What kind of a geek would I be if I didn’t at least mention that Microsoft launched Windows Vista and Office 2007 this past Monday. There, I said it. If you want to learn more, listen to Bill.
Archive for January, 2007
Here it comes to save the day!
Published January 30th, 2007 in Gadgets, Hardware and MacBook. 2 Comments My latest pickup for the MacBook is the Bluetooth Mighty Mouse. I know there are other bluetooth mice (mouses?) out there to choose from which are easier on the pocketbook, but I really wanted to try this particular one out for a couple different reasons.
The 360 degree scroll ball is interesting. It […]
Microsoft launches ASP.NET AJAX 1.0
Published January 28th, 2007 in Development, Internet, Microsoft and Web 2.0. 0 Comments This past week marked the official launch of Microsoft’s ASP.NET AJAX libraries for the .NET platform (formerly “Atlas”). The uptake on this new implementation of a not-so-new technology has been moderate, with the folks who really want to use .NET to target a Web 2.0 solution being the most enthusiastic.
AJAX in and of […]
Free Download: Microsoft XML Notepad 2007
Published January 21st, 2007 in Admin Tools, Development, Microsoft, Programming and Utilities. 1 CommentMicrosoft has recently released an updated version of its XML Notepad. This is a fairly basic tool which provides a tree interface to edit XML documents which is easier to understand and work with than hacking through the file using Notepad or even Visual Studio.The interface takes a bit of getting used […]
Hidden Treasure! - IIS 6 Admin Scripts
Published January 20th, 2007 in Admin Tools and Utilities. 0 Comments Not long ago I discovered some hidden treasure on one of my Web Servers - the IIS 6.0 Admin Scripts. These area bunch of pre-prepared scripts to make administration of IIS much quicker (and much easier to do remotely!) not to mention much more “automatable”.
I’m not going to get into huge detail here, but […]
Here’s a fun one for the new year: Furby Mods and Hacks!
There are several sites I found dedicated to undertanding more about these annoying, furry little creatures. One of the funniest I thought, was the Furby Autopsy which describes the autopsy procedures of the Furby Toh-Loo-Kah.
Some of the information I found is somewhat dated, […]
Open Source - Nintendo Style
Published January 2nd, 2007 in Development, Open Source, Programming and Utilities. 0 Comments Well it certainly didn’t take long to start some new and interesting open-source projects geared around Nintendo’s new darling system. The Wii has inspired the folks over at WiiLi.org to create a version of Linux to run on this next-generation console.
Some of their first projects are to understand the Wiimote and the other hardware […]
