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Akismet spam filtering is brilliant (testing scheduled posting)

31May2008GeekTieGuyUncategorized

To date I’ve had about 8500 spam comments on this blog. Installing Akismet from the first day was a really good move in hindsight. I can only hope that one day I get as many real comments as spam comments. That’ll be the day! Anyway, this is really just a post to test whether my

Maker Faire drowning in success

3May2008GeekTieGuy2 CommentsOpinion, Personal

I’m happy that Maker Faire in San Mateo is having great success, judging from today’s experience. Our family attempted to go today to take part in the clothing swap, mostly. But when we got there, all the parking lots were overflowing/closed and they had people walking around with bullhorns asking cars to turn around and

Inside the HP TouchSmart PC software: HP SmartCenter – Part 4

24April2008GeekTieGuy23 CommentsPersonal, Software, Vista, WPF

This is part 4 of the mini-series on the HP SmartCenter software. Hear about the team’s reaction to the Engadget leak and the launch plans at CES 2007. If you missed the first three parts, they are here, here and here. — One of the really unsettling events before the launch of the TouchSmart PC

Inside the HP TouchSmart PC software: HP SmartCenter – Part 3

17April2008GeekTieGuyPersonal, Software, Vista, WPF

Welcome to part 3 of this mini-series. Last time aroundÂ you heard a little bit about the early prototypes and how things progressed from there. This time I’ll talk a bit more about some of the functionality in HP SmartCenter and some of the things we were not able to address before having to ship. —