Section: Blogs

I giggle in an embarassing fashion

Sep 25, 2006 1 min.

Which isn’t a big deal, but it is amazing to me that the same comic can sometimes make me produce some form of giggle/snort/outburst every single time I see it. After viewing this comic once, I was going back and forth between browsers and it ended up coming up a few different times. Maybe four times. I laughed every time. On a related note, these two comics produce the same effect… especially when viewed together.

Alfred Thompson discusses "Laptops in the classroom"

Sep 18, 2006 1 min.

In a recent post on Microsoft 10, Alfred talks about the idea and controversy around having students equipped with laptops. Check out his post for the full details, but to summarize… it can work well, but it has to be done right, with the right software and teachers… I agree with Alfred on this, but I also think it isn’t that big of a surprise. This same concept applies in just about everything whether it is software engineering, fitness or even lawn care.

OPML for the on10.net team

Sep 14, 2006 1 min.

I’ve created a quick and simple list of the 10 team’s various blog feeds… so if you’d like to follow along with their personal musings (including mine) then you can grab the OPML file here.

Zune Announcements aplenty

Sep 14, 2006 1 min.

I love working at Microsoft and finding out all my information about our products from Engadget 🙂 Oh well, there is always PressPass, check out the virtual press kit for Zune

Potentially confusing HDTV spec on game pages on Xbox.com

Sep 13, 2006 1 min.

With the release of Scramble today, I noticed something odd on the game detail page on Xbox.com. Along the left hand side is a listing of the specs of the game (# of players, does it work with Live, etc.) and it includes this interesting line: “HDTV 480i” Hmm…. while I’ve never subscribed to the view that only 1080p is HDTV, 480i is most certainly not. Yes, it is one of the resolutions that a HDTV monitor can usually display, but if it isn’t 720p, 1080i or 1080p you can’t really call it HDTV.

YouTube-ish site from MSN up in beta

Sep 12, 2006 1 min.

As someone who works on a video based Microsoft site, you’d think I would have already found this… but I had no idea it was out… description from the site itself: What it is A user uploaded video service where you can upload, watch and share videos with people around the world. **Here are some of the cool things you can do with Soapbox on MSN Video: **** ** 1.

Windows Live Wireless?

Sep 12, 2006 1 min.

A friend of mine from my MSDN days is over in MSN (oops, Windows Live I guess) land now and is working on a new product that is just going into beta… if you are interested, and perhaps would even like to be involved in the beta… check out her post on the program here.

Thanks to AvidX for my cool blog banner

Sep 12, 2006 1 min.

Now that the site appears to be stable, I wanted to mention that my ultra-cool green banner was done for me by Chris from 360Style.net. If you haven’t seen his site yet, check it out… my desktop wallpaper is always one of Chris’s images