KC Lemson
By KC Lemson [MS]
Settlers of Catan!
Play Settlers online at https://catan.jsettlers.com/index.html. I love this game! Haven't played in...
Author: KC Lemson [MSFT] Date: 08/05/2005
No one forgets the spanish inquisition!
If you were a BBS geek 10-15 years ago and used to play Infinity Complex (I played it on a MajorBBS...
Author: KC Lemson [MSFT] Date: 07/13/2005
Configure Sharepoint 2003 to store versions of your documents
My relationship with Sharepoint is a love/hate story. I've been using it since its original...
Author: KC Lemson [MSFT] Date: 07/01/2005
Convert DVD .VRO files to AVI
The picture in the last post is a still from our ultrasound at 20 weeks. We also got a video (on...
Author: KC Lemson [MSFT] Date: 06/22/2005
Just gotta share...
I realize I've posted more personal stuff than tech stuff lately, but I just can't resist sharing...
Author: KC Lemson [MSFT] Date: 06/22/2005
Switching jobs within Microsoft
Gretchen blogged about this a while back and I thought I'd share my experiences, since I've done...
Author: KC Lemson [MSFT] Date: 06/17/2005
An update on personal stuff
Today is a big day for me. Today, I have been a mother for two entire years. Plus, by a strange...
Author: KC Lemson [MSFT] Date: 06/09/2005
Attachment Security, Part Deux
Here's Part One. OK this isn't really a continuation of the history, but rather some more rambling...
Author: KC Lemson [MSFT] Date: 06/04/2005
Everyone likes a funny knowledge base article, right?
Turns out we aren't the only ones with some amusing ones: https://support.veritas.com/docs/274171:...
Author: KC Lemson [MSFT] Date: 06/02/2005
Geek homophones
I was in a meeting a while back where an architect was relaying an experience he'd had with a...
Author: KC Lemson [MSFT] Date: 05/27/2005
Can't erase ink while using My Font Tool for Tablet PC?
Has anyone seen this before? I'm using the My Font Tool for Tablet PC power toy, and I can't erase...
Author: KC Lemson [MSFT] Date: 05/11/2005
A poor man's mail merge
Several times in the last few months I've needed to send the exact same mail content to a list of...
Author: KC Lemson [MSFT] Date: 05/02/2005
It's live...
They made a bunch of updates to the "Meet people who work at Microsoft" page, and I'm on the latest...
Author: KC Lemson [MSFT] Date: 04/30/2005
Word makes a bulleted list double spaced instead of single
Have you ever Written a bulleted list In Word, and for some Unknown reason, it double-spaces it?...
Author: KC Lemson [MSFT] Date: 04/08/2005
"checkout -d belly burgers fries cola"
This post from Matthew Baldwin is classic.
Author: KC Lemson [MSFT] Date: 03/17/2005
East side iz de best.
Ali G fans might enjoy this one: "Respeck."
Author: KC Lemson [MSFT] Date: 03/17/2005
"You forgot to attach the file!"
Yikes, it's been a while since I've posted... and to think for the first 9 months of this blog, I...
Author: KC Lemson [MSFT] Date: 02/24/2005
Search my archives
I set up a search box on the left, following David's instructions. I tried to use MSN, but MSN...
Author: KC Lemson [MSFT] Date: 01/19/2005
Miscellany
I've had a bunch of interesting things I stumbled on filed away in my 'to blog' folder for ages and...
Author: KC Lemson [MSFT] Date: 01/10/2005
Ch-ch-ch-changes...
It was only six short months ago that I blogged about becoming the release manager for Exchange, and...
Author: KC Lemson [MSFT] Date: 12/22/2004
Near..... far! Hard..... easy!
Hard: Cairo Station on Legendary. Someone please come over to my house and get past that dang...
Author: KC Lemson [MSFT] Date: 12/20/2004
Pressing backspace in Microsoft Word doesn't delete the text
This has happened to me a couple of times, and I don't know how, but I got into a state where when...
Author: KC Lemson [MSFT] Date: 12/07/2004
Geeks' hobbies, and working at Microsoft
Note, that is different from geek hobbies. :-) Steve talked about techies having non-technical...
Author: KC Lemson [MSFT] Date: 12/01/2004
A different kind of red vs blue.
This is pretty interesting. Gotta love the internet and geeks with spare time.
Author: KC Lemson [MSFT] Date: 11/24/2004
Convert windows movie maker's DV Type-1 to Type-2
I swap back and forth between Windows Movie Maker & Pinnacle Studio 8 for video editing...
Author: KC Lemson [MSFT] Date: 11/20/2004
Halo 2 skin for Windows Media Player
I'm not a huge fan of skins myself, but I have to admit that this one that Sean Alexander pointed at...
Author: KC Lemson [MSFT] Date: 11/11/2004
Sophie's choice in software development
I just stumbled on this little bit of history and was so fascinated that I wanted to share: "Excel...
Author: KC Lemson [MSFT] Date: 11/11/2004
A release manager's bag of tricks
So, like I mentioned a while back, I'm now a professional bean counter[1]. And as a release manager,...
Author: KC Lemson [MSFT] Date: 11/10/2004
"Be a beacon"
Around two years ago, I put Sneakers into my netflix queue. Now I am happy to say that they finally...
Author: KC Lemson [MSFT] Date: 11/10/2004
I don't get it.
I'm looking forward to playing Halo 2 as much as the next guy, but oddly enough I didn't feel the...
Author: KC Lemson [MSFT] Date: 11/09/2004
Those microsoft bloggers talk about the future too much!
I'm so tired of hearing that "microsoft bloggers talk about the future too much." There's a whole...
Author: KC Lemson [MSFT] Date: 11/05/2004
The newest addictive game from pop cap games
Insaniquarium
Author: KC Lemson [MSFT] Date: 10/23/2004
If you're trying to buy a mini-SD online, be very cautious
This week I purchased an Audiovox SMT 5600[1] aka C500 and switched my cell phone service from...
Author: KC Lemson [MSFT] Date: 10/16/2004
Social Engineering
I've long been interested in the social engineering techniques used by virus authors to get people...
Author: KC Lemson [MSFT] Date: 10/15/2004
Crawling with parasites
Like most bloggers, I glance through my referrers from time to time. I just noticed that a recent...
Author: KC Lemson [MSFT] Date: 10/13/2004
When you write code, you write bugs. Period.
Larry has a great post about the myth of zero defects. As a release manager (or rather, bean...
Author: KC Lemson [MSFT] Date: 10/13/2004
Clever cross-promotion from Amazon and A9.com
I just completed an order on Amazon, to purchase incredibly important books such as Go, Maisy, Go!,...
Author: KC Lemson [MSFT] Date: 09/21/2004
See, Alanis, now this is Ironic
“We spent the 90's trying to figure out how to get email…and the 00's trying to figure out how to...
Author: KC Lemson [MSFT] Date: 09/17/2004
I am now a TypePad evangelist
Executive Summary: I highly recommend TypePad for anyone willing to pay a few bucks for a third...
Author: KC Lemson [MSFT] Date: 09/13/2004
Repairing a network connection in XP SP2
XP SP2 makes me feel so much more confident about the 'repair' option, when you're having trouble...
Author: KC Lemson [MSFT] Date: 09/13/2004
We've joined the ranks of dorky parents everywhere
Today I started a blog for my son. It's been challenging getting my family used to email and digital...
Author: KC Lemson [MSFT] Date: 09/11/2004
Customer feedback
A month ago, we took advantage of a deal at Bon Macy's and opened up a credit card to get 10% off of...
Author: KC Lemson [MSFT] Date: 09/09/2004
How to stop IE from opening up Office docs inline
By default, when you click on a link to an Office doc (such as on a sharepoint site), IE will open...
Author: KC Lemson [MSFT] Date: 09/08/2004