July 2005 - Posts

off-topic - gold wall paint
30 July 05 06:37 PM | KamVedBrat | 2 Comments   

some off-topic blogging today... I saw this over at apartment therapy ... very nice way to dress up some walls Read More...

How to get glass to show up on Windows Vista Beta 1
30 July 05 02:22 AM | KamVedBrat | 2 Comments   

One question I get asked frequently is "hey will this piece of hardware run Glass on Vista?". Working day-to-day at Micrsoft, the answer is always kind of a puzzle, depending on the hardware that is in question, the build of Windows you installed, and Read More...

Windows Vista Beta 1 Press Highlights
30 July 05 01:36 AM | KamVedBrat | 4 Comments   

A lot of the press comments we've recieved on Beta 1 of Windows Vista have realy exceeded my expectations. In general, I expected to see a tone of "it's ok, but wait for later betas" with respect to the user interface work we're doing. There's definitely Read More...

TweakVista for Windows Vista
30 July 05 01:30 AM | KamVedBrat | 1 Comments   

Steve Sinchak is my favorite Windows MVP this week. Why? Because he spent some time figuring out all the registry keys that the Desktop Window Manager in Windows Vista Beta 1 looks at when it starts up. Then he created a cool little program called " TweakVista Read More...

If you liked Shtickers, take a look at PolyGFX
25 July 05 09:00 PM | KamVedBrat | 0 Comments   

I found this site the other day that caters to the pc case-mod crowd... PolyGFX will take any custom artwork you do in illustrator, coreldraw, etc. and make you a wrap for your case out of it. Read More...

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Shtickers for your notebook
16 July 05 01:35 PM | KamVedBrat | 0 Comments   

design*sponge links to some cool decals for making your notebook look nice... Read More...

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Palm is dead. Long live Palm!
15 July 05 07:36 PM | KamVedBrat | 0 Comments   

Palm has come full circle , and got it's old name back. I hope these guys do really well now that they're back "together" so to speak. Palm made the first PDA I ever owned, it was a "Pilot 5000". The thing was awesome - super simple, kept track of my Read More...

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XAML Exporter for Adobe Illustrator
15 July 05 07:11 PM | KamVedBrat | 0 Comments   

Michael Swanson wrote a very cool XAML exporter for Adobe Illustrator , so you can create XAML art work for your applications using Illustrator now. Read More...

My demo from WinHEC
15 July 05 07:06 PM | KamVedBrat | 0 Comments   

Robert Hogue on our demo team has a page with some interesting Avalon demos - including the 3d-video application that I demonstrated in my WinHEC talk. Read More...

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Kam's a lazy blogger...
15 July 05 06:59 PM | KamVedBrat | 0 Comments   

No blogging since April... lazy blogger. I could say "I've been busy" but that would be lying. It's actually been super busy with WinHEC in Seattle, and again in Taipei, I had a great opportunity to meet with a ton of customers about some of the great Read More...

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