May 2008 - Posts

NY Times Reader Beta for the Mac OS Now Available
Just saw this post that the NY Times Reader for the Mac is available - I'm interested in seeing how the Silverlight version works.  I've been using the WPF version for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and really like the ease of reading articles.  Read More...
Posted 27 May 08 10:33 by Dan Fay | 1 Comments   
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Windows HPC Server 2008 Beta 2 is Here
Windows HPC Server 2008 Beta 2 is available on Microsoft Connect and Ryan Waite goes into detail on much of the new stuff.  I'm really excited to start seeing scientists utilize and evaluate the new version - I think many of the new pieces especially Read More...
Posted 23 May 08 08:32 by Dan Fay | 1 Comments   
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PHP Support in Expression Web 2
Passing this note about PHP support in Expression Web 2.... PHP Support in Expression Web 2 For those who might wonder about how open Microsoft is to third-party development tools and/or languages, here's one answer : In response to feedback from Expression Read More...
Posted 22 May 08 08:27 by Dan Fay | 1 Comments   
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WWT - Eclipse
If you'd like to experience a total Eclipse of the Sun - set WWT to 8/1/2008 at 2:23 and put the Lat/Lon at 65/72. Read More...
Posted 15 May 08 11:38 by Dan Fay | 0 Comments   
WorldWide Telescope - you haven't seen it?
I decided to wait a bit before blogging about the release of WorldWide Telescope (WWT) to see how everything went and what the initial reaction would be.  After Curtis and Jonathan showed me an earlier version over 18 months ago - I knew they were Read More...
Posted 15 May 08 11:18 by Dan Fay | 1 Comments   
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Scalable Adaptive Graphical Environment (SAGE) for Windows now available
The good folks at NCMIR - National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research have released a port of the Scalable Adaptive Graphical Environment (SAGE) for Windows for download.  This allows you to create large tiled displays - we even had one running Read More...
Posted 09 May 08 03:01 by Dan Fay | 0 Comments   
The World Wide Telescope: A new view of the night sky
The World Wide Telescope: A new view of the night sky article by Ian Harvey (CBC news) on WWT - not only captures the excitement around using WWT - highlighting the tour created by 6-year old Benjamin (which gets to me every time I hear it).  The Read More...
Posted 09 May 08 12:35 by Dan Fay | 0 Comments   
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Popfly Introduces Game Creator Alpha
Just played the " Kill the Peas " game on the new Popfly Game Creator and it was pretty fun...what type of science game could be created... Popfly Introduces Game Creator Alpha Today we’re adding something special to Popfly : an early Read More...
Posted 02 May 08 11:49 by Dan Fay | 0 Comments   
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