• The little things you notice…

    … when you spend too much time at home being ill 🙂 I’ve been in bed for the last 2 1/2 days. I don’t remember when it was the last time I was so sick, with high fever, constant coughing, and no energy at all. I am much better now but I have almost lost…

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  • New blog engine and look & feel

    As I had said a couple of weeks ago, I started working a new blog engine and look & feel for my corner of the web. I didn’t really spend a lot of time on this. It was mainly attracting my attention when I wanted to take my mind off the book and Microsoft-related work…

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  • "Not cool enough to be a Mac person"

    Hmmm! Video: Laptop Hunters $1000 – Lauren Gets an HP Pavilion

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  • "The Paradox of Choice"

    Interesting short talk by Barry Schwartz. His great presentation style reminded me of Jeremy Frey who also uses cartoons in his talks. I am not sure I completely agree with all Prof. Schwartz’s points but his talk definitely gives food for thought. There is a lot of truth in his rhetoric around the plethora of…

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  • Beautiful video…

    … about global warming.

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  • BSG at the UN

    I loved this… At one point the discussion lit a fire under the Admiral, and the talk of human rights turned personal for Edward James Olmos. The “Old Man” launched into a passionate speech about casting off the idea of race as a cultural determinant, and said we were one race, the human race. His…

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  • World Wide Telescope using Silverlight

    It’s absolutely amazing! The guys over at MSR managed to bring the same experience from the Windows client into the browser. It’s beautiful. (Linux and Macs should be able to use WWT now). Tip: Go and select one of the guided tours.

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  • A Hypermedia Framework?

    Earlier today, Jim and I were discussing the structure and content of our “Hypermedia Services” chapter for our book (tentatively titled “GET /Connected”). The book is getting along really nicely. I think we are way beyond mid-point, dare I say 3/4 of the way? 🙂 A new idea about a pattern popped up during our…

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  • "Beyond the Data Deluge"

    An interesting short article on Research’s fourth paradigm, something that Jim Gray used to talk about a lot. Here’s the concluding paragraph: Data-intensive science will be integral to many future scientific endeavors, but demands specialized skills and analysis tools. In addition, the research community now has the option of accessing storage and computing resources on…

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  • Creative Commons and Ontology Add-ins for Office

    We are on a roll. Lee Dirks, Alex Wade, and Pablo Fernicola are executing in an amazing rhythm 🙂 Well done guys! Yesterday, we announced the availability of Famulus Beta 2. Today, the team announced the release of two of my favorite projects: Creative Commons plugin and Ontology plugin*. Of note is the release of…

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