Geeky Storytelling
CES warm and fuzzy
Finally getting around to watching the CES keynote… From Gary Shapiro, Microsoft is a “national...
Author: magicred Date: 01/07/2010
Easy Tag Cloud
Happy New Year! Very busy, but I thought I would share…I needed a Tag Cloud control for some demo...
Author: magicred Date: 01/04/2010
Back on the grid
The family is moved, not moved in, just moved. So that’s the reason I’ve been way off the grid for...
Author: magicred Date: 11/30/2009
Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 First Look
If your a developer-type go check out Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 First Look. I just installed a VM...
Author: magicred Date: 06/02/2009
Xbox.com | Project Natal
Absolutely can’t wait for this to hit the streets Xbox.com | Project Natal. I think this trumps the...
Author: magicred Date: 06/02/2009
Live Search = Bing
Well it seems the new Live Search is Bing. Internally at Microsoft, we’ve had it for sometime as is...
Author: magicred Date: 06/02/2009
Windows 7 Beta Customer Preview Program
Keep an eye on the Windows 7 Beta Customer Preview Program site to download Windows 7 RC publicly on...
Author: magicred Date: 05/01/2009
Official Microsoft Team Blogs / Microsoft Blogs
Check out BlogMS - Official Microsoft Team Blogs for a list of Microsoft Team Blogs, many of which I...
Author: magicred Date: 04/23/2009
Internet Explorer 8 is Final
Internet Explorer 8 Final Available Now. Here is an important snippet for me: Anyone running Windows...
Author: magicred Date: 03/19/2009
Bill Gates on mosquitoes and teachers
Also at TED, Bill Gates unplugged | Video on TED.com talking about the work his foundation is doing...
Author: magicred Date: 03/17/2009
Sixth Sense
Is this what pocket protectors will look like in the future? Pattie Maes demos the Sixth Sense |...
Author: magicred Date: 03/16/2009
Cool feature - Windows 7 Boot from VHD
As a heavy user of VirtualPC, Virtual Server, and Hyper-V in my daily work, I’m really excited about...
Author: magicred Date: 03/16/2009
Microsoft Office Outlook Team Blog : Announcing the February Cumulative Update for Outlook 2007
If you use Outlook 2007, by choice or by force – doesn’t really matter; go get the Outlook Feb...
Author: magicred Date: 03/15/2009
SQL Server knobs and switches
Over the last month or so, I’ve been working on some SQL Server optimizations to address...
Author: magicred Date: 02/19/2009
Coming up for breath on Windows 7
A friend of mine yelled at me for not blogging lately, so here goes…. After an odd convergence of...
Author: magicred Date: 02/19/2009
Windows HPC #10 on Supercomputer list
I know next to nothing about Windows HPC 2008, but you have to admit this is pretty impressive...
Author: magicred Date: 11/20/2008
PlayON + XBOX - pretty cool
I recently discovered PlayOn - available for XBOX 360 and PS3. I really like being able to watch...
Author: magicred Date: 11/19/2008
NXE - Next Xbox Experience goes live
Check it out and download today. Xbox.com | Xbox.com Home. Been using it for a while and I have to...
Author: magicred Date: 11/19/2008
Announcement of .NET Framework 4.0 and “Dublin”
Even if you are not going to PDC this year, keep an eye out for .NET Framework 4.0 and “Dublin”....
Author: magicred Date: 10/03/2008
Zune speakers
I just received my Kicker - zKICK for Zune and fired it up. Pretty nice, good sound quality and it...
Author: magicred Date: 09/25/2008
I'm a PC commercial
Finally....this is the kind of commercial we've been waiting for. I'm a PC.
Author: magicred Date: 09/19/2008
Presentations with flair
If you do presentations for a living, or at least as a regular part of your day job, I like having...
Author: magicred Date: 09/17/2008
Browser pseudo-wars
So Google Chrome is all the buzz. There are definitely things I like..."tearing" off a tab and...
Author: magicred Date: 09/05/2008
Photosynth Released
Micorosft Live Labs has released Photosynth. Pretty cool if you take a lot of pictures ......
Author: magicred Date: 08/22/2008
Excel as a linked server
Been a little light on technical content and since I had to figure this out for my "day...
Author: magicred Date: 08/15/2008
I need one of these...car charger with 4 USB ports
Since I have only 1 cigarette lighter/power socket in my daily driver (as opposed to the 6 in the...
Author: magicred Date: 08/15/2008
Microsoft Surface @ Sheraton Hotels
Just saw this on my Engadget feed...Microsoft Surface checks into Sheraton Hotels - Engadget. Funny...
Author: magicred Date: 08/15/2008
Don't keep a library of animated gif's around
Just generate what you need from here Ajaxload - Ajax loading gif generator - cool!
Author: magicred Date: 08/08/2008
If you can't stop messing with code editor colors
Ran across this theme generator for Visual Studio. Kinda neat! I'm using a darker theme like the one...
Author: magicred Date: 08/08/2008
Release : Composite Application Guidance for WPF
I know I've gotten questions about this in the past...Composite Application Guidance for WPF. I have...
Author: magicred Date: 07/06/2008
FreeCaddie
Can't wait to try this out FreeCaddie - The Free Golf GPS Rangefinder . Update: Works great! Reports...
Author: magicred Date: 06/25/2008
MSN Direct : Good stuff for your phone
Very nice UI to bring the stuff your interested to the home screen of your phone. Check out MSN...
Author: magicred Date: 05/22/2008
Visual Studio Most Recent Files Utility
Back from vacation and realizing I have really ignored the blog...it's just not foremost in my mind....
Author: magicred Date: 04/03/2008
MSDN Reader/NYTimes Reader
Following the success of the NYTimes reader, a couple of other publications are using similar...
Author: magicred Date: 02/13/2008
The TSA is blogging
Looks like the TSA - if you are a frequent airline traveler, that's kind of a 4-letter word - has...
Author: magicred Date: 02/08/2008
Mimickin' Excel Comments in the DataGridView
I had a need to make the WinForm DataGridView bend to my will by having some Excel-like behavior....
Author: magicred Date: 01/29/2008
Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 shipped!
Now that Thanksgiving is over, I have to pay attention again. Of course the biggest news is that...
Author: magicred Date: 11/27/2007
Visual Studio 2008 by end of November
Somasegar's WebLog : TechEd Developer in Europe. If you are doing WPF, WCF, and/or WF development...
Author: magicred Date: 11/08/2007
Messaging, Workflow Roadmap announcement
I would also add SOA and model-driven development to the mix. The announcement is up on the...
Author: magicred Date: 10/30/2007
Managed Services Engine hits CodePlex
If you are interested in service virtualization and a framework for building out an SOA with WCF,...
Author: magicred Date: 10/30/2007
WPF and Composite Applications
Composite Applications became defined when the Patterns & Practices group released the Composite...
Author: magicred Date: 10/30/2007
When Triple-Redundancy isn't enough
IEEE Spectrum: Space Station: Internal NASA Reports Explain Origins of June Computer Crisis is an...
Author: magicred Date: 10/16/2007
ASP.NET MVC Framework
I know I get asked about MVC/MVP frameworks all the time. Finally have an answer for ASP.NET....
Author: magicred Date: 10/15/2007
Windows icons for your Vista application
I recall needing/wanting to use some of the stock Windows Icons way back when. Stumbled across this...
Author: magicred Date: 10/10/2007
Releasing the Source Code for the .NET Framework Libraries
I think this is great, knowing what is happening "under the covers" is something of a character...
Author: magicred Date: 10/04/2007
Live Search updates and improvements
Live Search has been updated and improved, read the press announcement here. I noticed the UI is a...
Author: magicred Date: 10/02/2007