The Galactic Patrol

I’m back from my week-long vacation in West Virginia.  I gotta tell you, the Northeast does autumn much, much better than the Northwest!  It was sunny, the leaves were changing color – reds and browns everywhere – it wasn’t...

With my own little Lucy due in less than two months, I find articles like this one particularly interesting – a story of a family, a three-year-old daughter, and how she uses TV and expects it to act in a TiVo household.  I, of course, also...

I’ve been reading about this robotic race that DARPA is setting up from CA to Las Vegas.  I think it is very cool that they would host such a thing, and it sucks that its very popularity is becoming an obstacle.  Ideally DARPA would...

 I’ve seen a couple blog mentions recently about a ‘plastic’ memory technology being researched at Princeton and HP.  I have to say that I am extremely skeptical about this project.  For one thing, another 3-D (“memory...

Doug is asking folks if we should change how [Serializable] works under partial-trust, to be more compatible with our upcoming XML serialization efforts.  Follow this link and let him know what you think .

Chris has another excellent opus , this time on managed appcompat . 

Cameron Purdy spills deep family secrets about his brother Doug.  I think its funny as heck, you make up your own mind: http://www.jroller.com/page/cpurdy/20031110#mon_frère_douglas  

 Amazing stories of God and Satan, Angels and Demons, and the wars between them – as recounted by homeless Miami children.  Really amazing stuff, a new and stirring mythology. http://www.miaminewtimes.com/issues/1997-06-05/feature...

 Interesting article about the /GS switch for compiling more secure C++ programs, as well as some history and Whidbey futures for the feature: http://blogs.gotdotnet.com/branbray/commentview.aspx/79185d10-58e7-4429-a1da-08aadb407c19

 Very cool – a design journal for a robot made of Legos that can solve a Rubik’s Cube: http://jpbrown.i8.com/cubesolver.html

 I just noticed a post by Steve describing Microsoft Usability Lab’s need for more usability testers – for games and other software.  It won’t make you rich, but its fun, and you get a prize.  If you are in the area...

 Paul introduces a most excellent idea for a short video or ad targeting the proud VB programmer ; here is a little snippet: “BASIC is the oldest Microsoft language, the most popular programming tool in the world and the best part...