This is the most innovative thing I've seen Microsoft do in years. It had a huge emotional impact on me, as I realized the way my son will see the Universe will forever change, thanks to the work of two guys in Microsoft Research (Curtis Wong and Jonathan Fay). We meet both of them and get a look at why the WorldWide Telescope created a stir at last week's TED Conference. Coming soon, you'll get another look inside Microsoft Research as we get a tour of the new building that the researchers themselves help design. Tons of innovative ideas there that you'll appreciate learning from.
Microsoft World Wide Telescope
Monday, March 3, 2008
Monday, December 31, 2007
Google Developer Day US - A Computing System for the World's
A Computing System for the World's Information: A Look Behind the Scenes at Google
Jeff Dean
When collecting, indexing, and organizing large amounts of information using thousands of unreliable computers, one quickly discovers that the right software infrastructure can make all the difference. In this talk, we'll discuss our underlying computing hardware, and the design principles and implementations of GFS, MapReduce and BigTable, three internal systems that are used at Google for a wide variety of purposes.
Speaker Bio:Jeff joined Google in 1999 and is currently a Google Fellow in Google's Systems Infrastructure Group. While at Google he has worked on Google's crawling, indexing, query serving, and advertising systems, implemented a number of search quality improvements, built various pieces of Google's distributed computing infrastructure, and worked on a variety of internal and external developer tools.
Jeff Dean
When collecting, indexing, and organizing large amounts of information using thousands of unreliable computers, one quickly discovers that the right software infrastructure can make all the difference. In this talk, we'll discuss our underlying computing hardware, and the design principles and implementations of GFS, MapReduce and BigTable, three internal systems that are used at Google for a wide variety of purposes.
Speaker Bio:Jeff joined Google in 1999 and is currently a Google Fellow in Google's Systems Infrastructure Group. While at Google he has worked on Google's crawling, indexing, query serving, and advertising systems, implemented a number of search quality improvements, built various pieces of Google's distributed computing infrastructure, and worked on a variety of internal and external developer tools.
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Free multi-media course on blogging
I'm evaluating a multi-media course on blogging from the folks at Simpleology. For a while, they're letting you snag it for free if you post about it on your blog.
It covers:
- The best blogging techniques.
- How to get traffic to your blog.
- How to turn your blog into money.
I'll let you know what I think once I've had a chance to check it out. Meanwhile, go grab yours while it's still free.
Thursday, July 26, 2007
How to track new Software Updates with FileHippo
How do you get the latest versions of your favorite software…without checking
different sites every day to see if your software’s outdated? FileHippo makes it easy with their free update checker.It scans your Windows registry and lets you know which software needs some upgrading, and provides useful information like the size of the download, the current and latest version, and of course a link to download the latest version of the software itself. Simple, and incredibly effective.
According to the site, none of your data is stored with so you don’t have to worry about your privacy being violated.
different sites every day to see if your software’s outdated? FileHippo makes it easy with their free update checker.It scans your Windows registry and lets you know which software needs some upgrading, and provides useful information like the size of the download, the current and latest version, and of course a link to download the latest version of the software itself. Simple, and incredibly effective.
According to the site, none of your data is stored with so you don’t have to worry about your privacy being violated.
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Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Learn to Dance
Become a dancing fool with free online dance lessons at LearnToDance.com, a site full of detailed text lessons complete with diagrams AND video clip demonstrations.
You've got your Argentine Tango, Ballroom, Breakdance (yeah, baby!), and lots more here. Of course, this probably doesn't substitute for actual live dancing classes, but it's a good alternative if you need to learn the Foxtrot and can't schedule in some instruction.
FREE Dance lessons
You've got your Argentine Tango, Ballroom, Breakdance (yeah, baby!), and lots more here. Of course, this probably doesn't substitute for actual live dancing classes, but it's a good alternative if you need to learn the Foxtrot and can't schedule in some instruction.
FREE Dance lessons
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Cyberhomes
Discover homes for sale, as well as regional and individual home sale stats, and general neighborhood and school info with Cyberhomes, a Microsoft Virtual Earth mashup that's similar to Zillow but seems to work a bit faster.
A quick look through my neighborhood netted average home sales in the last few months; I was able to zoom in on specific homes and get more information. You also have the option to narrow down your search pretty well from the get-go; just click on the Advanced Search Options tag.
Cyberhomes
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