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Programming, gadgets and life as a lecturer in a UK university.

July 2005 - Posts

c64 Joystick
Saturday, July 30, 2005 7:11 PM
Number one son and I are trying to track down one of these:http://www.porta-charge.co.uk/accessory67/They have been out in the 'states for a while and now they have made it over to the UK. The neat thing about this particular device is that not only do
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Visit this site...
Wednesday, July 27, 2005 11:25 AM
http://www.escapeyesterworld.com/...now!
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MSDN Fun
Monday, July 25, 2005 8:20 AM
Hurrah! My latest MSDN Smartphone articles are now out:   Pocket Jack: Writing a Card-Playing Application http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnnetcomp/html/pocketjack.asp?frame=true    Focus Point: An
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Kitchen Comment
Sunday, July 24, 2005 7:00 PM
At the Slide5 Conference last week I mentioned (in a light hearted way) that I tended to buy gadgets and technical toys rather than unimportant, trivial things like a new kitchen for our house.I would like to make it clear that in fact our kitchen is
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Finger Printing
Friday, July 22, 2005 7:48 PM
I've just got hold of some of the new fangled Microsoft wireless mice with a fingerprint reader. The mouse is very similar to my previous one, with a couple of extra buttons I haven't dared press yet. The best mouse I have ever owned.The fingerprint reader
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Slide5 has left the building
Wednesday, July 20, 2005 6:22 PM
Well, I've been a very busy chap over the last few days. We had the Slide5 conference on Monday at Microsoft Thames Valley Park campus in Reading. We had over 70 keen students turn up and get the goods on how to develop for mobile platforms. Everything
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Hot Stuff
Tuesday, July 12, 2005 6:35 PM
Been helping at the degree ceremony today. It must have been around 30 degrees or so as we all sat there in our suits and gowns. Melting. The best part was that Bill Bryson, of travel book fame, came along to receive an honorary degree. He is one of my
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Getting What You Wish For
Friday, July 08, 2005 10:08 PM
Some time back I mentioned that I now have a policy of always having at least three things "out there" which might come off, but might not. I'm even more convinced this is a good plan after the events of last week.You might know (I've been on about it
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Really Useful tools
Thursday, July 07, 2005 2:22 PM
Anther site I've run into with a whole bunch of useful tools is here:http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ScottHanselmans2005UltimateDeveloperAndPowerUsersToolList.aspxThe blog is good to.
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Embedded Development
Wednesday, July 06, 2005 8:16 AM
Every now and then I try to make some time to just trawl around the web and find good places to go. I was doing some wanderings for embedded stuff and I found We-dig:http://www.we-dig.org/This is an interesting little site. The people there are doing
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The Next Must Buy
Friday, July 01, 2005 8:16 AM
I simply have to get one of these:http://shop.lego.com/product.asp?p=7251&cn=226&d=5&t=3Oh yes.
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