My B20 Life

Windows Vista for Professional Audio, Video, and Imaging

Introduction I recently got involved in making an internal video for the team I’m a part of it. Because I’m a big fan of Microsoft’s new operating system, Vista, and because there is little information about professional creative tools and compatibility,

Zune FM Transmitter Install

I made a video of installing a "pro quality" FM Transmitter in my dash so I could listen to my Zune. The consumer transmitters just aren't strong enough and so I went for something better. Video: Zune FM Transmitter Install

It's The Little Things

If it is possible for a man to love an operating system, it would be Longhorn server. I'm only just cracking the surface with it and NOTHING is cooler. The initial configuration tasks window you get after install is so refined and perfect. Who could have

Sun Fire <heart> Longhorn

The forces of nature being what they are and B20's position in the Microsoft universe, it seemed inevitable that a unusual visitor might come my way one day. In this case, a Sun Fire x4100 . Wow, I mean, this is the closest I've gotten to a Sun product

iSCSI meets ASIC

One of the events this week at the PAC involved compatibility testing of Longhorn with the latest bits for Volume Shadow Copy Service . VSS has 3 different pieces (storage management, application agents, and storage hardware) so once or twice a year Microsoft

Preventing cross team access to VSTF projects

So I maintain this Visual Studio Team Foundation server (VSTF for short) for Microsoft's architect evangelists to use when working with outside companies on a common project, usually a technology adoption project or a proof of concept. Microsoft uses

How we capture hi-def Vista video streams

We've developed a pretty novel way to capture presentation and demo content from Vista here at the PAC. There are a couple of old ways that don't work quite well, maybe you've used them: Convert the VGA signal to composite video. Use a continuous screen