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.NET Micro Framework at Maker Faire
Some colleagues in a sister group of mine have built an SDK that lets you build simple hardware devices to control all kinds of products, like thermostats that use weather information to control energy usage, They're doing a bunch of things at next week's Read More...
Posted 08 October 08 11:45 by sprague | 1 Comments   
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Live Mesh
If you haven’t tried it already, you’ve got to install Live Mesh . It’s turning out to be one of the most indispensible software utilities I own, and I’m wondering how I ever got along without it. It’s a small utility (currently released as a beta) I Read More...
Posted 23 September 08 09:17 by sprague | 1 Comments   
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Go ahead, try to break into my Bitlocker
This week I finally got around to protecting my TabletPC with Bitlocker . My laptop holds my entire life, and I take it everywhere with me, so I'd be hosed if if it were ever to fall into the hands of a bad guy. But not anymore. One piece I wasn't aware Read More...
Posted 30 August 08 08:31 by sprague | 4 Comments   
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Go directly to voicemail with Slydial
I've been testing out the new free service from Slydial that lets you leave a voicemail without ringing the other guy's phone. I called 1-267-SLYDIAL (267-759-3425), entered the phone number I wanted to dial, and sure enough I was soon talking to directly Read More...
Posted 02 August 08 06:46 by sprague | 3 Comments   
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Digital pen and paper
Philipp Schmid, former API developer in the speech team (and my fellow Mercer Island resident), is now working at a Seattle company, Adapx , that's in the news today for their work on new new applications for digital pens and paper. The cool part of their Read More...
Posted 29 April 08 11:32 by sprague | 4 Comments   
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My new (virtual) PC
Wow, this is one of the coolest programs ever. The rest of you have been talking about Virtual PC and virtualization in general for a while now, but I finally had a chance to play with it for myself. The virtual PC is a real PC, about as perfect a simulation Read More...
Posted 09 March 08 05:35 by sprague | 2 Comments   
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Worldwide Telescope
When I saw this for the first time last summer, I absolutely could not believe my eyes. Now it's finally been announced , at TED. You simply can't appreciate how cool this is without playing with it yourself, which you'll be able to do soon as a free Read More...
Posted 01 March 08 06:04 by sprague | 0 Comments   
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