My team at Microsoft celebrated the end of the fiscal year with a trip to a lodge on Snoqualmie Falls. Three limos arrived at the office to pick us up in the morning for a drive through mountain scenery to the lodge on top of the falls. There, we had a 5-course brunch, followed by a walk to an observation deck overlooking the falls. I ordered a camera from woot.com last week but it isn't here yet, so these are from my cell phone. Photo set at flickr.

I don't answer my cell phone while at work; it stays on silent in my bag 'til i get home and check any voice mails left. This week, a certain number has called more than 15 times, about twice a day, and doesn't leave voice mail. When I try to call the number back, it's immediately picked up and starts blaring annoying music in my ear. There's no person, no voice prompt identifying the company, and pounding numbers doesn't get me a real person either.

Any ideas how to identify it so I can find out what they want? 800-651-9743.

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Looks like the topic of the week among technology lovers is the Apple iPhone. I was in the middle of a course on GUI design minutes after Jobs revealed the product at MacWorld and could see half the other students' laptops in the room checking out the photos and features at Engadget, Gizmodo and other blogs covering the event. Continued »