtelligence.com">newtelligence AG</a>. main http://kemmou.com/Trackback.aspx?guid=b14205bd-54f8-44cb-bae9-f398d35c714f http://kemmou.com/pingback.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,b14205bd-54f8-44cb-bae9-f398d35c714f.aspx

En cette première semaine de la nouvelle année, il est normal de faire le point sur ce qu'on a fait durant l'année, et si on peut dire au revoir à l'année écoulée sans regret...

Pour moi, cette année a été particulièrement pleine, et globalement, je le pense très fructueuse. les grand moments ont été :

  • je me suis positionné et de façon très claire comme speaker dans les conférences internatioanles. j'en cite les principales, en ordre chronologique :
    • MDC Le Caire, Egypte
    • NDC Casablanca
    • DevDays Nairobi, Kenya
    • TechEd, San Diego, California, USA
    • DevEssentials, Kansas City, Misouri, USA
    • PDC Karachi, Pakistan
    • Trustworthy Computing and Platform Days Logos, Nigeria
    • DevDays Maurice
    • TechEd, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysie
    • MSOpenDays, Tunis, Tunisie
    • EDC Amman, Jordanie
  • J'ai approfondi mes relations avec beaucoup de mes amis que je rencontre de temps en temps un peu partout dans le monde
  • J'ai pu, malgré mes voyages fréquents, ne pas devenir déconnecté des projets pratiques

2005 s'annonce d'hors et déjà comme encore plus pleine, avec les conférences auxquelles je suis invité en tant que speaker qui comprennet cette fois VSLive à San Franscisco, SD West à San Diego Californie, VSConnections à Orlando, Floride, MDC en Egypte, TDC à Istambul, NDC à Alger et plusieurs autres conférences dont les dates et les dénominations ne sont pas encore précises à Dubai, Arabie Saoudite, et u n peu partout en afrique...


This weblog is sponsored by newtelligence AG. Bonne année a tous et a toutes http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,b14205bd-54f8-44cb-bae9-f398d35c714f.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,b14205bd-54f8-44cb-bae9-f398d35c714f.aspx Mon, 03 Jan 2005 07:24:17 GMT <blockquote dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <p dir=ltr align=left> En cette première semaine de la nouvelle année, il est normal de faire le point sur ce qu'on a fait durant l'année, et si on peut dire au revoir à l'année écoulée sans regret... </p> <p dir=ltr align=left> Pour moi, cette année a été particulièrement pleine, et globalement, je le pense très fructueuse. les grand moments ont été : </p> <ul dir=ltr> <li> <div align=left>je me suis positionné et de façon très claire comme speaker dans les conférences internatioanles.&nbsp;j'en&nbsp;cite les principales, en ordre chronologique&nbsp;: </div> <ul> <li> <div align=left>MDC Le Caire, Egypte </div> <li> <div align=left>NDC Casablanca </div> <li> <div align=left>DevDays Nairobi, Kenya </div> <li> <div align=left>TechEd, San Diego, California, USA </div> <li> <div align=left>DevEssentials, Kansas City, Misouri, USA </div> <li> <div align=left>PDC Karachi, Pakistan </div> <li> <div align=left>Trustworthy Computing and Platform Days Logos, Nigeria </div> <li> <div align=left>DevDays Maurice </div> <li> <div align=left>TechEd, Kuala Lumpur,&nbsp;Malaysie </div> <li> <div align=left>MSOpenDays, Tunis, Tunisie </div> <li> <div align=left>EDC Amman, Jordanie </div> </li> </ul> <li> <div align=left>J'ai approfondi mes relations avec beaucoup de mes amis que je rencontre de temps en temps un peu partout dans le monde </div> <li> <div align=left>J'ai pu, malgré mes voyages fréquents, ne pas devenir déconnecté des projets pratiques </div> </li> </ul> <p align=left> 2005 s'annonce d'hors et déjà comme encore plus pleine, avec les conférences auxquelles je suis invité en tant que speaker qui comprennet cette fois VSLive à San Franscisco, SD West à San Diego Californie, VSConnections à Orlando, Floride, MDC en Egypte, TDC à Istambul, NDC à Alger et plusieurs&nbsp;autres conférences dont les dates et les dénominations ne sont pas encore précises à Dubai, Arabie Saoudite, et u n peu partout en afrique... </p> </blockquote> <br /> <hr /> This weblog is sponsored by <a href="http://www.newtelligence.com">newtelligence AG</a>. main http://kemmou.com/Trackback.aspx?guid=939e5477-c353-48a1-be3f-cf1164841eaf http://kemmou.com/pingback.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,939e5477-c353-48a1-be3f-cf1164841eaf.aspx

I have cut all contact with the outside world for a couple of days to make sure I can finish my work on the SOA Application I talked about earlier. It is not easy to do a project all by oneself, with nobody doing tests and other simple tasks. I have to go from thinking at the conceptuel level to creafting impelmentations, to downlevel code debugging stuff (with transactions, multithreading, message conversions, ...and all and all) ...

For now, I have 6 different services (two of which exist in 4 instances each, and one in two instances), with a process handled by one way web service requests all the way through, all collaborating nicely (with basic integration tests, I still have some debugging going on). I am plugging the UI on to do integration tests.

I hope by tomorrow, I will have a beta release to start talking about.


This weblog is sponsored by newtelligence AG. If you try to contact me and I don't respond, don't worry... I'm simply SOA bound. http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,939e5477-c353-48a1-be3f-cf1164841eaf.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,939e5477-c353-48a1-be3f-cf1164841eaf.aspx Tue, 21 Dec 2004 10:38:25 GMT <p> I have cut all contact with the outside world for a couple of days to make sure I can finish my work on the SOA Application I talked about earlier. It is not easy to do a project all by oneself, with nobody doing tests and other simple tasks. I have to go from thinking at the conceptuel level to creafting impelmentations, to downlevel code debugging stuff (with transactions, multithreading, message conversions, ...and all and all)&nbsp;... </p> <p> For now, I have 6 different services (two of which exist in&nbsp;4 instances each, and one in two instances), with a process handled by one way web service requests all the way through, all collaborating nicely (with basic integration tests, I still have some debugging going on). I am plugging the UI on to do integration tests. </p> <p> I hope by tomorrow, I will have a beta release to start talking about. </p> <br /> <hr /> This weblog is sponsored by <a href="http://www.newtelligence.com">newtelligence AG</a>. main http://kemmou.com/Trackback.aspx?guid=23d9163b-fafb-4b22-b139-fe72cf2610d4 http://kemmou.com/pingback.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,23d9163b-fafb-4b22-b139-fe72cf2610d4.aspx malekblog@kemmou.com (Malek!)

I haven't been blogging for a while, and that is simply because I am too deeply immersed into a project. I can"t tell too much yet, but basically I am building a good size SOA implementation. Off course, it is not the size of proseware, nor as fancily crafted (I don't have the skill of Sir Clemens to do that), but it is still a nice example (with a few thousands of lines of code). It will be another two weeks before I can discuss it more openly here...


This weblog is sponsored by newtelligence AG. SOA stuff coming up http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,23d9163b-fafb-4b22-b139-fe72cf2610d4.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,23d9163b-fafb-4b22-b139-fe72cf2610d4.aspx Mon, 13 Dec 2004 11:29:34 GMT <p> I haven't been blogging for a while, and that is simply because I am too deeply immersed into a project. I can"t tell too much yet, but basically I am building a good size SOA implementation. Off course, it is not the size of proseware, nor as fancily crafted (I don't have the skill of Sir <a href="http://staff.newtelligence.net/clemensv">Clemens</a> to do that), but it is still a nice example (with a few thousands of lines of code). It will be another two weeks before I can discuss it more openly here... </p> <br /> <hr /> This weblog is sponsored by <a href="http://www.newtelligence.com">newtelligence AG</a>. .Net;main;SOA http://kemmou.com/Trackback.aspx?guid=6e1cf5b7-6c13-4e3b-b391-71b54f5474a6 http://kemmou.com/pingback.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,6e1cf5b7-6c13-4e3b-b391-71b54f5474a6.aspx malekblog@kemmou.com (Malek!)

  Very intersting Speaker Roll at East Med Developers Conference. I will be delivering 5 sessions (2 on Mobility, 2 on ASP.Net 2 and one on Web Servcices Interoperability)


This weblog is sponsored by newtelligence AG. East Med Developers Conference http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,6e1cf5b7-6c13-4e3b-b391-71b54f5474a6.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,6e1cf5b7-6c13-4e3b-b391-71b54f5474a6.aspx Fri, 05 Nov 2004 14:47:51 GMT <p dir=ltr> <img height=226 src="http://www.kemmou.com/content/binary/header.jpg" width=550 border=0> </p> <p dir=ltr> &nbsp; Very intersting Speaker Roll at East Med Developers Conference. I will be delivering 5 sessions (2 on Mobility, 2 on ASP.Net 2 and one on Web Servcices Interoperability) </p> <br /> <hr /> This weblog is sponsored by <a href="http://www.newtelligence.com">newtelligence AG</a>. main;speaking http://kemmou.com/Trackback.aspx?guid=54143e65-cfa9-40c0-8598-d1aee74754d8 http://kemmou.com/pingback.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,54143e65-cfa9-40c0-8598-d1aee74754d8.aspx malekblog@kemmou.com (Malek!)

This is just one of many errors on this page... looks like they have some guy editing HTML to make the needed changes which occur...whenever they have some election news!!!!

One would have expected that they would have heard of DataBases, and maybe even about Content Management... not after you look at the javascript mess they have on the page, and the errors that kep showing up hinting that HTML has changed and is broken...


This weblog is sponsored by newtelligence AG. What a stupid approach to building a highly visible site! http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,54143e65-cfa9-40c0-8598-d1aee74754d8.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,54143e65-cfa9-40c0-8598-d1aee74754d8.aspx Wed, 03 Nov 2004 03:36:07 GMT <p> This is just one of many errors on this page... looks like they have some guy editing HTML to make the needed changes which occur...whenever they have some election news!!!! </p> <p> <img style="WIDTH: 621px; HEIGHT: 345px" height=371 src="http://www.kemmou.com/content/binary/foxnews_funny_dev_techniques.bmp" width=685 border=0> </p> <p> One would have expected that they would have heard of DataBases, and maybe even about Content Management... not after you look at the javascript mess they have on the page, and the errors that kep showing up hinting that HTML has changed and is broken... </p> <br /> <hr /> This weblog is sponsored by <a href="http://www.newtelligence.com">newtelligence AG</a>. main;US elections 2004 http://kemmou.com/Trackback.aspx?guid=6beea8f6-6c1b-4862-86d7-75b13cc22b60 http://kemmou.com/pingback.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,6beea8f6-6c1b-4862-86d7-75b13cc22b60.aspx

Great offer by Scott Hanselman... Check it out!

The tool is great, and the price even more so ($34.96)...

 


This weblog is sponsored by newtelligence AG. Check this out! http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,6beea8f6-6c1b-4862-86d7-75b13cc22b60.aspx http://kemmou.com/PermaLink,guid,6beea8f6-6c1b-4862-86d7-75b13cc22b60.aspx Mon, 01 Nov 2004 22:07:12 GMT <p> <a href="http://www.hanselman.com/blog/PermaLink.aspx?guid=003e6a13-aba2-4cef-8515-a9d81b5b23ba">Great offer by Scott Hanselman</a>... Check it out! </p> <p> The tool is great, and the price even more so ($34.96)... </p> <p> <a href="http://www.hanselman.com/blog/PermaLink.aspx?guid=003e6a13-aba2-4cef-8515-a9d81b5b23ba"></a>&nbsp; </p> <br /> <hr /> This weblog is sponsored by <a href="http://www.newtelligence.com">newtelligence AG</a>. main