LiveGadgets.net: Blah, Blah, BlogThe ramblings of a crazed gadget developer.Remote TV Recording Gadget- January 26, 2006 I've been out at Microsoft's Search Champs v4 for the past 2 days and having a great time meeting some of the people I've read about on the Internet and seeing some cool new Microsoft technologies. Yesterday Sanaz Ahari (of Live.com) demonstrated a cool new gadget to be released "soon" that will let you control your Windows XP MCE 2005 PC (Media Center Edition) to record television shows. And while I wish I would have written this, I thought is was so cool that it should be posted. I can't...http://livegadgets.net#blog_47444d46-afb1-4e6c-899e-c192dc8aa507 Hive.net Interview- January 26, 2006 This could be tagged as "Shameless Self Promotion" but The Hive (one of Microsoft's community sites) today released an interview they did with me about gadgets. In it I talk a little about my experience with developing gadgets. It also allowed me to publicly thank Adam, Sanaz, Steve and Kris for their support.http://livegadgets.net#blog_bbf128dd-340f-4d83-9468-0ec329933471 Search Champs v4 Attendees- January 19, 2006 The list of attendees to Microsoft's Search Champs v4 was announced. Matt Paines is hosting the list with links and bios. Returning champs Chris Pirillo, Buzz Bruggeman and Joe Janes will be there.http://livegadgets.net#blog_f90d5d26-2bcd-4aed-8c9c-071b88d7773f It's In The Stars!- January 19, 2006 I was born in late April so I'm a Taurus. Look what my horoscope said this morning when I loaded it up on my Live.com desktop. I'm destined to write gadgets! :)http://livegadgets.net#blog_e1515864-33d4-4823-9c52-2ca772d5e1e1 When it Rains it Pours- January 16, 2006 Look what I just recevied in my inbox a few minutes ago from the administrators of Microsoft's The Hive community site: You have been selected as a winner in the The Hive Gadget Contest for your gadget The Hive Multi-Gadget in the category of creativity... and you will be awarded a Creative Zen Micro Portable Media Center... Congratulations! This is the second gadget contest that I've won today! This time it was for my The Hive Multi Gadget. Thanks to everyone at Microsoft for this prize...http://livegadgets.net#blog_b225adea-8059-48d7-9e71-bcee5e9a0ef9 LiveClock: Best in Show- January 14, 2006 I'm pleased to announce that last night my LiveClock gadget (pictured below) was selected as a winner of Microsoft's "Build a Gadget for an Xbox 360" contest announced on November 1st of 2005. My entry was chosen as one of three winners from a field of nearly 150 other gadgets. While I'm thrilled to have won, I don't really play video games so I'm not quite sure what I'm going to do with it. :) =http://livegadgets.net#blog_3acce59e-c7d1-40a2-8047-e9c380fa65e5 Costello: Best in Show- January 11, 2006 I know that this isn't about gadgets, but... Congratulation to Costello the Alaskan Malamute for winning Best in Show, Best OwnerBreederTrainer and the Viewer's Choice Award at the 2006 AKCEukanuba National Championship held this past weekend (Jan 14th and 15th) in Tampa Florida. I owned a Malamute for many years and I can truely say that they are wonderful dogs!http://www.nanuke.org/costello.html Microsoft Search Champs- January 6, 2006 I'm very excited to have been invited by Microsoft to attend the fourth Search Champs to be held on the Redmond campus January 24-26, 2006. I know very little about the event outside of what I have read in these quotes but I'm honored to have received an unsolicited invitation. Search Champs is an invite-only event where we bring together a small group of people to start a conversation about the future of Search and Windows Live. In short, we bring you to Redmond, introduce you to...http://livegadgets.net#blog_b1988630-82dc-11da-a72b-0800200c9a66 |