March 2008 - Posts

Seasons changing again.

Published Sat, Mar 29 2008 1:06 | William

Things have been pretty hectic lately so I haven't really kept up with everyone as much as I'd like to. The big announcement with me is that I'm leaving Magenic and taking a new position much closer to home. I've really liked most every...

Grand Theft Auto IV

Published Fri, Mar 28 2008 17:38 | William

A really compelling trailer for it is available at Amazon .

The Associated Press' Double Standard

Published Mon, Mar 17 2008 9:46 | William

Exhibit A Whether it's legal, illegal, moral, immoral or whatever, it's not a good idea to post stuff on the internet if you don't want people using it without your approval. The main reason is that if someone does use it against your wishes...

Filed under: News, Misc Technology

Silverlight for Windows Mobile

Published Mon, Mar 17 2008 9:16 | William

Speaking of new features that should help Windows Mobile remain the dominant player in the market, a mobile version of Silverlight is going to be coming down the highway . The good news: Expected release is Q2 - 2008 You can use Expression Blend to develop...

Filed under: Misc Technology, Silverlight, Mobility, .NET 3.5 Framework

The Microsoft® Windows Mobile Line of Business Solution Accelerator 2008!

Published Mon, Mar 17 2008 9:04 | William

Rob Tiffany has got the details... . The main features include: Intelligent resolution awareness Synchronization Services Windows Communication Foundations "Store and Forward" MapPoint LINQ Custom Controls Managed Stored Procedures and Triggers...

Filed under: News, Humor, Data Access, Misc Technology, WCF, ADO.NET Synchronization Services, Microsoft.Synchronization, Mobility, LINQ, Sahil Malik

Whitney Weaver is now blogging

Published Tue, Mar 11 2008 17:38 | William

My friend and co-worker, Whitney Weaver is now blogging at the Magenic blog site . Actually, he's been blogging for a little while now, I've just been a bum and not updated my blog in a while. Although he's certainly an up and coming programmer...

Filed under: Data Access, Misc Technology

Interesting Mac iBook story

Published Tue, Mar 11 2008 17:16 | William

Every time I hear about the TSA, I become more and more convinced that if Darwin's theory is correct, the TSA will cease to exist before long. The latest 'can they really be this stupid?' incident has to do with a Mac Airbook. At first I started...

Filed under: News, Humor, Misc Technology

This has got to be mighty embarassing for Microsoft

Published Mon, Mar 10 2008 9:35 | William

Some negative internal reviews on Vista

Filed under: Vista Upgrade

I'd just close the hole...

Published Sat, Mar 8 2008 21:15 | William

There are often times that I read something, typically involving a lawsuit, that I'm shocked people push. Often they are so embarassing, I'd probably pay extortion money to keep the crap quiet if someone threatened to go public about something...

Filed under: News, Misc Technology, Mobility, Security