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Behind the scenes at Novell Open Audio

by | Jun 14, 2006 | blogging, coolblogs, evilzenscientist, Novell Open Audio, podcast, Uncategorized, ZENworks

I blogged on Novell Cool Blogs about doing an interview at Novell Open Audio.

The email invitation looked a little like this:

From: openaudio openaudio
To: openaudio openaudio;  Martin Buckley;  Michael Douglas Pearson;  Ted Haeger
Date: 14/Jun/06
Time: 14:00 - 15:00
Subject: ZENworks 7 SP1
Place: Podcast Studio, 8th floor behind the mens room

Prep and Interview

The Novell Open Audio Crew
www.novell.com/openaudio

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Novell Open Audio – ZENworks 7 SP1 .. and a few other things

by | Jun 14, 2006 | Novell Open Audio, Uncategorized, ZENworks

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Novell Open Audio

I’ll be interviewed by Ted Haeger and Erin Quill tomorrow for Novell Open Audio.

I opened the question list up on Cool Blogs last week – and I’ve got about half a dozen things to cover specifically from the readers of Cool Blogs.

One other request that came in directly to my inbox – ezs@novell.com – is to ‘go behind the scenes’ at Open Audio. I’ll certainly have my camera and I’ll get some pictures and stories uploaded tomorrow evening. I’ll also have some really crunchy Doritos to pass around..

Written at: Draper, UT

World Cup 2006

by | Jun 10, 2006 | evilzenscientist, Uncategorized


I’m in Ottawa – watching England v Paraguay.

This is my second world cup outside the UK – during the last tournament we were in Utah doing our relocation visit. I distinctly remember sitting in a hotel room watching England play.

This morning I found the match on the TV in my hotel. I watched the first England goal with dispassionate Chinese commentary. That really didn’t help me. So I hunted around – and now I’ve found that match with real BBC commentary. Beautiful.

ZENworks on Novell Open Audio

by | Jun 8, 2006 | Novell Open Audio, Uncategorized, ZENworks

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Novell Open Audio

Next week I will be recording a slot for Novell Open Audio on ZENworks 7 Support Pack 1. That’s due for release in the very near future – and I’ll be talking about some of the new platforms we will support and a new feature that we’ll be rolling into the release.

I’ll also take the chance to answer any questions that you post on this blog – so here’s your chance.

Post your ZENworks related questions here – and I’ll select the best ones to answer on Open Audio next week. If you leave your name I’ll even give you a mention.

Looking forward to those questions. Remember – anything goes )

Written at: Draper, UT

LDS Missionaries

by | Jun 5, 2006 | evilzenscientist, fun stuff, Missionaries, Uncategorized, Utah

LDS Missionaries

I’ve been travelling to Utah to work for about nine years now – first with Intel then with Novell; I’ve lived and worked in the state for nearly four years.

When I first visited one of my colleagues from the LANDesk team – a returned LDS missionary and LDS Bishop – told me that missionaries always wave if you sound your horn and wave when you drive past them.

That started a silly game. “Honking at Missionaries”. Don’t blame me. Blame a Bishop from Pleasant Grove, UT.

In the past nine years I’ve had fun honking at missionaries in Nottingham, London, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Manchester in the UK. Also in Auckland, New Zealand, Sydney and Melbourne, Australia – and in many places across the US.

Most fun is the high concentration in Utah itself. I always honk and wave; I’ve got a 100% hit rate on the return wave.

I’d be really interested to hear from any return-missionaries – is this part of the training at the MTC? Or are missionaries just ‘nice people’…

Disclaimer: I’m not LDS and this really was started by an LDS Bishop..

Starbucks in Utah

by | Jun 5, 2006 | evilzenscientist, Uncategorized, Utah

Starbucks

Utah is not exactly a hotbed of coffee drinkers and coffee lovers.. In fact with the LDS faith being predominant most coffee produced is downright dreadful.

A couple of exceptions – Coffee Garden at 9th and 9th in Salt Lake is consistently good; as is Juice n Java in Provo.

Starbucks is a reliable standard too; when we moved here four years ago there were three stores. Now there are dozens. We stopped by our newest local store tonight – on Highland Drive at about 7800 South.