January 2008 - Posts

I need a new name for this Blog
I didn't put much thought into the name of this blog. Apparently there already is a company using the name Media Mechanics and they publish stuff about the media industry. So, I need a new name. Any suggestions? Read More...
Posted 16 January 08 09:16 by HarryMower | 1 Comments   
Scoring with Zune, Part 3 – Sampling Music
In my previous post I talked about the many steps I go through to find new music and whether the new Zune and Zune marketplace would simplify it at all. It turns out that Zune does have some nice features for finding music through their Zune.net community Read More...
Posted 13 January 08 10:54 by HarryMower | 4 Comments   
Library of Congress, Virtual tour using Silverlight
Something cool from the Federal side – "Microsoft will provide the technology that allows visitors to the U.S. Library of Congress (LOC) to first take a virtual tour of historic documents and map out what exhibits they want to see, the two organizations Read More...
Posted 13 January 08 05:20 by HarryMower | 1 Comments   
UVNTV – More Details
USATODAY has a feature on Ice Cube's new web site UVNTV . The videos are Windows Media with Silvelright as the player technology. Check it out . Subscribe in a reader Read More...
Posted 09 January 08 06:26 by HarryMower | 1 Comments   
The best part of the CES Keynote was this video
I was lucky enough to get into the Bill G keynote at CES. This was the best part – Subscribe in a reader Read More...
Posted 09 January 08 06:02 by HarryMower | 0 Comments   
Make your own music CD ripper with WPF and WMP 11.
My colleague Jit Ghosh just posted some samples of a project he is working on . It's a nice overview and starter kit for using WPF and Windows Media Player to create your own customer music player/ripper. Hopefully we'll get to post some code on how to Read More...
Posted 06 January 08 06:40 by HarryMower | 1 Comments   
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Scoring with Zune Part2 - Finding Music.
As promised, here's part two of the seven part series – " Can a Junkie Score with Zune ." where I'll see if Zune, and Zune alone, can help me satisfy my music habit. As I broke it down in the first post, for me, listening to music is just about a full Read More...
Posted 06 January 08 01:58 by HarryMower | 6 Comments   
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Can a junkie score with Zune? - Part 1.
I'm like a coke fiend when it comes to music. I'll go on weeklong benders where I blow through piles of music to score a new song, my next favorite album, my latest (and short lived) aural obsession. Once I find a fix I'll run it dry and then move on Read More...
Posted 02 January 08 04:23 by HarryMower | 2 Comments   

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