So, after months of training (I had to start from zero), I finally did the Seattle Half-Marathon this morning. Time: 2.01′ :-( Not even close to the 1.45′ I was aiming for but given the circumstances I am not dissapointed. It was cold (it was actually snowing at 6.30am, when I …
I just logged in on the WWW 2007′s EasyChair site in order to bid for papers I would ideally like to review, as part of my Program Committee duties for the Web Services track. I saw few papers there related to Web Service choreography and modeling of message-oriented interactions. I …
This is great for those building protocol-based integration solutions. ?Recently, Microsoft announced a new type of licensing model aimed at making it much easier, therefore safer from a legal point of view, for developers to implement specs without having to spend a lot of time understanding complex license agreements and …
I got my first laptop in the late 90s and very soon it became my main work machine. Apart from some issues Jim and I had with Dell laptops back then, I don’t remember if there was ever a time I was left without one (during working days, of course… I …
/**/ … This time not hosted in a browser though. Here’s a screenshot of an Outlook 2007 appointment with the Outlook addon for Internet mapping installed. Since I have the VirtualEarth for local.live.com installed, I can also see my locations in 3D. This is just fantastic! Ok, perhaps I am …
/**/ YourMinis.com is another example of how the ECMAScript platform together with XML over HTTP can be used to do great stuff. I am running the RTM version of Vista and IE 7.0 so I don’t know if this site works with all browsers but it’s really fast on my machine and …
After the removal of the blogmap component from my weblog, I was left without any ‘Web 2.0′ functionality. Well, it was time that this was fixed. You can now find the Windows Live Search Siteowner component on every page of my little Web corner. This little gem will search only my blog …
/**/ The Photosynth technology is amazing. I have already started looking at the SDK and I am planning to use it in some of the demos that will start coming out of Microsoft’s Technical Computing group. Read more [...]
I am in the market for a new cell phone and I can’t make up my mind. Some MUSTs (RFC 2119): Windows Mobile 5.0 GSM, GPRS, EDGE, etc. Thin (as possible) No sliding keyboard Large and high-esolution screen No external antenna Long battery life WiFi Some SHOULDs (again, RFC 2119): …
You may be interested in monitoring the eScience @ Microsoft blog where Dan Fay posts lots of interesting stuff. Soon, my eScience/Technical Computing posts will also appear there.
I am going to be at SC06 from Sunday (Nov 12) to Friday (Nov 17). If you are going to be around, drop me a line. I am really looking forward to seeing old friends/colleagues and everyone else in the community.
I recently found out that Prof. Pete Lee, Jim’s PhD supervisor and our HiPPO post-doc boss, has become the head of the School of Computing Science; Prof. Paul Watson, my PhD supervisor and boss while at the NorthEast Regional e-Science Center, has become the School’s Research Director; and Debbie Corbet, the Data-Intensive Systems Research group’s administrator, has …
“Group of University Researchers to Make Web Science a Field of Study” “Tim Berners-Lee Announces Web Science Initiative – Studying the Social Web” This is an area very close to my heart. I am really keen to try and make a difference and have an impact in this space through …
/**/ Reading through Slashdot today and coming up against some interesting news: “Microsoft Is Set to Give Linux a Boost Through Partnership With Novell”. If this is true, this is the second time in few minutes I have to ask: Is this Microsoft we are talking about? I wonder if …
My 60G iPod is falling apart from the heavy usage. It’s time for a new portable player, which is definitely going to be a Zune. However, I will have to wait until they release ones with capacity larger than the 30 GBs of the first wave. My CDs already occupy …
I didn’t know Ian was blogging until he left a comment on my last post. How cool is that? Subscribed of course!