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Rob's new gig (Kinect for Windows) & new blog (robrelyea.wordpress.com)
In my last blog post ( WPF, Family, Rowing in Feb 2011), I said: Haven’t been blogging much lately, but you can see a lot of me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/rrelyea Lots has happened since February...and I'm changing blog sites. Read on... Rob's...

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WPF, family, rowing
<WPF MoreFunStuffComing=”true” /> Haven’t been blogging much lately, but you can see a lot of me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/rrelyea I’m focusing 90% of my time on WPF vNext right now – having lots of fun working on it. WPF team has a blog ,...

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HOCR - here I come
This fall, an opportunity that I wasn’t expecting popped up. My rowing team had a Masters Men 4+ slot in the Head of the Charles Regatta this fall, and due to injuries/etc… none of the 4 people from last years boat would be able to make it this year....

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Movies for kids & criterioncast
Top10/(and link to the top 50 ) movies for kids from British Film Institute: http://www.bfi.org.uk/education/conferences/watchthis Found another site talking about movies, etc…: CriterionCast.com: http://criterioncast.com/2009/12/21/criterion-on-netflix...

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Foot gloves!
As a guy who fantasizes about having a car-boat , these foot-gloves look exciting! A bit weird, but cool…

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Seat racing this week
This week, on my rowing team , we are trying to come up with the final lineup for a Men’s 4+ for the Opening Day 2010 race. The top three seats are already chosen, 4 of us are competing for the 4th seat. In rowing, coaches often use “seat racing” to determine...

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Business Card fun: new .NET Logo & my contact info via a Microsoft Tag
Just ordered some new business cards…2 new things on this version of my card: On the front, the new .NET Framework logo: On the back, a Microsoft Tag linking to my contact information.  Get the app, and capture the color tag below…and you’ll get...

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2009-10-22 not quite 1995-08-24, but a good day!
Win95 When Windows 95 launched, I was a Microsoft Employee 2 years out of college, working as a Systems Engineer in Chicago.  That day, when “Chicago” was launched, was a fun one.  The Chicago Tribune was wrapped in a plastic bag with the windows...

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“WinMo” Phone 6.5 – got one…
Last week, I picked up an HTC Imagio from the “ Mall of Microsoft ” Verizon store. I’m loving touch, a better browser, better email, and Windows Marketplace. Despite the appeal of the new Zune HD , my plan is to to use Zune Software with my phone for...

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Charitable Giving: Rob’s technique
The annual giving campaign just kicked off inside of Microsoft. I’m proud that Microsoft employees do such a good job giving time, money, and software to many different causes. Just thought I would share my technique for giving...as I’ve found that it...

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Rob likes carboats
Still look forward to owning a carboat someday.  My old blog post is difficult to find via search.  (I didn’t use “carboat” as a searchable term.) Here was the content of my “ Gibbs Quadski – My commuting dream vehicle ” post: MS Mossyblog had...

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Quirky radio show + podcast … now just a podcast – TBTL
Too Beautiful to Live is a podcast that my wife and I enjoy…it was just taken off the air (it was a radio station and a podcast)…now it is just a podcast. Anyway, it is a Seattle show, but enjoyable…it grows on you…enough that many people from around...

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Biking to Whidbey Island from Eastside
Haven’t done this ride this year, but last summer I did it three times.  Left from Microsoft Campus or Marymoor park and went to the Mukilteo Ferry to get to Whidbey island.  A friend wanted directions …

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Blog/Facebook/Twitter
Saw a Microsoft developer evangelist's signature line on email today with Twitter | Blog | Facebook links.  I’ve been giving thought to the different ways I use those 3 communication techniques: Blog – broadcasting pointers or short write ups...

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Rowing - I'm going to keep at it
Earlier this year I wrote about my 20-40 program with Sammamish Rowing Association . I had a great 4 months getting back into rowing. This weekend I rowed in my first Masters Regional Regatta in Vancouver, WA. It was a good end to my first season back...

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