/**/ I just read about the Wikipedia 3D Explorer over at Dan’s blog. It’s sweet and the type of visualization I want us to be able to do for social networks for science. It’s built on WPF and I think it’s another example of how content on the Web can break free …
I was exploring the blogosphere this morning and I discovered that Mark is (finally!) blogging :-) Subscribed of course. If you want to hear about how HTTP and the REST principles are used in building Grid applications, this is a blog to monitor.
This was pointed out to me few months ago and it has been sitting in my mailbox since then. It was written in 2001 but I think it will always apply.
This is a fun challenge by Dan but I already have my own for the new year… get ready for a full marathon. I need to get ready for the Vancouver half-marathon; I’ve set myself the challenge of doing it in 1.35-1.40. Then run another half marathon before trying a …
/**/ If you have been following the development of the Windows Presendation Foundation, you’ve probably already heard about the New York Times reader, which has been around for a while. I am using it to read the New York Times and the experience is great. I would love to see …
Tony Hey, Microsoft Corporate Vice President of Technical Computing and also my manager :-), was recently interviewed by Richard Poynder. You can read about Tony’s start as a physicist, his move to Computing Science, the UK e-Science program, about science and data, the Grid, supercomputers and clsuters, the Open Access …
I was pointed to Hans Rosling’s talk over at TED talks (RSS feed available). An excellent presentation by Prof. Rosling, which I highly recommend. It seems that Google has picked up on his work already. Here are the links: Gapminder (mentioned in the talk) and Google’s gapminder. It’s interesting to see …
Patric has been doing some awesome work on introducing support for SSDL contracts, the MEP SSDL Protocol Framework in particular, to Windows Communication Foundation. Now Patric has a blog; go subscribe! In a recent message to the SSDL mailing list, Patric pointed to the protocol state machines for the message …
/**/ In my new role in Microsoft’s Technical Computing group I get to work with scientists from all disciplines, which is very cool. I am particularly looking forward, though, to working with environmental scientists. Yesterday, Roger Barga, fellow Technical Computing Architect, and I visited the University of Washington to talk …
My ultimate goal is to do a full marathon in around a year’s time. In preparing for that, I am going to do 2-3 more half-marathons. I just registered myself for the Vancouver Half Marathon in May. I am going to be more careful this time and since this seems …
I guess I am late in seeing this video (1.5 million other people have seen it already). I think it’s highly creative and very artistic. Read more [...]
This is great news. I am looking forward to playing with it. To download the released product for Windows, head over to: http://msdn.com/xna/gse/. Full story.
I guess I am always playing catch-up with blog posts these days. Anyway, I just read this one about SOAP and I think it’s brilliant. Interesting comments as well :-) Unfortunately, it’s soooo true :-(
I was pointed to this post about Swivel, a new company aiming to collect the world’s data. Their business model? The service allows you to correlate data freely. The data you upload is available to everyone. But if you want to take advantage of the service without making your data …
It was a fantastic first day of skiing at Crystal Mountain! Dennis and friends were there too. Had a blast! (photo from Crystal Mountain‘s photo gallery)
/**/ Great 3D mashup. Combination of geology and morphology. via the Virtual Earth blog. Read more [...]