July 2005 - Posts

Goodbye Longhorn, Hello Windows Vista!
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2005/jul05/07-22LHMA.mspx Longhorn = Windows Vista With product names, my feeling is that anything new takes awhile to get used to, especially after using a codename for several years. It's hard to imagine a creative Read More...
Posted 22 July 05 06:18 by Adam Nathan | 3 Comments   
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Migrating from VC6 to VC8: Resources
In order to update Internet Hearts with WinFX features , I'm going to leverage C++ Interop and recompile at least some of the source code with /clr so I can start using managed APIs. Therefore, my first step was to get the source code (which hadn't been Read More...
Posted 15 July 05 10:17 by Adam Nathan | 7 Comments   
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Mind-bending "two-way viewing-angle LCD"
Check this out: www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2005/07/14/sharp_develops_two_way_viewing_lcd The fact that it costs twice as much as a standard display is unfortunate, but I've heard two interesting ideas for future applications. Imagine Read More...
Posted 15 July 05 09:48 by Adam Nathan | 3 Comments   
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PDC talk descriptions & the game of Hearts
Today Raymond talks about marketing tweaking PDC talk descriptions and some little-known history on Microsoft Hearts , both of which made me smile since I'm going to be doing a PDC talk primarily based on my Internet Hearts project . Of course, Internet Read More...
Posted 14 July 05 10:04 by Adam Nathan | 0 Comments   
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Now available: Adobe Illustrator to XAML Plug-In
I've been anxiously waiting for Mike to unveil this , and today he has! Check it out at http://www.mikeswanson.com/XAMLExport/Eye%20Candy.htm : There's also a Channel9 video here: http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=87407 An awesome, free download Read More...
Posted 12 July 05 05:03 by Adam Nathan | 0 Comments   
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I (heart) ATL
I just got back from a vacation to the east coast, and in one restaurant bathroom I saw an interesting piece of graffiti: I (heart) ATL Actually, that wasn't the only interesting insight written on that stall wall. There also was: Continental breakfast Read More...
Posted 12 July 05 10:19 by Adam Nathan | 4 Comments   
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