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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 all part of the .NET framework 3.
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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 on a post-beta 2 build of Vista and WinFX but will investigate further and report…
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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 my introduction to what Jim and I call “Overlay Webs”. My feed reader is now…
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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 singer is a second-generation Greek). It was a great atmosphere with lots to see but,…
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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 Greeks. There was a comment about the loooong history of warfare in the region, from…
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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 it’s ridiculous we allow the past to dictate our future. I personally equally blame the…
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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. Hmmm.
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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 offering me a Visiting Fellow position for the next three years which, of course, I…
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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”.