Post Archives for June 2006

Battle for Middle Earth 2 interview with Louis Castle

Laura and Duncan caught up with Louis Castle to talk about Battle for Middle-Earth II.  Looks like a sweet game and huge step in graphics and interaction from playing old RTS games like Myth.As a sidenote, this was my first attempt at advanced video editing (beyond the cut and paste s…

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posted on Jun 21st, 2006 | Permalink | Comments (0)

Microsoft Robotic Finger

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A tech preview of Microsoft Robotics Studio was released this week, you can find an accompying Channel 9 video here.  This is very exciting and a lot of my co-workers have acquired robot-building fever, but one of my favorite releases was the Microsoft Robotic Finger found on the Robotics Dev C…

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posted on Jun 21st, 2006 | Permalink | Comments (0)

Taking a break from WoW

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(I wonder how many of these type of blog entries)Yes, its true for the very few of you who care I will be breaking from playing WoW.  Its definitely a timesink, but more importantly it stunts my growth in learning other new things.  The new plan is to be more creative in my spare time and …

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posted on Jun 19th, 2006 | Permalink | Comments (1)

Sampy to join our team

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This was already announced on Channel 9, but I'm happy to announce the future arrival of Sampy on our team!  Sampy has been a member of Channel 9 since near the beginning (elected as a moderator, even) and will be coming from the VB team.  Here's him retelling the story of rec…

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posted on Jun 19th, 2006 | Permalink | Comments (0)

Scoble webdesign

Yes, Scoble's leaving, everyone knows that.  But the other day we were talking about the website improvements PodTech could use to really enhance their site (full list here), and it was interesting to hear him bring up the different issues.  He's like a power user, who really knows…

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posted on Jun 19th, 2006 | Permalink | Comments (0)

Windows Vista Tablet Screencast

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Long Zheng posted some nice simple Windows Vista screencasts a few days ago.  I have Vista running on a laptop but not on a Tablet PC, so obviously the one that caught my eyes was the one focused on the improvements made for the Tablet.  Definitely worth a watch if you use a Tablet today.&…

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posted on Jun 16th, 2006 | Permalink | Comments (1)

Google Hacks: Star Frog Rock

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So tonight I was talking Erik Porter and the song "Hell Yes" by Beck came on and Erik said, "Hey isn't that the video with the robots dancing?"  So I searched for "Hell Yes Video" on Google and funny enough his blog entry came up as the first entry in the …

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posted on Jun 16th, 2006 | Permalink | Comments (0)

on10.net login in Atlas

Laurent Kempe has created a sample of the on10.net login modal screen using Atlas controls.  I actually haven't tried it but it looks similiar in the screenshot.Its interesting to me because currently in the 10 codebase we are using custom controls where we define every bit of html and…

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posted on Jun 13th, 2006 | Permalink | Comments (1)

Vide Game Theatre on 10

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I like Fridays on 10, you never know what you're going to get.  Today a video on Video Game Theatre was posted.  Yes, that is Pac-man with a cigarette in his mouth below...…

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posted on Jun 2nd, 2006 | Permalink | Comments (0)

In The Office show on Channel 9

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The "In the Office" show has recently appeared on Channel 9 which is described as:This series highlights the new capabilities of Office 2007 for developers. Each week you can expect a short, high-impact Screencast that walks you through a cool new topic and shows how to do it from a develo…

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posted on Jun 1st, 2006 | Permalink | Comments (0)

Starbucks Interactive Cup Brewer in the break room

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I will now be working around the clock nonstop...

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posted on Jun 1st, 2006 | Permalink | Comments (6)

next.design.now

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next.design.now is as the title describes "A resource site for designers creating experiences on Microsoft presentation platforms".  I've been working on putting this site together with David Shadle for a little bit and I'm really excited to see it come to be.  …

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posted on Jun 1st, 2006 | Permalink | Comments (0)