Marquee de Sells: Chris's insight outletThoughts that Chris Sells has about whatever interests him that dayDVDFab + My Own DVDs = Couch Convenience- August 18, 2008 I don't know if it's legal or not, but if you use DVDFab with the Mobile option set to XVID video + MP3 audio (both supported by the XBOX 360 if you have the latest updates installed), you can rip the movie from your DVD (no menus, extras, etc) onto a network share (I use my Windows Home Server box), scroll through them on my XBOX 360 and play them back with av quality high enough that I can't tell the difference (and I don't have the quality cranked as high as it goes by any means). Each movie.http://www.sellsbrothers.com/news/showTopic.aspx?ixTopic=2187 Digigirlz Rock!- August 14, 2008 I gave a talk to the Digigirlz yesterday and it was a blast. It was 25 high school girls that were on the Microsoft campus all week learning various technologies to promote women in IT. The girls are nominated by their teachers for aptitude and attitude and these girls had both in spades. Vijaye Raji and I were giving the talk, me primarily the pretty front man while he drove the slides, typed the code and made sure I didn't get things very wrong (he knew the environment and the language far...http://www.sellsbrothers.com/news/showTopic.aspx?ixTopic=2186 Digital Video Camera and Editing SW for a Kid- August 3, 2008 My youngest likes to record video, but has been doing so on busted equipment and doesn't have anyone that knows what to do with it once he's got it. His birthday's coming up and I'd like to get him a DV camera and sit down and learn a piece of editing software that folks recommend so I know he'll be able to do cool things with the resulting video. Does anyone have any recommendations Is the video editing software that comes with XP any good (that's what he runs on his laptop) How about the one..http://www.sellsbrothers.com/news/showTopic.aspx?ixTopic=2185 Oslo talks at the PDC- August 1, 2008 After 3.5 years, my team's work in Microsoft's Connected Systems Division will finally see the light of day! Here are the related talks we're giving at this year's PDC: "Oslo:" Managing Software + Services ApplicationsPresenter: Oliver Sharp Hosting Workflows and Services in "Oslo"Presenter: Ford McKinstry "Oslo:" Customizing and Extending the Visual Design ExperiencePresenter: Florian Voss A Lap around "Oslo"Presenter(s): Chris Anderson, Don Box "Oslo:" The LanguagePresenter(s): Don Box,...http://www.sellsbrothers.com/news/showTopic.aspx?ixTopic=2184 |