Guy Barrette

Wikipedia main page is showing a link to this appeal from Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia:
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate/Letter/en?utm_source=2008_jimmy_letter_r&utm_medium=sitenotice&utm_campaign=fundraiser2008#appeal

If you have an Xbox 360, you may have installed the New Xbox Experience and created an avatar.  Microsoft UK has created a cool site that let you free your avatar and create pictures that you can export: http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/freeyouravatar

Microsoft issued a security bulletin for a vulnerability that could allow remote code execution:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/961040.mspx

The latest issue of Wired Magazine (December 2008) has a great article on Ray Ozzie.  I was so surprised that the author "got" what Azure is and was able to explain it in simple words.  Great read.

Those who got the TechEd 2008 DVDs at TechDays or DevTeach may have found that there's a glitch with the sessions browser made with a pre release version of Silverlight.  Check for a workaround here:
http://blogs.msdn.com/cdndevs/archive/2008/12/12/a-quick-word-about-the-tech-ed-2008-north-america-dvds-from-techdays.aspx

The badge I had at DevTeach was a riot!