June 2006

It was really nice talking to Robert last week. I’ve been aware of Digipede since my UK e-Science days. Great stuff!

/**/ As I have already mentioned, I started a long-term effort to loose weight and get fit. I think I’ve been doing great so far on both aspects. I have already lost ~25 lbs over the last 56 weeks and last week I run 5.1 miles in 46 mins. I am …

Mark Nottingham highlights the use of the term ‘REST’ by the Microsoft robotics folks. I also think that there is a suggestion in Mark’s post about Windows Communication Foundation (WCF, used to be known as Indigo) not necessarily being a good fit for RESTful applications. As I have said many times in the past, Web …

I guess the news that Bill Gates will be transitioning to a part-time job in two years is going to be huge around the world. Hmm… is there an opportunity there? Shall I apply for the job? :-) Love him or hate him, this is a big milestone for Microsoft. Let’s see …

They are excellent :-)

Very funny :-)

That’s the way to watch football!!! My trips for a weekend of windsurfing at the Hood River were cancelled at the very last minute due to luck of wind, so I was able to watch the Paraguay vs England World Cup 2006 game on ABC and in High Definition (boring …

As we were starting to get used to the “WinFX” label, my company has decided to change it :-) Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), Windows Workflow (WF) and Windows CardSpace (WCS) (formerly known as “InfoCard”) are now all part of the .NET framework 3.

I was not aware of the Microsoft Live relay and security token services. They look very interesting and they are WS-based so theoretically they should be useable through any platform. I am currently having problems accessing them since I am on a post-beta 2 build of Vista and WinFX but …

I finally got around to moving and organizing the blog feeds I used to read (I haven’t kept in touch with some of the blogs out there for a long time). I will soon publish my blogroll as part of my introduction to what Jim and I call “Overlay Webs”. …

I can’t believe there are people who get upset about such things :-) This is sooooo funny (by Dennis).