The release of Python Tools for Visio Studio means that we know have a much better experience developing against my favorite application. In the interests of showing off how good this is and in preparation for some exciting work I have planned around...

“Displayhack is a site for everyone participating in or enjoying real-time graphics, visual arts, motion graphics and the demoscene. Often adduced as the reason or motivation for expending effort toward a seemingly useless goal, the point being that the...

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OK, it didn’t really say “Cruelty” but that’s how I read it at first. “It takes you” took on an (even more) threatening tone.   This photo was taken in March 2010 on Microsoft’s Advanta campus (3rd floor, building A).

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Know how to rename files in Windows? Sure you do. This screencast will teach you to do it LIKE A BOSS . Especially if you have to rename photos and your music files, you should learn how the built-in features in Windows will make doing this easier.  ...

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The original Age of Empires series stole years of my life – no complaints from me. And since that time its appeal to me was only surpassed by the HomeWorld . So today we see the release of Age of Empires Online. The review on ArsTechnica covers the salient...

Cross-Posted from my other blog – Here’s tip for getting using PowerPoint to provide the Titles for your screencasts. http://viziblr.com/news/2011/8/16/screencast-using-powerpoint-for-screencast-titles.html

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  Hypersnap has a new major version this month. Hypersnap 7 features a new Ribbon-based UI and other useful enhancements. For more details look at a detailed walkthrough on my other blog : You can purchase a new license for $40 or upgrade for about...

You Kindle fans may remember my original blog post on the Kindle: Stopping the Amazon Kindle for PC Application from Crashing on Windows 7   Here’s what happened since that post A lot of people read the post Most were helped by the instructions Some...

Instead of a desktop application, you can easily capture screenshots with a browser extension to Google Chrome . It’s a simple app with some great features and a terrific price – free . I installed the latest version and wrote a detailed review – with...

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Occasionally I check in and see what is going on in the PyPy world … and today I found a compelling demonstration of image processing. Watch the video. This is pure Python code – PyPy on the the left, CPython on the right. No special libraries are being...