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Friday, January 30, 2009 8:32 PM

Road signs warn of zombies

Yep that's what the road sign said.... Really - see for yourself ( Road signs warn of zombies ) Hackers got into a construction road sign and changed the display to show a "custom" message. I bet the sign's manufacturer is wishing they'd used
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Sunday, October 19, 2008 3:11 PM

One day into Maker Faire and we have existential dilemmas

Well one day at Maker Faire is passed, and it was a long day, we arrived for setup around 8am he event opened at 10am and ran through until 10pm! It was a long day but the attendees are a whole lot of fun loving creative people that keep things entertaining!
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Saturday, October 18, 2008 12:52 PM

Am I in whosville?

So, there I was getting things ready at the Microsoft booth for Maker Faire, which has a reputation for some rather unique and quirky stuff. But I wasn't expecting to be transported to a Dr. Seuss story when this instrument rolled on by....
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008 9:25 PM

How many trips to the electronics store does it take to make a Jack O' lantern?

How many trips to the electronic store does it take to make a Jack O' Lantern? Well it turns out a lot more than we thought! John Leier (Technical Product Manager for the .NET MF) and I took on the task of making up some Jack O' Lantern for the Microsoft
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Monday, April 28, 2008 10:29 AM

Electric guitar that tunes itself!

Technorati Tags: Humor , Embedded , .NET Micro Framework This is a really cool example of how small embedded devices are changing the way we do just about everything.  Embedded.com - Under the Hood: Robot Guitar embeds autotuning No, unfortunately,
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008 7:33 PM

To heck with the dogs, beware the ducks!

No <bleep>, there I was thought I was gonna die... (all good skydiver stories start with that phrase so I had to throw it in) Microsoft is designed with a campus style architecture, lot's of individual buildings with open areas and well maintained
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Tuesday, April 15, 2008 6:21 PM

Preparing for the MVP Summit

On occasion Microsoft invites all of the word Wide MVPs to come to a summit on campus at the company headquarters in Redmond. The MVPs for the 2008 summit began arriving over the weekend. I'm a bit sad I'm not joining them at all the events and sessions
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