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Portable sound using the Soundwave SW50 11 Jul 2012 | 12:07 pm
So tonight I got my hands on a new fun gadget - it’s a portble bluetooth speaker – the Soundwave SW50. The unit itself is very small – about 7cm triangular base and a little less than that in height....
I miss having a local beach of my own 13 Sep 2011 | 01:13 pm
When I lived in Australia this used to be one of my local beaches… This was another… and another… This one wasn’t local, but it still had the desired population count… Now my local beach looks ...
WP7 Backgrounds 15 Jun 2011 | 03:35 pm
I’ve taken to swapping my Windows Phone 7 background to match the season, or to remind me of a recent vacation. Here’s some of the backgrounds that I’ve used to date, each cropped from a photo that I’...
Windows Phone ‘Reserved Space’ 6 Apr 2011 | 02:02 pm
My Windows Phone is showing that almost half its paltry capacity of 8 GB is consumed by “reserved space and content from other computers”. I’ve gone into the Zune desktop software –> Settings/Phone/R...
Smugmug API 21 Mar 2011 | 12:19 pm
My photo sharing site of choice is Smugmug. I can upload and view images at their original size, they offer effectively unlimited storage, support video streaming, protected sharing facilities and the...
Silverlight Firestarter 2010 6 Dec 2010 | 06:05 pm
Spawned from a communication at the recent PDC that was then somehow twisted and blown well out of proportion by the blogosphere, Microsoft recently held a Silverlight Firestarter event on campus in R...
Windows Phone 7 Launch 9 Nov 2010 | 07:24 pm
Today I finally purchase a Windows Phone 7 device. I choose the Samsung Focus on an AT&T plan. The Purchase First – I took the day off work. That may sound a little extreme – and certainly wasn’t my...
Windows Phone 7 Trivia 23 Oct 2010 | 03:24 pm
OK – so yesterday I had a bit of a rant. Today I figure I’ll make up for it by sharing a few quick pieces of Windows Phone 7 trivia that I’ve learned over the last couple of days. Limited number of d...
Charles Petzold at the NYC .NET Developers Group 22 Oct 2010 | 02:52 pm
Tonight I went along to the New York City .NET User Group to watch Charles Petzold presenting on Windows Phone 7. It was fun to see Petzold in person and though its obvious he’s more an author than a ...
Free Windows Phone! 2 Oct 2010 | 02:03 pm
There has to be some benefits to living in the US right? Some incentive. I mean the economy is crumbling, tornados and tropical storms seem to be a weekly occurrence – where is the “up” side? Well, o...
