There’s a new laser pointer in town that’s nearly 20 times more powerful than your typical laser used for presentations and amusing your pets (thanks Slashdot for the link ). You can buy it online, no special forms or permissions needed (yet). While it...

I’m sure that nearly all of you will relate to the fact that, if you’re employed anywhere near the computer industry, you are a de facto tech support technician for your non-techie family and friends. You may even find yourself occasionally giving pro...

You have probably already heard of this, a robot under development by Honda called Asimo . It’s appeared in a Honda TV commercial or two and there’s been many news stories written about it. It’s a bipedal robot, stands upright, walks, can pick up a newspaper...

Occasionally I trip over an interesting bit on the 'net that I can't resist sharing. Here's the first one to hit my blog. I find this website fairly addictive. From the site: how does typogenerator work? the user types some text; typoGenerator searches...

I was pleasantly surprised recently when, only a day or two after first creating my blog, I was contacted through it by a member of the MVP (Most Valuable Professional) community. (An MVP is a non-Microsoft employee who is an advocate/evangelist/subject...

My first post! Much more info to follow as I get my blog-ducks in a row, but for now: I am a Project Coordinator at the Microsoft Enterprise Engineering Center (aka the EEC, blog here ; recent eWeek article on us here ), on the main Microsoft campus in...