Bill Gates on The Daily Show
Today was Windows Vista launch (it goes on sale in stores tomorrow!). As a part of the celebration, Bill Gates appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. 🙂 Check it out!
TOTALLY TOTALLY cool xbap: Doninoken
Hats off to the Japanese design agency Bascule for this excellent xbap. The funky 3D & music is just awesome. A great watch. Notice the little camera in the lower left hand corner? Click on it to control the camera position and zoom in/out. Sweetness. Thanks Karsten for the tip!
How Much Is Too Much Internet Use?
I just read an article about Americans’ non-work related Internet use. In a survey of 2,513 adults (average age 48 years), reseachers found that 68.9 percent were regular Internet users and that: 13.7 percent found it hard to stay away from the Internet for several days at a time; 12.4 percent stayed online longer than intended very often or often; 12.3 percent had seen a need to cut back on Internet use at some point; 8.7 percent tried to hide nonessential Internet use from family, friends and employers; 8.2 percent used the Internet as a way to escape problems or …
Expression Design – Your CTP Copy About to Expire?
An updated version of the December CTP Expression Design has been posted that has a 180 day trial license. Get it here!
Snow at Green Lake!
Yesterday, there were snow flurries throughout Seattle. In order to fully appreciate it, I went up to Green Lake to walk around. It was freezing, but beautiful. snow at green lake same seagull, perhaps? bench fence tree
Snow on the Drive Home!
Yes, the two hour (20 mile) drive home kinda sucked tonight. But there was SNOW!! 🙂 Cameraphone evidence: snow on the freeway out the window snowball!!!
XBAP & Trust Levels
XAML Browser Applications (XBAPs) in this version are promptless in-browser experiences. This has many implications: clean experience when navigating to an XBAP. (There is no Information Bar or security warning before launching the app.) cached (not installed) on the user’s machine. security sandbox. Sandboxed Applications The third bullet above is especially important for XBAP developers. XBAPs obey the security contract of being in the browser: they are sandboxed according to their deployment zone. Today, there is no way to seamlessly “elevate” and prompt the user for additional permissions. (This is an often-requested feature and something we are investigating for …
Yahoo! Messenger for Windows Vista (in WPF!)
At CES today, Yahoo announced a new Windows Vista Messenger application built in WPF. It looks VERY hot. On Yahoo’s announcement page, they have a video demo. Check it out!
Super Heroes
According to The Super Hero Quiz, I’m (80%) Spider-Man. I have to admit, I’m a bit disappointed. I wanted to be Wonder Woman. My results: You are Spider-Man Spider-Man 85% Iron Man 80% Superman 75% Green Lantern 70% Supergirl 68% The Flash 65% Wonder Woman 63% Hulk 60% Batman 55% Robin 52% Catwoman 35% You are intelligent, witty, a bit geeky and have greatpower and responsibility. Click here to take the Superhero Personality Test
Walt Disney Concert Hall
It’s become a family tradition to go to a Christmas concert at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. This year, we saw the Escovedo Family Orchestra’s Latin Celebration. It was an excellent show – lively jazz with a latin soul. And Sheila Escovedo on the drums was amazing.