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Quick impressions from PDC 2008, Day 1

27October2008GeekTieGuy1 CommentMicrosoft

Windows Azure (hmm, hard to pronounce for non-U.S. people, wonder if they ever consider things like that). Ozzie was great, knew his material, delivered well! Wonder what they’ll charge once it’s ready. Red shoes on the dev team, nice touch. Best presentation, HANDS DOWN: Surface! Cool technology, excellent demos, super easy SDK. One word: wow!

HP TouchSmart / badges at PDC 08

24October2008GeekTieGuy2 CommentsSoftware development

You’ll see a lot of the HP TouchSmart PC at the Microsoft PDC 2008 starting on Monday. Not only physically, but also as it relates to the software. Can’t say any more than that right now. We’ll have two of the HP TouchSmart software developers attending, so if you see them, don’t be shy. Please

Make WordPress MU work in a development environment without a domain

15October2008GeekTieGuy2 CommentsSoftware

If you’re trying to get WordPress MU to work on a machine that isn’t on any domain, i.e. doesn’t have a dot in its name, this article by Will Norris leads you down a possible path. To tie a bow on it, this is what I did to get things to work in a "WordPress

Something different for your kids’ Christmas gifts this year: Boomerang, the audio magazine for children

12October2008GeekTieGuyPersonal

This is something that has come back in popularity in my family recently: Boomerang, the audio magazine for kids aged 6-12. It’s a really interesting concept, in that it tries to introduce kids to "big ideas" through all kinds of interesting angles. Here are some of the topics they cover in their productions: Natural Wonder