August 2008 - Posts

Fiber to the Home Webinar today
27 August 08 05:07 PM | PhilWh | 0 Comments   

Today at 1pm Central, Dave Smith - one of the visionary CEO's in Austin - is holding a Webinar on what Fiber to the Home will mean.  This pushing out of the bandwidth we've seen in the core of our networks to consumers everywhere will have a profound Read More...

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Silverlight Blueprint for SharePoint
25 August 08 05:09 PM | PhilWh | 0 Comments   

You may have already seen the Silverlight Blueprints for SharePoint but you may not have seen that you can now find the project on CodePlex, and that there is a new update which includes information on Silverlight 2 Beta 2 as well as well as some great Read More...

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Hmmm
21 August 08 05:14 PM | PhilWh | 0 Comments   

On 1st August 2008 a link on the official Red Dwarf website strongly hinted at 'new Red Dwarf' - and stated that Robert Llewelyn would reveal all in an interview with Seattle based radio station KCTS9 on 24th August 2008. I see the interview scheduled Read More...

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Robots everywhere
21 August 08 05:13 PM | PhilWh | 0 Comments   

Just a note - tonight I'll be talking with the North Houston .Net group about Robotics Studio and some of the really interesting things you can do with it.  We'll be talking CCR, DSSP, and the Simulator, with some brief journeys into the VPL. Unfortunately Read More...

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Go to Chris' Blog, read details, make stuff
21 August 08 05:12 PM | PhilWh | 0 Comments   

That's all I can say - he's got the scoop this time.  http://blogs.msdn.com/chkoenig/archive/2008/08/20/create-your-own-photosynth-synth.aspx (If the link doesn't give it away, it's about how you can create photsynths with your own photos.  Read More...

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Prototyping getting into the media now as well.
21 August 08 05:11 PM | PhilWh | 0 Comments   

Discovery Channel is extending their range of shows focused around making and breaking things with an upcoming show "Prototype This!"  Looks to be coming up on October 15th (just in time for Maker Faire) and I'm definitely going to queue Read More...

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If you notice something familiar about AMD's Blog site....
21 August 08 05:10 PM | PhilWh | 0 Comments   

That's because it's SharePoint, working with the Community Kit's EBE.  http://blogs.amd.com/Pages/default.aspx Not bad at all! Read More...

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Specs! I need Specs! (And I'm not talking about my eyeglasses.)
21 August 08 05:09 PM | PhilWh | 0 Comments   

I've been watching a more expensive kit at Fry's for a while, but Ecotopia has a nice, more affordable (if you discount the shipping, I'm sure) Hydrogen fuel cell car.  Why am I ranting about the specifications for it?  Because I've already Read More...

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SJJ Micro releases an update for their EDK kits
11 August 08 05:15 PM | PhilWh | 0 Comments   

If you're like me and have one of their kits, you'll be happy to know that Sean Liming of SJJ Micro just released a Micro .Net 2.5 update for the EDK and EDK Plus kits.  I've already got mine installed and am enjoying the 2.5 features I've been itching Read More...

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DFW DIY Meet up
07 August 08 05:18 PM | PhilWh | 0 Comments   

I won't be able to make it this weekend (I'll be at BarCamp Houston ) but on Saturday (August 9th, 2008 in deference to "The Long Tail") the first of hopefully a recurring series of meet ups for DIY'ers and Makers is happening.  You can Read More...

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BarCamp Houston
07 August 08 05:16 PM | PhilWh | 0 Comments   

As I mentioned in the previous post - I'm planning on being at BarCamp Houston this week.  Chris is also talking about coming, so we should have lots of conversations going.  From the topic lists on the wiki, it looks like we're going to be Read More...

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TechCrunch headed to Austin
07 August 08 05:15 PM | PhilWh | 0 Comments   

First 200 tickets went in less than 20 minutes, so I missed getting mine, but there is promise of more to be had (from the post there should be 500 total.)  I'm definitely keeping an eye out for the next release - we'll be doing ArcReady in Austin Read More...

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