The Galactic PatrolSaving the Universe from Boskone and BugsMicrosoft and Indian Academia: Progress, Problems, and Opportunities- July 30, 2004 A friend of mine recently posted about the Microsoft presence in Indian schools. He points out the great progress that Microsoft has made at Indian universities, and also points out some key areas for improvement. I hope Microsoft India is reading…http://blogs.msdn.com/bwill/archive/2004/07/30/201393.aspx treasured blogger comes to Microsoft- July 30, 2004 I read here that Rory is coming to work at Microsoft. Outstanding! I have to admit that when I do my daily blog reading, I often skip over Rory’s, perhaps just admiring the titles, but leaving them unread on my to-do list – because I’m saving them up for a special time when I can really sit down and savor his bits of humor and wisdom. Skimming just won’t do when it comes to Rory’s posts; oh, no! Welcome!http://blogs.msdn.com/bwill/archive/2004/07/29/201189.aspx avoid dialog boxes while refactoring- July 26, 2004 I was reading a post about Visual Studio refactoring support in the next version, and I noticed that it described the process of refactoring the order of parameters for a function as something like this: 1. click on a function name 2. select refactor->reorder parameters from the menu 3. adjust the ordering on a dialog that pops up 4. click OK to apply the changes...http://blogs.msdn.com/bwill/archive/2004/07/26/197315.aspx Its like playing 'Quake', but in the real world- July 23, 2004 Despite my skepticism about head-mounted displays, I remain enthusiastic about the possibilities of ‘augmented reality’ – it is just too cool for words! Here you see a research project that lets folks run around a (real not virtual) college campus, and shoot at monsters from the game ‘Quake’ that are superimposed on their vision. The game knows about the real geometry of the campus, so it can present or hide the monsters appropriately. There are so...http://blogs.msdn.com/bwill/archive/2004/07/23/193232.aspx Think the product feedback rating system is wrong go vote!- July 17, 2004 If you think the MSDN Product Feedback Center rating equation isn’t right, go vote for this bug: http:lab.msdn.microsoft.comproductfeedbackviewfeedback.aspxfeedbackid=00bf32ec-50e7-4def-8464-7e19cc4812bahttp://blogs.msdn.com/bwill/archive/2004/07/17/185943.aspx TiVo should support external hard drives- July 15, 2004 I noticed a post recently that commented on TiVo’s upcoming support for larger hard drives. This reminded me of another idea I had – TiVo should support additional external hard drives. After all, when I see something like La Cie’s new 1.6 TB external hard drive, the gadget freak in me immediately wants to order one. Unfortunately, I can’t quite rationalize it to myself – my little 60GB laptop drive seems to be doing a fine job of holding...http://blogs.msdn.com/bwill/archive/2004/07/15/184323.aspx |