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Acrylic - beta graphics tool from Microsoft

Posted Monday, August 01, 2005 7:11 PM by sspotts
"Acrylic" is the codename for an innovative illustration, painting and graphics tool that provides exciting creative capabilities for designers working in print, web, video, and interactive media. Check out this site to download the beta or get more info Read More...
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15Mb FIOS installed... sort of

Posted Friday, April 22, 2005 10:17 PM by sspotts
Two weeks ago, I received some marketing stuff from Verizon about their new FIOS offering. Three choices - 5Mb, 15Mb, and 30Mb. There was only a few dollar difference between 5 and 15Mb, so I opted for more speed. Go figure. I've been waiting for this Read More...
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Microsoft Technology Summit 2005

Posted Thursday, March 17, 2005 8:05 PM by sspotts
I've been in Redmond since Monday this week at an event focused around "competitive influentials." This event is the creative brainchild of one of my Developer Evangelist (DE) peers in the Central Region, Steve Loethen, and Heidi Dill, our developer marketing Read More...
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Windows XP Media Center Edition

Posted Tuesday, December 07, 2004 12:04 AM by sspotts
Thankfully, my UltimateTV's tuner started to die, and my wife got annoyed enough to let me replace it with an Windows XP Media Center 2005 box. I had certain operational parameters, however. First, since it was going in the family room, it could not look Read More...
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Code Camp: Greater PA

Posted Wednesday, November 17, 2004 11:35 PM by sspotts
There was some great stuff done by Thom Robbins, one of my teammates in the East Region (up in Waltham, MA), with Code Camp II ( http://weblogs.asp.net/trobbins/archive/2004/10/21/246018.aspx ). Forty people presented over 60 sessions over 20 hours in Read More...
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Microsoft Global Briefing (MGB) 2004 ROCKS!

Posted Sunday, July 18, 2004 12:45 AM by sspotts
Microsoft is a company that demands great things from you, and you have to work hard. They also make sure that they take care of you here. I'm at the Microsoft Global Briefing (last week and until Tuesday), and while we had some long days and bad cases Read More...
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Cellular One submits bid for AT&T Mobile

Posted Thursday, January 22, 2004 3:15 PM by sspotts
This should be interesting... I wonder if I'll get a better signal if this bid is accepted, or if I'll have a better chance at having my MPX200 upgraded to SmartPhone 2003? http://www.reuters.com/financeNewsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=EKUX3NLN02O10CRBAELCFEY?type=businessNews&storyID=416747 Read More...
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Xbox Media Center Extender Kit

Posted Friday, January 09, 2004 4:29 PM by sspotts
Yet another use for the Xbox, and one that my wife will actually allow in the house. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/mediacenter/evaluation/devices/xboxextenderkit.asp Read More...
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Motorola MPX200 SmartPhone with AT&T

Posted Thursday, December 11, 2003 10:35 PM by sspotts
For various reasons, I stopped service with my PocketPC Phone and started service with AT&T and got a Motorola MPX200 SmartPhone. Nice and small, and very easy to operate with one hand. The more I use it, the more I like it. Smart stuff includes things Read More...
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Windows Media Center

Posted Thursday, December 04, 2003 11:37 PM by sspotts
One of our managers brought his latest toy into the office today. It was Gateway's top of the line model of the Media Center PC. Very cool stuff. Wide, flat screen. Speakers built in, including subwoofer. The PC guts are built into the neck of the monitor Read More...
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