Free courses from Microsoft
This is not to often but these courses are in fact totally free of
charge AND a good introduction. I have taken them and had great use of
them:
https://www.microsoftelearning.com/eLearning/offerDetail.aspx?offerPriceId=109340
By the way - here’s a good site for us who want to check in on .NET
3.0 - http://www.netfx3.com/
And finally - a real good presentation by my housegood Juwal Löwy:
http://perseus.franklins.net/dnrtv/0039/PartA_media/PartA.wmv
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Hospital caroling
When I wrote
the list over weird things to do this
weekend
i forgot the most heartwarming thing; yesterday i went to the St Görans
Hospital with Elin and a friend. Elins father works there as a hospital
priest. We went around about 5 floors and sung carols and some
euphoniumplaying sneaked it’s way in there too :)
It was very rewarding although not too many people had the strength to
come out - which you can understand. But I could almost feel their
appreciation out the place where we stood.
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First Santa - completed!
Yesterday did my first Santa-performance!
Since it was on party for Elins workplace and didn’t know anyone I was a
bit nervous. Also they are nurses on a “urology”-department i was a bit
nervous to read the rhymes on their present. :) And I was right - some
of the rhymes had to do with the parts of the body that they work with.
Nothing to bad though…
To the right is not a mugshot of someone robbing a bank, but rather me
in the Santa outfit.
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YouTube Greetings
Someone has
a little bit to much time on their hands…
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Marcus - the presenter
Here are some pictures of me doing the presentations this weekend. I
would like to think that i have at least a small Bond-look…
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YBS - alive and kicking?
Just
read that the YBS Band are looking forward and keeps a positive
attitude. That’s what i like! See the positive - even in the dark
situations.
Read more here
I know about a story about the times when Watson took over Black Dyke.
After two rehearsals the band consisted of only 5 players. But that
didn’t get them down. Apparently Robert Childs said: “Great - now we can
build the band we want!”. That’s cool!
I still cheer for YBS. Keep going!
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Weird stuff on the agenda
I am from today starting a period with some really weird stuff on my schedule: Today i will be a Santa at Elins work. I have never done the Santa-stuff before, will have to choose a voice later today Tomorrow i will give a presentation on SOA (Service Oriented Architecture). This is scary since so many people have things to say about it. I have prepared and hope that it will work out alright. Saturday - playing with the Salvation Army. Typical Christmas stuff for me and a lot of people in the world. On Sunday there is a gig with the Vasa Band in some church. It will be fun And then to top things of with - on Tuesday the 19th the Vasa Band will be “door” number 19 in the “advent”-calender in the Old Town in Stockholm As I said a lot of really different and weird...
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YBS-era to an end?
Well, this is probably no news to people reading 4BarsRest, but one of the most successful bands in later years (ever?) is being dis-assembled as we speak (?). Since Sunday all of the key players and the conductor has left the band in a single file: David King - conductor and primus motor for the band since 13 years Sheona White - solo horn Steven Walsh - solo euphonium, who by the way made the gutsiest move in the business by stepping up to take up the solo euphonium chair after Morgan Griffiths. Respect! Stuart Linguard - principal cornet I can’t imaging how the band has planned to cope with these problems but i hope they do! YBS stands for a quality above the rest and probably have improved the brass band movement as a whole with their performances. I, for one, has listen to some recordings of test pieces...
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George doing the opposite
I got
the Seinfeld-box from my sister in (a late) birthday present. There are
some great moments in there; this is when George starts doing the
opposite of everything he think is right … with wonderful results -
everything starts to go right for him!!?
No worries though - in the next episode he is back like the loser we
love.
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Glasses - first day
Got
my new glasses yesterday… I am not sure that i have got used to them
yet. A certain dizziness and some picking-up-stuff-problems has
occurred. But the will probably go away after a while.
Glasses are not cheap! What (!) are they made of when they cost that
much? Must be gold or titanium something.
Well i like them so far, i can read stuff with my right eye again. Also
i think i will get used to my new look.
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