Sunday the 16th was Bosses Day. Who even knew there was such a thing? Well, at least one of the guys on my team did, and they surprised me by storming my office singing some sort of Star Wars March of the Emperor thing while I was one a phone call with a vendor. …
I saw the Solid|Drive Desktop device on a Microsoft Channel 9 video on the "house of the future" in London. The Solid|Drive device is just a hockey puck looking thing that you place on your desk (or in the video, your kitchen counter) and the surface that it’s resting on becomes a speaker. It’s pretty…
My good friend Miguel A. Castro was on DotNetRocks for show 136 (released this week). I’ve listened to a lot of DNR’s and I have to say that in my opinion this is one of the best ones, and I’m not saying that because Miguel has been a friend for over 18 years (yes, it has…
I have a little secret – I like American Idol. Many of my friends are shocked at this, and some are disappointed (a couple of musicians in that group!). Those of you who believe that American Idol’s winners are crap should listen to Kelly Clarkson’s live version of Beautiful Disaster – sung with just…
The latest issue came bundled with a "Fashion Rocks" magazine supplement. This is on top of the frequent GQ type inserts that come in the plastic wrapper. Hey, guys running these promotions – forget it – while geeks might be aspirational, I’m pretty sure most of us aren’t going to be reading Fashion…
Frequenly I find myself lamenting the death of customer service. There are too many places and people who act as if a customer is a hassle, not an asset. So, I’ve decided to call out those companies that do a good job. First up on my list is AVSmarts.com. Many moons ago I…
It’s a real shame how complicated Microsoft makes certain things… If you have the problem with VS.NET 2003 disappearing while compiling your app, you may not know that Microsoft has a hotfix for it. Unfortunately, you cannot just get the hotfix. You have to submit a support request, pay your money, get the hotfix,…
The three of you who’ve stuck with me through my slow blogging period are probably noticing that the rate is starting to pick up. I’m getting the itch to start blogging a lot more, so hopefully the pipeline won’t be quite as empty as it has been.
Tom’s Hardware has a very interesting article up about Microsoft’s recent decision to adopt HD DVD rather than Blu Ray. I have kind of ignored the whole debate, but recently it has become clear that Blu Ray is truly dedicated to controlling content even more than DVD’s do today and to the complete exclusion…
A friend of mine recently recommended E-Ring as a show worthy of watching. I told him that I didn’t want to get addicted to any more shows, as our MCE system records more than we can watch anyway (we don’t watch that much TV). Well, in any case, a few day ago Deb and…