July 2008 - Posts

Gears of War 2
18 July 08 05:19 PM | PhilWh | 0 Comments   

OK, the trailer has me completely pumped.  As I say with SharePoint - I've followed Fallout since before it was Fallout - I still have the Wasteland book/copy protect up in the attic somewhere.  The combination of tongue in cheek humor and E.E. Read More...

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Fallout 3
18 July 08 05:18 PM | PhilWh | 0 Comments   

OK, the trailer has me completely pumped.  As I say with SharePoint - I've followed Fallout since before it was Fallout - I still have the Wasteland book/copy protect up in the attic somewhere.  The combination of tongue in cheek humor and E.E. Read More...

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Maker Faire at DFW this Saturday (July 19th)
17 July 08 05:19 PM | PhilWh | 0 Comments   

In prep for the Austin Maker Faire townhall on Sunday, there will be an afternoon with Maker Faire up in DFW on Saturday.  It's a great way to drop by and see why you need to come to the full Maker Faire in October without a glorious road trip to Read More...

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Just saw that Trossen Robotics is having a sale
15 July 08 05:20 PM | PhilWh | 0 Comments   

If you've seen my robotics sessions and were interested in doing it yourself, Trossen Robotics (the guys that were/are handling Phidgets in the US) are having a sale - looks like you can get a really good deal on a MindStorms NXT kit, plus a bunch of Read More...

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Multitouch coming to Dell Tablets tomorrow!
14 July 08 05:21 PM | PhilWh | 0 Comments   

I just saw in the Austin TechMonday today that Dell is expecting to release a download tomorrow to enable multitouch on Lattitude XT Tablet computers.  It turns out that it's been built into the systems for a while, by way of N-trig screens, but Read More...

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