I wonder if it even registers at MS when someone as high profile in the MS community as Mike Gunderloy declares that he’s jumping ship. He doesn’t even know where he’s going or what he’s going to do, his only goal is that it doesn’t involve MS.

While I still spend the majority of my workday building .NET applications I have at least divorced myself from MS for everything else. I run linux as my primary OS and use a vmware windows instance for development only.

Technology, business, software development – on short, these are the main types of topics you should expect to discover on the ShiftMode blog. I specialize in IT and I graduated from the University of Guelph. I enjoy learning and testing everything that is remotely computer software related and my wife and three children are helping me keep my mental sanity every time I tend to get too involved in doing something I am too passionate about. You can also find me in an array of different other online places, so feel free to keep an eye on me and my work. Below you will find some of my views on slot games online.      

If you want the excitement of the best online gambling, you might want to try out the collection of slot games that Casino Winpalace has to offer at the moment. Keep in mind that the casino is constantly refreshing its selection of already existing games, so it is an excellent idea to always keep an eye on the emails the casino might be sending to your inbox or sometimes spam box. It would be a shame to miss out on the chance to be the first one to test a brand new casino games – especially given the high market release rate at which brand new 3D or progressive games are seeing the light of day right now. Make sure you also check out the Crazy Vegas video slot games and see if you find them enjoyable enough to play online for real money or if you are better of sticking with the WinPalace collection.

Pay Attention To The Special Features

These games of slots are known to provide gamblers with two special Bonus Features. The Free Spin Feature is triggered when three Free Spin Chips appear anywhere on Reels 2, 3 & 4. The Chips spin to reveal your free games and prize multiplier. The Big Bonus Feature is triggered when a Big Bonus appears on Reels 1 & 5. In the Big Bonus Feature you decide when to stop the wheels from spinning. The number on the inner wheel is multiplied by the number on the outer wheel to determine your total payout. And you’ll go crazy if you hit on the random jackpot. Remember that there are loads of casino slot games that are offering a wide array of progressive jackpots and most of them are worth hundreds of thousands of dollars (or some other currency you might choose to play with).

Extra Things To Look For

Like I said in the beginning of this article, I like to constantly keep an eye on everything that is new and on everything that seems exciting enough to capture my interest even if it is just for a little while. That is why I always like to go here whenever I get the chance and read all the newest reviews added to this web site. I can learn all about the release of a brand new game on the market, or even about the creation of a new ambling venue.  

This is just plain cool….Paris just launched a bike sharing program with 10,000 bikes. Why aren’t our major cities doing something truly innovative like this? Sure I haven’t seen it in practice but I love the idea of coming out of Union Station, paying a buck or two to get a bike that I ride to my destination and return to the drop off point there.

“Customers can pick up a bicycle from one of 750 self-service points. If no bikes are available, renters are directed towards a well-stocked point nearby. After identifying themselves and providing credit or debit card details, users can take out a bike. A day pass costs EUR 1, allowing users as many rides as they like, provided each trip is less than 30 minutes. An additional half hour is EUR 1, with prices climbing for additional time used; the pricing model is aimed at encouraging quick turnover. Bikes can be returned at any service point. Once all 1,451 are in place (end of 2007), the nearest service point will never be far off — one every 300 metres, which means they’ll be 4.4 times as densely distributed as metro stations. The number of bicycles will also be doubled, bringing the total to 20,600.”

I mentioned this one earlier. They sent me an email this week with a sweet deal that times out end of this month. Part of the deal is based on volume, ie every 3 people we register then we get a 4th free.

So I’m looking for people who want to attend this. If you’re in then contact me asap and we’ll make a trip of it and share the volume deal amongst us.

How did you spend your Canada day? The cast iron main in the floor of my basement cracked last week so I spent the first day of my long weekend breaking concrete and fixing plumbing. Love owning a home! These little keyboard tappers aren’t used to hard labour.

A Canada Day round of shinny in shorts more than made up for it!

We just bought ourselves another house so we’re officially in the landlording business. If you know anyone looking to rent a 4+ bedroom house in the best hood in downtown Guelph then contact me now!

So my friends, and now business partners, Pat, Mark, and I just signed a commercial lease today. We’re setting up a woodworking co-op space. Full cabinet makers shop for a few good men. Get a hold of me if you’re interested!

That’s a picture of wood there.

Generally I don’t do the conference deal. I suppose I’m cheap and the few times I have gone to one it always feels like we’re sitting around talking about doing neat stuff while…..well you know.

So this is the first conference invite I’ve received in years that I’ve actually considered. Guy Kawasaki, Joel Spolsky, some guy from Red Gate, Eric Sink, and more. Okay, and Jeffrey Pfeffer, who is kinda like the father I’ve never met. Oh and not to mention that one guy Hugh MacLeod. I think I’m being punk’d.

Business plans are great but I’d rather have a business than a business plan.

The date for our second DemoCamp in Guelph is set. We’re on for Wednesday July 18th. What can you do? Simple:

• If you can attend, go to our page, edit it and sign up indicating you’ll be attending.
• If would like to demo, contact me asap.
• Talk us up, spread the word, get people out!