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Saving the Universe from Boskone and Bugs
Interested in Indigo?
I've been posting some comments about Indigo on my other blog - feel free to subscribe if you're...
Date: 03/22/2005
new blog feed at https://galactic-patrol.blogspot.com/atom.xml
To answer a question from my comments, the subscription feed for my moved blog is:...
Date: 11/19/2004
this blog is moving to https://galactic-patrol.blogspot.com
I find that (a) I don’t tend to write very many technical entries on this blog (which offends...
Date: 11/07/2004
Our hearts are with you, Pat
Pat Helland just posted some terrible (and terribly personal) news on his blog – my heart goes...
Date: 10/29/2004
Microsoft Garage Band
Reason #193 why I like working for Microsoft: I’m leaving work today, and as usual I take the...
Date: 10/14/2004
kudos to Home Depot as well
It seems like the week for good customer service on the blogs I read – here we see an example...
Date: 10/01/2004
Cool GUI for editing parameters in visual studio - vote for it!
Mitch Denny proposes a very cool idea for popping up in-place GUI when you need to edit a formatted...
Date: 08/17/2004
Microsoft and Indian Academia: Progress, Problems, and Opportunities
A friend of mine recently posted about the Microsoft presence in Indian schools. He points out the...
Date: 07/30/2004
treasured blogger comes to Microsoft
I read here that Rory is coming to work at Microsoft. Outstanding! I have to admit that when I do my...
Date: 07/29/2004
avoid dialog boxes while refactoring
I was reading a post about Visual Studio refactoring support in the next version, and I noticed that...
Date: 07/26/2004
Its like playing 'Quake', but in the real world
Despite my skepticism about head-mounted displays, I remain enthusiastic about the possibilities of...
Date: 07/23/2004
Think the product feedback rating system is wrong? go vote!
If you think the MSDN Product Feedback Center rating equation isn’t right, go vote for this...
Date: 07/17/2004
fetching you a bottle of water does not motivate me
This is the story of an inspirational speech that, well – wasn’t. I went to a divisional...
Date: 06/24/2004
How well do you know your Microsoft acronyms?
I made the following challenge over on Channel 9 – anyone care to take up the gauntlet?...
Date: 06/22/2004
obfuscated C code, for fun and profit (ok, just for fun)
If you’ve ever coded in C, you owe it to yourself to check out the (fully functional) programs...
Date: 06/22/2004
amazing new antenna technology
Apparently a professor (and ham radio enthusiast) from the University of Rhode Island has invented a...
Date: 06/17/2004
managed COM+ objects that don't derive from ServicedComponent?
I notice Sam Gentile references a tool for registering managed objects in the COM+ catalog even if...
Date: 05/11/2004
page 23
I’m joining the current blog meme… “But worship was not on the docket that night,...
Date: 04/30/2004
The Bugatti Veyron - an incredible 250 MPH roadster
Wow, this car is incredible. Its price tag is a few orders of magnitude out of my league, but a man...
Date: 04/29/2004
WS-Eventing and WS-Addressing
Hank Wallace posted a question recently about the <NotifyTo> element in a WS-Eventing...
Date: 04/23/2004
The real reason to get a tablet PC - TextTwist!
My wife recently needed a new laptop, so we splurged and got her a TabletPC. At first, I have to...
Date: 04/14/2004
Do you reload while you are brushing your teeth?
Just out of curiosity, how many people actually reload the toothbrush with toothpaste between doing...
Date: 03/30/2004
I know why moths fly toward light...
You see, back in the age of the mighty civilization of the dinosaurs, they had begun experimenting...
Date: 03/30/2004
high school robots need your help
I just ran across this interesting solicitation: a San Francisco high school competing in a robotic...
Date: 03/17/2004
video sunglasses should be wireless
I just ran across this article describing a pair of sunglasses with a video display built into it....
Date: 03/17/2004
What is an 'anonymous' sender?
A bit of terminology discussion here… In a recent article, Yasser introduced this following...
Date: 03/15/2004
Pat Helland blogging
Wow, Pat Helland is blogging – that’s too cool. Update: for those who don't know of Pat...
Date: 03/12/2004
DARPA Robot Racing - Who's Watching?
I notice that the QID (the qualifying round) for the DARPA “Grand Challenge” robot race...
Date: 03/08/2004
Rich Turner's Indigo Blog
I’ve noticed that Rich Turner has been posting some excellent Indigo posts recently on his...
Date: 03/08/2004
"The Right Society" censorship?
At home I am pretty steeped in a Democratic culture; my wife is a staunch Democrat, as are her...
Date: 03/08/2004
Tivo-like 'thumbs-up' for my aggregator?
I build my blogroll while reading blogs – that is, when I follow a link to an interesting blog...
Date: 03/01/2004
Home Theater - wow!
I just ran across this magnificent home theater setup. (Found via Furrygoat.)
Date: 02/27/2004
Atom RSS?
As a sideline follower of the development of the Atom syndication format and API, I was at first...
Date: 02/27/2004
Errata for WS-Eventing posts
A co-worker of mine kindly pointed out an error in my WS-Eventing messages; the <NotifyTo>...
Date: 02/17/2004
WS-Eventing Part III: The Notification Message
Ok, now pay close attention; this part gets real complicated. The required elements of a...
Date: 02/17/2004
Hot Water, Cold Air
AConrad posts the following: “When the temperature is lower then -15 below zero, very hot...
Date: 02/13/2004
WS-Eventing Part II: The Subscription Response
Before I talk about the optional elements on a WS-Eventing subscription, I’d like to quickly...
Date: 02/12/2004
WS-Eventing: A Note on Namespaces
In part I of my discussion of WS-Eventing, I deliberately left the namespaces off the elements of...
Date: 02/12/2004
Attribute-based Programming in Italian?
(Warning: slightly off-color) Dino has an interesting take on “Attribute-Based...
Date: 02/12/2004
personalized painkillers
There was an interesting bit on NPR this morning about how the DEA is cracking down on some doctors...
Date: 02/12/2004
3D animated movies are better than 2D?
Wes makes an interesting conjecture about why 3D animated movies tend to be better than their 2D...
Date: 02/11/2004
Lots of little blog entries, or The Big List?
James Avery recently had a discussion about the format of his blog entries. He tends to post once a...
Date: 02/11/2004