By now, many of you have seen the hit video "P-D-C 2008" by 4 Softies and a Pizza Guy. It is true, I was asked to be in a boy band. It isn't often where one has the opportunity to show that they have no shame and like to have fun. It's also nice to take a little break from my everyday job and have some fun with and for the company.
4 Softies and a Pizza Guy
The video was entirely shot in one day (basically 10am - 3:30pm on Monday) and then edited and released by Thursday of the same week. Everyone involved did a great job! It's really fun to see the video spread from site to site and read the comments on them as well, both good and bad :). As with most artistic adventures, getting a reaction is often more important than if someone actually likes it. So, I'll claim success by that measure :).
While the video shows that we have fun here at Microsoft, it does help to promote PDC, Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference.
If you haven't checked out the video yet or want to read up on it, here are a few of the sites that I have seen mention it:
Wired
Engadget
I started something
Gizmodo
ars technica
MSDN's Channel 8
MSDN's Channel 9
On10.net
Don't forget to become a fan of the band! :)
-- Fozzy
Last Sunday I got to go with La' Akea to another rally cross. This time it was down in Hillsboro, Or, which isn't too far from Beaverton, so I was familiar with the area.
We got up way early... early enough that I was able to take this photo of the sunrise reflecting off of both her passenger window and side mirror while driving down to Hillsboro.
The race was fun. I got to ride in La' Akea's car a good number of times (8 maybe?) as well as help manage the course. It was a lot of fun. I have to say, I am itching to give it a try now. I have a couple of possibilities of how to give it a try in the next month or so. Hope something works out!
In other news, I decided to take a half day off of work yesterday. Because I wanted to leave at 2:30, I had to take the 545 bus home. No prob... On the way home, I'm listening to my music and reading news on my phone and all of a sudden i feel a small jolt and then we sway... We got hit by a car. obviously not too hard, and I didn't even see any of it happen. Supposedly someone in a white car cut off a girl in another car and she swerved to avoid being hit, only right into our bus. Everyone seemed to be ok. The guy in the white car took off and I don't think anyone got his license plate. All-in-all it was only an additional 30 minutes or so, but it was a bummer watching the later 545 buses pass us while we were waiting along side the side of the freeway. Oh well... so much for getting off real early. but at least no one was hurt.
-- Fozzy
I was at Home Depot today buying some more potting soil and I went through the self-checkout. Halfway through the process, the following error message popped up on the screen:
Why can't we have more error messages like that? :)
POS is actually a legit term (Point of Sale) for this application, but being that this message interrupted my paying for my dirt I thought of a quite different meaning for POS :)
Off to enjoy more sun!
Fozzy
For a guy who used to wake up at noon, I've done quite a bit this morning already. Last night I went to Brouwer's with a few friends. If you haven't been, this is a great Belgian pub in Fremont that has great beer and food. The Belgian beers on tap is probably the best part (for me at least).
So, I drove my friend there and parked in a loading zone... nice parking spot. I even noted that the next day was Sunday, just in case I decided to leave my car there. As my friends and I explored the Belgian culture, it was very apparent that I was not going to be driving home. No problem because I got a great spot! We cabbed it home and i just planned on taking the bus back to Fremont in the morning. Sweet! I love living in Seattle. That wouldn't have been an option 6 months ago.
I woke up at 9am, bright eyed and bushy tailed and hopped on a bus to Fremont. As I get off the bus, I reach into my pocket and realize i brought the wrong set of keys (i have a light set for bus riding and know i don't need to bring the car keys). arg! duh, i needed my car keys. At this point, i figure, nice way to start out my morning, but no big deal. It is a beautiful sunny day, and so what if i have to ride the bus BACK to my house and then BACK to Fremont? That is, until i look ahead and realize that the Fremont sunday street market is going on and there is a tent where my car was parked. Doh!
I instantly knew that my car was impounded. Sunday continues to get better. But hey, it's beautiful outside! So, i bus back and have my friend take me to pick up my car.
At least last night was a ton of fun, because it became a bit more expensive that I was prepared for :) (although much much cheaper in many ways than any other alternative).
And besides, it's a beautiful day out and it isn't even noon yet. I think I'm going to go kayaking!
Happy Summer!
Fozzy
