November 2004 - Posts

• Ward Cunningham on Simplicity

  Ward Cunningham has some interesting comments about simplicity in his interview with Bill Venners. Here is a link . Here is an excerpt: A friend of mine once said that there are problems and there are difficulties. A problem is something you savor. You Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 23, 2004 9:08 PM by asimj | 0 Comments

• Password Managers

  Here are some neat password manager products: Microsoft's Fingerprint Reader : Microsoft now has a cool hardware-based password manager, that uses your thumb print to figure out who you are and then automatically types in your internet passwords. This Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 23, 2004 9:04 PM by asimj | 1 Comments

• Adam Bosworth on Simplicity

  Here is a talk by Adam Bosworth on software simplicity . His assertion is that simple sloppy systems with weak rules are more likely to be useful in unforeseen scenarios and therefore are more likely to succeed in unexpected ways than systems with strong Read More... Posted Monday, November 22, 2004 5:32 PM by asimj | 1 Comments

• Learning to Fly in Halo2

  Here is a video demo on the experience of flying in Halo2 . Read More... Posted Monday, November 22, 2004 4:16 PM by asimj | 2 Comments

• Free Visual Studio and SQL Server Downloads

  You can now download free beta versions of Visual Studio. Here is a link to the Visual C# Express Edition Beta . Here is the link to all the Express Edition products (Visual Basic, C++, J#, etc). Also while you are at it you can also grab the free SQL Read More... Posted Monday, November 01, 2004 4:07 PM by asimj | 1 Comments

• Lunar Eclipse Video

  John Archer has made a really neat time lapse video of the recent lunar eclipse using Microsoft Movie Maker 2. Click here to see it. Read More... Posted Monday, November 01, 2004 3:59 PM by asimj | 1 Comments

• Sometimes Barney Appears on the Screen and Sometimes He Doesn't

  Another humorous KB (knowledge base) whitepaper ; this one's on Barney. Read More... Posted Monday, November 01, 2004 3:36 PM by asimj | 0 Comments

• The Crabby Lady Is For Real

  See videos of the Crabby Lady taking on reader's comments about Microsoft Office tools. Read More... Posted Monday, November 01, 2004 3:33 PM by asimj | 0 Comments

• Visual Studio and .NET Framework Feedback

  The Developer Division now accepts direct feedback (feature suggestions, bugs) about VS (Visual Studio), the .NET framework, and other developer tools, here on their LadyBug site . Read More... Posted Monday, November 01, 2004 3:32 PM by asimj | 8 Comments