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shameless plug...
I've started reading brandscribe, which linked off to this honda commercial that is unbelievable...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 01/19/2006
way off topic... Brak!
way off topic... one of my friends showed this to me... such a waste of time, but so funny if you're...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 01/16/2006
Boilermaker wins Next Generation Windows PC Design Competition
Two industrial designers at Purdue won Microsoft's ID competition for PC's. The winning design is...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 01/14/2006
comments are back
...so after a bit of fiddling with the community server settings, people should now be able to...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 01/05/2006
Fair Use
Virgin Records in India is distributing some regular CD's with copy protection on them. Being...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 01/04/2006
legislation to close "analog loophole"
eHomeUpgrade has a write up about some legislation restricting the use of recorded analog brodcasts....
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 01/03/2006
comic book characters on stamps
way off topic... I'm a sucker for cool stamps... so this is really exciting for me. It seems the...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 01/03/2006
Tinted Windows
I finally got around to reading Paul Thurrott's write up of the December CTP of Windows Vista. I was...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 01/03/2006
3D Tools Workspace Updated to WinFX December CTP bits
Daniel Lehenbauer has updated his 3D Tools Workspace to work with the December CTP bits.
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 01/03/2006
Guy Kawasaki on PowerPoint
Guy Kawasaki makes some interesting comments on PowerPoint presentations he sees on a regular basis....
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 01/01/2006
Windows based Treo 700W
HowardForums has some info indicating that the new Windows-based Treo is coming out on January 5th....
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 12/27/2005
laptop cases
I saw this on one of the gadget blogs I read... red maloo makes some pretty cool laptop sleves...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 12/17/2005
there's a business in everything...
...even getting notified of when xbox360 is in stock at your local retailer...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 12/05/2005
put the needle on the record
yeah I know everyone already subscribes to gizmodo, but I thought this record player with built-in...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 12/05/2005
Legos meet Lite-Brite in the coolest possible way
Cool Hunting points to "Tile Toy" a concept toy that combines programmable LED displays and every...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 12/05/2005
Max has ink support!
Microsoft Max now lets you add ink notes to the photos you are sharing. They were able to do this...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 12/03/2005
All your television, to go...
If you use Windows XP Media Center Edition to record television, then this is for you: Creative has...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 11/30/2005
former googlers blog
Business 2.0 has an entry on their blog about what its like to be interviewed by Sergey Brin, and...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 11/30/2005
toe to toe with ipod
Omar Shahine says he found a plays for sure device that measures up to ipod ... I wonder if it is...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 11/29/2005
Gecko Tip correction
The folks behind GeckoTip contacted me and pointed me to a better link for it, along with a newer...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 11/28/2005
AOL HI-Q Video is really nice
... its very light on content but AOL HI-Q video's picture quality on my toshiba m200 tablet pc is...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 11/28/2005
using firefox on a tablet pc?
life just got easier. there's now an extension that will make the tablet TIP work properly with...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 11/28/2005
don't fear windows vista graphics requirements
George Ou at zdnet has posted a great write up regarding Windows Vista and graphics hardware. One of...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 11/22/2005
CableCard support comes to media center edition for holiday '06
eHomeUpgrade has the story. This fills a big gap in media center edition's hd playback story....
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 11/16/2005
Getting paid, helping folks get paid for podcasting
Fruitcast is advertising simple way to make some income from their podcasts by offering to append...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 11/16/2005
Better Color Management in Windows XP
Digital photography enthusiasts will be pleased to see a new control panel applet that will let you...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 11/16/2005
Scoble's Bingeing
Scoble's trying to do 100 posts without mentioning Google, Yahoo!, or Microsoft. He's up to 17 so...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 11/14/2005
Presentation Zen
Presentation Zen has some interesting write-ups on presentation style, and how to make the best use...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 11/14/2005
Picaboo!
One of the blogs I read (maybe Scoble?) tipped me off to Picaboo - a great windows application for...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 11/14/2005
Foldershare
Looks like we bought foldershare for Windows Live. This is awesome - internet file sharing just got...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 11/05/2005
off-topic - toasters
I was at Target the other day and saw the coolest toasters I've seen in a while. First, there was...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 10/31/2005
Using Flip 3D in Windows Vista build 5231
Some of you may have noticed that in 5231, Win-Spacebar no longer invokes Flip 3D. We changed the...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 10/19/2005
prediction markets
NYT has an interesting story about how Google is using prediction markets.
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 10/03/2005
Using Flip3D on Vista Build 5219
I've had a number of folks ask me how to use the new 3D window switching functionality we have in...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 10/03/2005
Comments from my post about customization...
Someone sent in the following in email: Just wanted to reply to your comment on skinning. My point...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 10/02/2005
brasso?
this is great. 5 dollar solution to the scratched nano problem!
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 10/02/2005
Learn Acrylic!
As many of you know, our upcoming visual designer product code-named "acrylic" has its heritage in...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 10/02/2005
Windows Vista stuck at 800x600?
If you're running beta 1 or build 5219 (the PDC build) of Windows Vista on a notebook pc and your...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 10/02/2005
Marc's blogging...
Marc Miller and I worked together for many years in IE, MSN, and for a while on the Windows Shell...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 10/02/2005
nano cases
Discovered some interesting cases for the nano, as part of my ongoing quest for scratch-resistance....
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 10/02/2005
Manuel is Blogging!
Manuel Clement is a designer on the Sparkle team. He's set up shop over at MSN Spaces.
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 09/26/2005
scratchy nano
Looks like I'm not the only one who's nano screen scratched up too quickly. News.com seems to...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 09/26/2005
CTP Madness
If you aren't exactly sure what versions of Avalon, winfx, windows vista, and visual studio work...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 09/22/2005
nano scratches
so it seems the one downside of being an ipod owner is that the screen scratches super-easily. since...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 09/20/2005
PDC2005 Impressions
Wow - what a week at PDC! Lots to summarize from the week. The keynotes were all great! I was...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 09/20/2005
love that nano
Scoble points out that people are excited about the new ipod nano. I got one on Friday at the...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 09/13/2005
Going to PDC!
Next Monday, I'll fly down to Los Angeles for PDC05! I'll be presenting on some of the graphics...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 09/10/2005