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Talking about YouTube - Silent Night on Guitar and Ukulele
  

One Day, not so very long ago, in a little electronics shop, in a very small town, lived a Little Zune.

The Little Zune sat all by itself, each and every day.  The Little Zune was shiny and new still but brown and its box had been gathering dust for a VERY long time.    The Little Zune was very sad.

Each day the shoppers would walk in and walk out, passing by the Little Zune.   Forgetting he was there.  Always choosing the newer MP3 players.

And each and every night the Little Zune would sit on its shelf. Sad that it had never gotten a home like other MP3 players.

Each day and each night the Little Zune sat there sadly.  It would be picked on by the other MP3 players.

“Ha ha!” the tall Blue MP3 player would say.   “I can play movies and come in many colors.  You are just brown.  Nobody will ever want you.”

The tall Blue MP3 player was mean to the Little Zune every day with words like that.

The tiny little colorful MP3 players would snicker at the Little Zune.  “Why would anybody want you? We can play videos and are cute and tiny and colorful!”

The Little Zune, if it could shed tears, would have from such hurtful things.

Even the big fancy expensive MP3 players stared at the Little Zune as if it were a big mistake that somebody threw down.

“What a useless player!” They would scoff and hoff down at the Little Zune.

And so every day, the Little Zune got sadder and sadder.  Each month passed by.  Nobody wanted a little brown 30 gigabyte Mp3 player.  Not when you could get bigger ones. Not when the newer ones had better features.

And because the Little Zune never sold, the shopkeeper never ordered in order Zunes.  He was afraid for a very long time. For the Little Zune just never sold.

Then one December a magical day happened.   The Little Zune woke up to see a large skid of boxes in the middle of the store. They had a large “M” on them that somehow looked familiar.

It was a little excited but the excitement was broken up by the taunting.

The big colorful MP3 players all woke up and started their taunting as they would every day.  Picking on the Little Zune for being different.

“What a stupid looking MP3 player!  You will never get sold!  You are outdated and brown and have a small hard drive! HA!”

The Tiny bin of cheap $20 MP3 players giggled and tittered.  “We are inexpensive!  We work!  People will love us!  You will never be loved!”

The Little Zune sniffed.  

And then a deep voice from one of the boxes on the skid whispered over.

“Little Zune.  Do not be afraid.  Little Zune.   Do not be afraid.  Wait until tomorrow. Do not be afraid Little Zune.”

So the day continued with the teasing and the poking.  And the Little Zune feeling very unhappy.

That night the Little Zune slept in his dusty little box.   Unhappy as always.  He heard a lot of bumping in the night. He wondered what it could be. He fell asleep wondering.

“Probably another big display of newer and better MP3 players” sniffed the Little Zune as wallowed to sleep.

The next morning the Little Zune woke up and looked about.  All the new mysterious boxes had gone and in the middle of the shop a big display.   Shining and gleaming.

“ZUNE!” it cried out. Full of shining and gleaming new Zunes.  80 gigabytes, 120 gigabytes.  Even tiny little ones for children.  4 and 8 gigabytes each. “Zune Pass” the display cried out. “All the music you can download and use for one month! Unlimited!”

For a moment the Little Zune was ecstatic.  “FRIENDS!” It shouted up.  “I will not be alone anymore!”

Then it dawned on him.  He was still an old MP3 player that would never have an owner.   He began to cry. Just an ugly 30 gigabyte brown MP3 player. Nobody would love him. Nobody would take him home.

While he cried a shadow looked down over him. “Well what have we here?” a voice stated with joy and disbelief. “A Classic Zune!”

The Little Zune was not sure to be afraid it would be thrown out or whether it should be happy.   Its little 30 gigabyte drive trembled.

The Microsoft representative retrieved his laptop and a Zune Sync cable.

The Little Zune felt itself being attached.    “Joy! Music was going to be synched to it! It was so happy, and then it felt its lights go away for a moment, its brain dizzy.  IT didn’t understand.   Was its core being erased with Linux?  Was somebody killing it?”

It passed out for a half second.

Rebooting.  That’s all it was.  The Little Zune had gotten a firmware update.  Its WiFi felt more powerful.  It could feel games inside of it.   It felt more alive. 

“There you go little fellow!” beamed the Microsoft representative “Just like new!”

But, would it compare to the big new Zunes?  It was still after an old Brown Zune.

The big Zunes and the baby Zunes looked over.  Not with disgust, but with pride.  They smiled brightly at their long lost brother.

The Biggest Bright Red Zune spoke up. 

“Little Zune.” It stated a big bassy voice. “Did you not know?   You get the same firmware updates as us, and the same features with them.  You are not useless. You never will be.”

The Little Zune smiled and gleamed with its new interface and features.   It could already hear other Zunes chatting happily over the WiFi. It no longer felt alone.

Soon the Christmas shoppers all came in.   They ignored the big fancy MP3 players and the little cheap MP3 players.  They grabbed the Zunes.  All of them.  Every last one. They began to share music wirelessly.    They joined the online Zune.Net and found millions of others with similar music tastes.

And the Little Zune finally got a home.  It found itself asleep for a few weeks.  Wrapped in the brightest Christmas paper of all.   In a tiny pretty little box with a silver bow. 

The Little Zune was opened up that morning by a little boy who could never have afforded a player that could play Videos and Music on a display with WIFI built in.

His parent’s looked at the Little Zune.  The little boy picked it up and smiled.   He whispered two simple words.

“oh WOW!” he hugged the Little Zune.  He was so happy to have an MP3 player like it.   The Little Zune was happy as well to have a home and somebody that loved it.

The little Boy sat down with the Little Zune and began to watch the videos.  He loaded up music from Zune.Net.  His cousin came over.  She too had a Zune with a Zune pass subscription.  They began to pass music magically across the air.

The Little Zune sat and smiled.   It was true.  Sometimes the best things did come with time.

The Little Zune played music happily on it’s first Christmas ever.

Merry Christmas all from that Friday Funny Guy and a special Hohoho to all the Zunes out there.

There we go again… Those naughty people at Microsoft are giving false answers on the quiz.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-ca/bb410836.aspx

Here’s ALL the correct answers. (NOT!)

"Real" answers to the TechNet Quiz for Vista Springboard

1) Deploying Windows Vista requires careful planning. Before you install Windows Vista on your desktop computers what is the first step that is required to have a successful deployment?

"Easy answer! You need a computer that actually works!"

2) How can you efficiently validate that your application will run properly on Vista?

"You put in the computer, and install it! DUH!"

3) In the article 'How (and why) to get going on Windows Vista adoption', which answer best describes why now is the right time to learn more about what Windows Vista can offer your organization?

"...The answer that gets me well fed and boozed up in the process.... oh sorry!"

4) What is the recommended tool for identifying which PCs are Windows Vista capable?

"Well personally my favorite tool is a 50 lb sledge but I don't think it's Vista Compatible.."

5) According to the article “Five Misunderstood Features in Windows Vista” what is the benefit of the User Account Control feature?

"STOPS PORN POPUPS FROM INSTALLING LIMEWIRE!"

6) You can add device drivers during Windows Setup by using Windows System Image Manager. There are multiple types of drivers that can be used during the setup of Microsoft Vista. Which one below is NOT one of the appropriate types?

"A DRUNKEN DRIVER"

7) When building a Master Installation that you plan to duplicate onto multiple destination computer, what command must you use to prepare the installation to be imaged?

"The command I use is 'GO FORTH AND DEPLOY THYSELVES AND BE STABLE!'"

8) Can you manage both Windows XP and Windows Vista using the same Group Policy infrastructure?

"I can if I'm sober, but after eight scotches I don't what I can manage."

9) Windows Vista protects %systemroot% files and folders with permissions designed for Windows Resource Protection (WRP), which can only be accessed by the System service. Administrators can only read system files and folders but cannot write to them.

"Sure if you say so... :P"

10) In the Overview Series “How to Pilot Windows Vista” , what best practices should be used in choosing your pilot group?

"Oh come on... this is too easy.... They all have to have 'pilots' licenses"

Now go take the quiz and try the OTHER answers… :) Maybe win yourself an Xbox360?

Sorry “da King”, we had to :)

Well…. we didn't HAVE to… we wanted to.

http://landofsilly.mypodcast.com/2008/12/White_DataCenter_Worse_than_White_Christmas-164728.html

White DataCenter

I'm dreamin' of a Data Centre
With Fibre Optics all around
With the lights all blinkin'
and Drives all spinnin'
and switches stacked all in a row

I'm dreamin' of a Data Centre
With Power clean for you and me
Let those HydroCells set you all free
and ensure a future for me

I'm dreamin' of a Data Centre
That virtualized as well you know
May your days be optimal and long
And may all your systems be strong