August 2008 - Posts

Photosynth Released
22 August 08 02:26 PM

Micorosft Live Labs has released Photosynth . Pretty cool if you take a lot of pictures ... unfortunately, I'm don't :( Read More...

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Excel as a linked server
15 August 08 12:00 PM

Been a little light on technical content and since I had to figure this out for my "day job"...thought I'd post it. I have a need to load a bunch of Excel 2007 spreadsheets into a database as the first step in moving from a distributed Excel centric process Read More...

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I need one of these...car charger with 4 USB ports
15 August 08 09:47 AM

Since I have only 1 cigarette lighter/power socket in my daily driver (as opposed to the 6 in the other car our family owns), on rare occasions I need to choose what is going to get charged and what isn't. Now it's a little simpler...just gotta try not Read More...

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Microsoft Surface @ Sheraton Hotels
15 August 08 09:40 AM

Just saw this on my Engadget feed... Microsoft Surface checks into Sheraton Hotels - Engadget . Funny part is I was in Seattle, staying at the Sheraton downtown when they were filming this a couple weeks ago! Read More...

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Olympics in Silverlight
10 August 08 10:46 PM

I'm something of an Olympics junkie so the coverage at NBCOlympics.com is way cool. Check it out... Read More...

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Don't keep a library of animated gif's around
08 August 08 09:29 AM

Just generate what you need from here Ajaxload - Ajax loading gif generator - cool! Read More...

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If you can't stop messing with code editor colors
08 August 08 09:23 AM

Ran across this theme generator for Visual Studio. Kinda neat! I'm using a darker theme like the one the site shows as a default. Read More...

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