If you've been keeping up with the goings-on around the looming launch of Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008, and Visual Studio 2008, you've more than likely heard the theme: Heros happen {here}. And naturally there has been a lot of creative effort around getting the word out.Here is another such example: Heros Happen {here} … Continue reading Heros Happen {here} – The Comic Series
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Our TechNet folks have put together a promotion, and a fun game to go along with it. Those of us who spent too many hours playing cheesy pixilated adventure games** about 15-20 years ago will appreciate the awesome reproduction in the form of this cute online game, "Server Quest". The sappy soundblaster-esque (you have my … Continue reading A Geek On A Quest (But does he get the girl?)
Yes indeed! My favorite conference of the year, Microsoft TechEd, is now taking "Early Bird" registrations."Early Bird?"Yeah.. if you register between now and Friday, April 4, 2008, you'll save $200 off the $1,995 regular price. "Um.. let's see.. that would be.."$1,795. Don't hurt yourself.And if you're going, don't forget to add your blog to and … Continue reading Breaking TechEd 2008 news: TechEd 2008 Registration is OPEN!
IMPORTANT UPDATE: This promotion and promotion code have expired.Please CLICK HERE for the most current promotion.Whenever I present a live TechNet Event, I ask my audience to raise their hands if they are a TechNet subscriber. Usually about 1/3 of the audience raises their hand. Considering that this is typically a Microsoft-friendly audience, I'm a … Continue reading Here… Go buy a Zune with the $100 you just saved…
Sometimes we do funny things... and they just have to be blogged.In my precious spare time this weekend I've been trying to help my Dad get his Internet connection working. He has an old PC (originally had Windows ME on it, so that gives you an idea) running Windows XP Home. Over the years he's … Continue reading But if I COULD download it, I wouldn’t NEED it!
http://silverlight.services.live.com/invoke/30195/BreakfastMPG/iframe.html This time I took my original AVCHD file and rendered it as a high-quality MPEG-2 file before rendering it again for Silverlight using Expression Encoder.It looks a little better in my opinion. Not so many interlacing effects visible. What do you think?
http://silverlight.services.live.com/invoke/30195/Breakfast3/iframe.html HINT: Double-click to show fullscreen.The first test I did (I've removed that post - it's annoying when all these videos start playing all at once in each blog post) rendered it down a little - more like DVD quality than true HD.This later one is a much bigger file, and is true HD 720p … Continue reading HD Silverlight Stream Test 2 – even higher quality
Big news: They're splitting it up."Huh? What do you mean? Are they having one conference for boys, and another for girls?"<sigh> Don't be silly. And anyway, that (unfortunately) would be extremely lopsided. No, I'm talking about now having two separate weeks - one for Developers and the other for IT Professionals.And that's what was announced … Continue reading TechEd 2008 Breaking News: Big changes to TechEd U.S.
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