29 Mar
2005

Microsoft Technology Summit

Rick Ross, a founder of JavaLobby, recently attended the 2005 Microsoft Technology Summit and has provided a nicely done recap of the event.  Firstly, the content of the presentation is good.  It is interesting to hear how the big MS is actively managing its competition. Secondly, I am truly impressed with the Flash engine that […]

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29 Mar
2005

Dvorák Keyboards

I thought I had heard it all.  OK, maybe not all, but I have heard a lot and this is a new one on me. The Dvorák one handed keyboard.  Apparently the point of this contraption is to leave one hand free for the mouse. I wonder if I have heard it all yet.

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28 Mar
2005

xml:space=”preserve”

I must first admit that this is not my find, it is credited to one of my team members, but I thought it peculiar enough to mention here. When applying the xml:space=”preserve” attribute in an XML instance, it causes the DOM that loads the document to behave accordingly (mostly). If the XML is loaded and […]

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28 Mar
2005

The Pattern Dude

Being a co-worker of Matt Berther‘s, I certeinly enjoy his contributions to the blog space.  He has, over the last few months, taken a particular interest in noting and documenting simple design patterns that we all tend to forget when we are neck deep into code and rarely implement until we wish we had the […]

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28 Mar
2005

intraVnews

Although I usually use Newsgator as my RSS aggregater, I thought I would see what else is out there.  Newsgator has broadened their focus to try and get your RSS feeds to follow you around to multiple devices and other such hooey, so I decided to poke around.  Reading within MS Outlook is pretty much […]

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24 Mar
2005

Motorcycle Sweetness – Caberg Justisimo

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I recently blogged about ordering a new helmet.  It arrived the other day and I can tell you that this is the best lid I have ever put on my head.  The Caberg Justisimo is da bomb! I had tried on the Schuberth Concept helmet and I find them to quite similar, with the Caberg coming […]

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24 Mar
2005

Shure E2C Motorcycle Nirvana

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I just received my new pair of Shure E2C headphones from Amazon. I have been searching for 3 years for a way to enjoy music AND to reduce wind noise in my helmet above 50MPH.  I have found the answer. Have you ever run at 80mph with no earplugs in a windstorm with regular ear buds […]

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