Thu, Sep 28 2006 10:24 PM Erwyn van der Meer

Rory Blyth joins Channel9

My favorite blogger Rory Blyth (aka Neopoleon) has joined Channel9. Channel9 will never be the same again! He was a Microsoft employee presenting roadshows in the USA and was thinking about leaving Microsoft. I am glad Rory has decided to stay on in a different job.

I've been reading his blog since PDC03. He has written classics like:

WinFS and your p*rn collection - Making life easier

Check out Rory Blyth: The Exit Interview on Channel9. It's hilarious already. Can't wait to see him doing his first Channel9 interview.

I've never attended one of his presentations, but if you look at this list of Rory quotes they must have been extremely entertaining. As a teaser:

  • “Your skill set did not scale with your ambition.”
  • “…some people drink Honey but I think bee vomit is kind of gross”
  • “Reindeer Purple”
  • “…or whatever inferior scripting language you want to use”
  • “Whether you're using punch cards or people in the back writing real fast”
  • “Clipboard inheritance” - a term used to describe copying and pasting code to simulate inheritance, what a genius!
  • “I can scratch that off” - referring to a giveaway prize, left over from a previous conference that had a non-Microsoft label on it.
  • “…and other stuff like that” - summing up 2 slides that he skipped right through

BTW: Even though Rory is very in touch with his feminine side: he is not gay, he just acts like he is ;)

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# re: Rory Blyth joins Channel9

Thursday, September 28, 2006 1:43 PM by Rory

Hey - Thanks :) "My favorite blogger Rory Blyth" Very, very kind. "He was a Microsoft employee presenting roadshows in the USA and was thinking about leaving Microsoft. I am glad Rory has decided to stay on in a different job." I actually had a pretty good idea a while ago of where I'd end up, but the C9 team and I decided to have some fun with it. How could you not, you know? And it was fun - a good taste of what's to come... :) Also, I can't take credit for "Clipboard Inheritance" - I don't think George mentioned it in his post, but I actually credited that comment back to Mark Dunn who is the genius from which I got that bit of material. I usually don't use other people's stuff, but Mark's a funny ***. Anyway, I hope I meet your expectations on C9, dawgg.

# re: Rory Blyth joins Channel9

Thursday, September 28, 2006 1:45 PM by Rory

Also... "BTW: Even though Rory is very in touch with his feminine side: he is not gay, he just acts like he is ;)" THANK YOU for recognizing that. A guy likes some clothing and fine fragrances, and all of a sudden, in spite of a string of ridiculously fantastic girlfriends, he's gay. ??? I'm glad someone gets it (Mark does, too - he's just having fun with it). But a lot of people don't feel the same way and are *really* uncomfortable around me, like I'm going to try to smooch their big, hairy, mustachioed lips. Thanks, but... uh... *no* :)

# re: Rory Blyth joins Channel9

Thursday, September 28, 2006 3:00 PM by Erwyn van der Meer

Rory, I know how you feel. I am often mistaken to be straight, because I am too straight-acting. Yuck!

# Rory Blyth at Channel 9

Tuesday, October 31, 2006 1:08 PM by Erwyn van der Meer

You might know I am a fan of Rory's . His new colleague Charles Torre shows him around in the Channel

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