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WinFX is now .NET Framework 3
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…
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Microsoft relay and security token services
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…
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Finally organized my blogs again
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…
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FW: “Email To: line etiquette”
I can’t believe there are people who get upset about such things 🙂 This is sooooo funny (by Dennis).
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Summer festivals
I visited the Folklife festival here in Seattle over the weekend and I had a great time. I was really surprised to hear Greek music from “Children of the Revolution” who were not bad (it turns out that their lead…
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Apparently I am a traitor and not a serious person
My last post about the collision between the Greek and Turkish airplanes (there are reports that the Turkish one might not have been an F16 but an F4 with spying capabilities) got me in trouble with a couple of fellow…
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Greek and Turkish F16s collide
Apologies for the political nature of this post but I just wanted to express my frustration for the continuing stupidity of both the Greek and Turkish sides. The people have so much in common, we are so much alike that…
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The Ice Hotel
Just watched a documentary on the Discovery Channel about the construction of the Ice Hotel. If I remember well it was featured in a James Bond movie scene few years ago. It looks like a fascinating place to visit and stay.…
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Visiting Fellow at the University of Newcastle (or, how ‘nsp20’ came back to life 🙂
In a previous post I had mentioned how the possible visiting position at the University of Newcastle never happened. Well, Paul Watson read that post and made sure that the situation changed 🙂 I got a letter from the University‘s Human Resources department…
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How difficult can it be to comment on a technology-related legal battle on the BBC?
Without being a technology expert? “Revealed: The identity of the BBC’s latest star” is a funny story by “The Mail on Sunday”.
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Cirque du Soleil
On Thursday I went to see Varekai, a Cirque du Soleil production. It was FANTASTIC. If you ever get the chance to see them live you should (I guess their other shows are equally or even better). I am going…
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REST here, REST there, REST everywhere. Where are the REST principles though?
It’s been a long time since I wrote about my views on a WS or SOA related topic. The “Simple JAVA and .NET SOA interoperability” article at InfoQ made me want to write something again. I can’t believe someone can…
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8 months in Microsoft
I haven’t been blogging lately and I haven’t been following your blogs either. I am now significantly reducing the number of blogs I am monitoring (~300 were too many) and also trying to better organize my time as part of…
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WS-Addressing a REC
The addressing specification for SOAP is finally a W3C REC! That took some time 🙂 Congrats to everyone involved!
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Brilliant adverts!
“Get a Mac” adverts.