May 2008 - Posts

NY Times Reader Beta for the Mac OS Now Available
27 May 08 10:33 AM | eScience | 0 Comments   

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...

Filed under: Cool Software, Tech Interop, Silverlight, Beta

Windows HPC Server 2008 Beta 2 is Here
23 May 08 08:32 AM | eScience | 0 Comments   

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...

Filed under: eScience, WinHPC, Tech Interop, Science, Parallel Computing, Beta

PHP Support in Expression Web 2
22 May 08 08:27 AM | eScience | 0 Comments   

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...

Filed under: Software, Cool Software, Open Source

WWT - Eclipse
15 May 08 11:38 PM | eScience | 0 Comments   

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. Cross Posted from Dan Fay's Blog (http://blogs.msdn.com/dan_fay) Read More...

WorldWide Telescope - you haven't seen it?
15 May 08 11:18 PM | eScience | 0 Comments   

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...

Filed under: WWT

Scalable Adaptive Graphical Environment (SAGE) for Windows now available
09 May 08 03:01 PM | eScience | 1 Comments   

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...

The World Wide Telescope: A new view of the night sky
09 May 08 12:35 PM | eScience | 0 Comments   

The 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).  Read More...

Popfly Introduces Game Creator Alpha
02 May 08 11:49 AM | eScience | 0 Comments   

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...

Filed under: Software, Cool Software