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After 15+ years on WordPress, I’ve moved the blog to Hugo with the PaperMod theme, hosted on Azure Static Web Apps. Here’s why, and a note about AI on this blog.

After years of ad-free blogging, I’m offering a way to support the site.

Celebrating my seventh consecutive year as a Microsoft MVP and reflecting on the great relationships built through the program.

I finally got around to updating my Bio page for anyone interested.

I am proud to report that today this blog has reached 100,000 views! Maintaining this site has been very rewarding for me, and I’m happy to have been able to contribute to the technical community, which has served me very well since I entered the infotech industry ten years ago. WordPress.com provides statistics on how every blog is used. Here are some facts about mine: My post on setting logon wallpaper for Windows 7 has been my most popular Google’s search results have sent most of my readers (by far). TechNet forums comes in 2nd Google has sent people to this site at a rate 34x to that of Bing Only 9 viewers have used ask.com to find me (GASP!) The anti-spam feature for comments is very good, though the comment spam I receive has been surprisingly complementary; I’m half way inclined to let it through. Thanks to all my visitors. Please share my site with a friend, visit the sites that pay my bills (Mike’s Links – top right), and if you have any topic suggestions or feedback in general, please contact me!

Thanks to all readers of the site. Today I purchased the “No Ads” upgrade, and thus made the internet a cleaner place. Enjoy!

I realize I haven’t posted in a while. I hope I haven’t lost my place in anyone’s RSS reader! I’m working on several articles, but it’s been very busy at Planet Technologies, and I’ve struggled to find much “blog time”. We’ve actually been so busy, I’m looking for consultants to join our team and help me out! Sadly, in my search for qualified individuals, I have been amazed at how many horrible resumes I have encountered! ...

Looking forward to Independence Day with a cookout, bonfire, and backyard fireworks - plus a plug for Chicago Steak Company.

Moved blog content to WordPress, with older posts still available on Windows Live Spaces.