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SciScope app and code available for download
Earlier today the code behind the SciScope site was made available at SciScope.CodePlex.com.  This enables others to make their datasets/repositories available and allow others to discover, download and utilize their data in a simple to use website.     Read More...
Posted 15 July 09 04:47 by Dan Fay | 0 Comments   
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So you don’t think you can Sing?
Now you can have your own musical accompaniment to match your voice without having to worry about artistic differences.  I’ll have to play with Songsmith and see if can help even my voice sound decent :-)  But you won’t see me posting the songs Read More...
Posted 08 January 09 10:43 by Dan Fay | 1 Comments   
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WALL•E's Universe in WorldWide Telescope
Now this is fun science - Microsoft Research and Disney•Pixar team up to offer guided tours of the universe with WorldWide Telescope – how better to get our children interested in science and the universe – for most of us it was the Apollo Missions that Read More...
Posted 18 November 08 08:24 by Dan Fay | 3 Comments   
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Touchless
Touchless is a fun and very cool release available from Office Labs – all you need is a webcam and some objects to use as pointers/markers… check it out. Touchless Touchless enables touch without touching by using a webcam to track color based markers. Read More...
Posted 07 October 08 04:35 by Dan Fay | 1 Comments   
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F# – Sept CTP available and units of measure checking/inference
The September 2008 CTP of F# is now available for download.  F# is a functional programming language for the .NET Framework and really should be looked at by scientists/researchers.  Also check out the F# Developer Center on MSDN for more info Read More...
Posted 30 August 08 10:07 by Dan Fay | 1 Comments   
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New drop of .NetMap available
There’s a new release (1.0.1.52) of .NetMap available – which includes both the Excel Template and the class libraries.  The big feature in this drop is the ability to do Directed or Undirected graphs.  This determines whether arrows are drawn Read More...
Posted 28 August 08 07:58 by Dan Fay | 1 Comments   
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pptPlex from OfficeLabs – making PowerPoint fun again
I’ve been using the internal drop of pptPlex from OfficeLabs for awhile and really enjoy using the zoomable canvas.  glad to see they’ve made it available to a wider audience.  I especially like being able to combine different presentations Read More...
Posted 15 August 08 05:19 by Dan Fay | 1 Comments   
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Live Mesh Video
I really like the functionality provided by Live Mesh…and the video below helps gets the vision across.  Beyond file syncing – I just tested out distributing a .NET 3rd party app using Live Mesh and the app runs flawlessly.  So I could install Read More...
Posted 13 August 08 12:37 by Dan Fay | 1 Comments   
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Very Cool: make Xbox games, make money
Wish I was creative enough to create a Xbox LIVE Community Games and not only get fame - but fortune :-)   I'd be interested in seeing some Science or environment related games up there - might be a way to educate as well as have fun. Once the Read More...
Posted 22 July 08 11:29 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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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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Silverlight-based cycle stealing
Savas and I had talked about this idea of using Silverlight-based cycle stealing and wondered how well it would work. It's good to see this article on CodeProject about Legion: Build your own virtual super computer with Silverlight by Daniel Vaughan . Read More...
Posted 28 January 08 12:12 by Dan Fay | 2 Comments   
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MPI.NET: High-Performance C# Library for Message Passing
It's great to see a high-performance .net library for writing MPI apps in C#.  It would be good to hear about implementations using MPI.net and how it works.  It would also be neat to see someone test out MPI.net with F# .  Can't wait to Read More...
Posted 17 January 08 05:11 by Dan Fay | 0 Comments   
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PopFly open to Public Beta
It's great to see that PopFly is now open to a larger audience via it's public beta. I especially like the PopFly mashup Deb Agarwal (Berkeley Water Center) did with the AmeriFlux datasets they are working with - a good example of how you can visualize Read More...
Posted 18 October 07 04:12 by Dan Fay | 1 Comments   
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Silverlight Apps
Saw this post by Qixing on the uses of Silverlight in different sites - I'd like to start compiling a list of eScience sites/applications using Silverlight...let me know if you are using it... MLB.com integrated Silverlight Podium ’08 - MSN’s Election Read More...
Posted 26 August 07 09:56 by Dan Fay | 1 Comments   
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