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Sunday, January 20, 2008 7:57 PM

What Do I Do? Top sites, MIX08, and PDC08.

A few days ago, I received the following e-mail: Help me out here. I've been reading your blog off and on for years and I can't figure out what it is you do. Your obviously involved with the PDC and MIX conferences, you send a lifesize cardboard cutout
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Saturday, December 22, 2007 7:59 PM

TiVo Gadget v1.0.2 Enables Video Download

I made a very minor update to my TiVo Now Playing gadget that allows you to download recorded shows to your computer. While viewing the show details window, simply click on the title to begin the download. Because the video files are protected, you'll
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Sunday, December 02, 2007 12:57 AM

TiVo Gadget for Vista

For awhile, I've wanted to try my hands at writing a gadget for the Windows Sidebar in Vista, but I could never come up with a project idea that was small enough to accomplish and useful enough to justify. Since we recently added two TiVo HD units to
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Sunday, August 26, 2007 7:06 PM

PowerPoint Slides in 3D

This past week, we had an offsite brainstorming session at the new Novelty Hill • Januik winery in Woodinville to discuss our upcoming MIX08 event in Las Vegas. Jennifer Ritzinger (who still doesn't have a blog for some reason) challenged each speaker
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Sunday, April 01, 2007 3:24 PM

My Current Bookshelf #2

Almost three years ago, on June 25, 2004, I wrote a post titled My Current Bookshelf . It inspired a number of similar posts from other bloggers, and I received a lot of great feedback. The last set was decidedly developer-focused. This set includes some
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Friday, March 30, 2007 2:27 PM

Canon RAW Codec for Windows Vista Released

I used to be a Nikon guy, but I decided to dabble with the Canon Rebel XT a couple of years ago, and so far, I'm pleased. Most of my newer wallpaper images were taken with the Canon camera and a 60mm macro lens . Unfortunately, until now, all of those
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Wednesday, February 01, 2006 12:39 AM

Have Fun Programming Microcontrollers

I've spent over 26 years writing software. In that time, I've authored many programs that interact with hardware and external devices. But, it has been a long time since I've worked directly with microcontrollers, and even the little experience I've had
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Monday, October 24, 2005 10:50 PM

WSYP Project: "We Share Your Pain"

A friend of mine pointed me to Microsoft U.K.'s very innovative WSYP Project . As someone who works closely with early adopters of our technology, I'm all for increasing the connection between our customers and the product team...especially, the individual
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Tuesday, October 11, 2005 11:07 PM

Top 5 Show Off Videos

If you've been following my blog recently, or if you attended this year's Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles, you've heard me mention Show Off more than a few times . Well, just today we received the results of the printed surveys that
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Thursday, September 29, 2005 12:33 AM

PDC05 Show Off Videos Posted

Thanks to everyone who submitted a video for our first-ever Show Off event at PDC05. We had 25 total submissions, and we had time to show 22 of them at Thursday night's 2-hour event. You can find all of the submitted videos on Channel 9 under the showoff
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Sunday, September 04, 2005 10:47 AM

Last Week for PDC05 Show Off Submissions

Whether or not you're attending the upcoming Microsoft Professional Developers Conference 2005 , we'd love to see you submit a short video for our Show Off event. It's a great way to demonstrate what can be accomplished when you pair a great developer
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Thursday, September 30, 2004 12:06 AM

Games in Managed Code

Brad Abrams points out Arena Wars , a game written using managed code. Based on some of the comments on his site , it sounds like it’s worth taking a look at the downloadable demo . Has anyone else had a chance to investigate this? With most of
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Wednesday, September 08, 2004 1:18 AM

Playing with Managed Direct3D

A few people have e-mailed and asked if—since I claim to be a developer—I actually write any code. It's a great question, and based on most of my blog posts, you'd think I haven't written an ounce in quite some time. Fortunately for both you and especially
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