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  1. 16-12-2010, 06:55 PM #1
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    News - Microsoft employee hacks Christmas lights to display IM contact’s statuses

    Lync messenger client just became a lot more festive.
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  2. 16-12-2010, 06:57 PM #2
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    Re: News - Microsoft employee hacks Christmas lights to display IM contact’s statuses

    Neat idea
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    Re: News - Microsoft employee hacks Christmas lights to display IM contact’s statuses

    Pretty awesome...
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    Re: News - Microsoft employee hacks Christmas lights to display IM contact’s statuses

    Sorry, but the URL you followed to get to this item is invalid.


    ????????
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    Re: News - Microsoft employee hacks Christmas lights to display IM contact’s statuses

    Quote Originally Posted by g8ina View Post
    Sorry, but the URL you followed to get to this item is invalid.


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    Ditto!
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    Re: News - Microsoft employee hacks Christmas lights to display IM contact’s statuses

    Quote Originally Posted by g8ina View Post
    Sorry, but the URL you followed to get to this item is invalid.


    ????????
    Did you guys go through the forum? Sorry about that, the story got posted early because I apparently don't have a basic grasp of the days of the week. I pulled it last night, but the forum post stayed up.

    Should be fine now.
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    Re: News - Microsoft employee hacks Christmas lights to display IM contact’s statuses

    Did the lights run Windows?

    No wonder they got hacked hahaha!
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    Re: News - Microsoft employee hacks Christmas lights to display IM contact’s statuses

    There is a typo btw! "blub"!

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