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PBlog comments update
There has been no spam comments since I added the simple antispam functionality on pblog. However, since there was some confusion as to how to filter the numbers from the antispam string, I simplified it. Now, the antispam string has to be written as is. If spams start appearing again, I may introduce a math-based…
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Amazing demonstration of what is possible with WPF/E
Wow! This AJAX+WPF/E application simulates the Vista Aero interface inside the Web browser. The windows in the screenshot are actually hosted within the browser, even the video. Amazing.
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Blog about the efforts to locate Jim Gray
It’s so nice to see the community getting together to find Jim. The efforts are reported on the “Tenacious Search” blog.
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The search for Jim Gray continues
I’ve been constantly checking the Web for news about Jim and we get lots of information within Microsoft. Although the US Coast Guard is about to stop their search operations, the efforts to locate him are continuing. Google and Amazon are helping out and I’ve been told that even satellites and a NASA airplane with a high-resolution…
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"Turning the Pages 2.0"
The British Library and Microsoft collaborated on this wonderful exemplar, Turning Pages. I played with it for a bit and it’s wonderful. Just point your browser to the Turning Page WPF application URL and it will be automatically started. You need to have .NET 3.0 installed or running Vista.
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Jim Gray is missing…
… but he’s going to turn up soon, I am sure. “Coast Guard searches for missing Microsoft researcher” (link doesn’t work anymore) Google news
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Jim Gray is missing…
… but he’s going to turn up soon, I am sure. “Coast Guard searches for missing Microsoft researcher”
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Interesting directions for UIs
Here’s an example where a physics engine is utilized in the management of documents. I don’t actually like the interface for day-to-day activities but I can see how useful ideas/technologies can be extracted and integrated in modern desktop/applications user interfaces. (YouTube video)
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WPF-based Netflix UI
Found this cool app for managing my Netflix queue (via Kostas’ blog). Nice!
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"Petition for guaranteed public access to publicly-funded research results"
I got the following email from the Public Library of Science and signed their petition. If you agree, please consider signing it too. Dear PLoS Letter Signers, We are writing to you because you signed the PLoS open letter some years ago urging scientific publishers to allow the research reports that have appeared in their…