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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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SQL Server 2005 Driver for PHP - Released
PHP developers can now integrate data from SQL Server now that the driver is available for download .  Also glad to see that it works with SQL Server Express edition. It is my pleasure to announce that version 1.0 of the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Read More...
Posted 29 July 08 01:42 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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NGO - Nonprofit Connection
Just ran across the NGO Connection site – this is the place for non-profit orgs in the scientific space to look into…. NGO Connection is an online resource for non-profit groups around the world that provides resources to help advance the causes of the Read More...
Posted 10 July 08 12:48 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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Create Your Own E-Learning
Ran across the release of the Learning Content Development System (LCDS) .  Would seem to be a good way to package up some scientific demos/simulations and get it out in short course forms... What is the LCDS? The Learning Content Development System Read More...
Posted 28 April 08 11:36 by Dan Fay | 1 Comments   
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PubMed Central Article Authoring Add-in
Scientists should find this Word 2007 add-in very useful, especially when submitting to PubMed central.  It also shows how this could be utilized with other systems need to capture Metadata at the time of authoring. This Technology Preview release Read More...
Posted 24 March 08 09:46 by Dan Fay | 2 Comments   
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What makes Scoble cry: Microsoft’s WorldWide Telescope?
In case you didn't see the blog entry on ZDNet about WWT What makes Scoble cry: Microsoft’s WorldWide Telescope? , I can tell you the work that Curtis and Jonathan have done is amazing...stay tuned. Robert Scoble posted about a Microsoft product that Read More...
Posted 15 February 08 03:45 by Dan Fay | 0 Comments   
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[Paper] Statistical Resolution of Ambiguous HLA Typing Data
A MSR Tech Report is now available on Statistical Resolution of Ambiguous HLA Typing Data - Here's the non-technical summary of the paper: At the core of the human adaptive immune response is the train-to-kill mechanism in which specialized immune cells Read More...
Posted 08 February 08 12:28 by Dan Fay | 2 Comments   
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TerraServer Sample: A LINQ Provider
Ran across this post on Charlie Calvert's Community Blog using TerraServer's Web Services with LINQ...why is this interesting to me - many moons ago (before .NET was officially launched) I approached Tom Barclay who was running TerraServer and convinced Read More...
Posted 28 January 08 09:15 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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Windows HPC Server 2008 - 1 day training
Here's a good opportunity to get the latest information on the next version of the Windows Compute Cluster - now named Windows HPC Server 2008. If you're wondering why Windows HPC Server 2008 is a hot topic - take a look at the performance increases they've Read More...
Posted 28 January 08 10:16 by Dan Fay | 1 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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