Category Archives: Geek Desk

If You Use an Android Phone, Please Take Me Out of your Contacts…

I know that sounds harsh.  Especially so considering the large usage share that Google’s Android mobile OS enjoys.  Everyone knows someone with an Android phone.  In fact, chances are, at least a plurality of your friends are using the platform … Continue reading

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New version of E6B Gizmo

I’ve submitted an upgrade of E6B Gizmo, version 1.1, to the Windows Phone Marketplace which should go live shortly (I’ll keep you posted).  It just contains a couple of little bug fixes, but the big news is that I’ve made … Continue reading

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Well, my first Windows Phone 7 app has been certified and accepted into the Windows Phone Marketplace today.  For more information on the app, see my post from earlier this week. It turns out my app, E6B Gizmo, is the … Continue reading

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Developing a Windows Phone 7 Application

Windows Phone 7 (WP7) has been released in the US now for a few months.  I’m really enjoying the Samsung Focus (the device I have) and my wife’s Focus has completely changed the way she views mobile technology.  She totally … Continue reading

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Blog Migration!

Hey, everyone.  I just migrated my blog to WordPress (the software, not the site) from BlogEngine.NET.  I’ve been using the latter for quite a while now, and while fairly flexible and capable, I got to the point where it required … Continue reading

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Scary, But In a Good Way-Project Natal

Okay, I’m blown away.  When I first heard about Project Natal from Microsoft, I thought, “C’mon, how good can this be?”  Then I kept getting more info about it, and I saw the concept video (below).  Then I though, “C’mon, … Continue reading

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Windows 7 Had a Secret

Indulge me for a bit of background.  Less than a week ago a colleague and I were talking about the possibilities of a virtualization system that would allow future versions of Windows to forgo all of the baggage of compatibility … Continue reading

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A Ph.D. in Horribleness

If anyone hasn’t checked out Joss Whedon’s “Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog” yet, go ahead and enjoy it right here.  Joss (the creator of several comedy/sci fi TV Shows, including Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and the current, less comedic, more … Continue reading

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Windows 7 Snacks

Microsoft Learning has developed some cool learning “snacks” about about various Windows 7 topics to help you start to get familiar with enhancements and changes in Windows 7.  These snacks are simply short demos/training clips for the various subjects. Here … Continue reading

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Windows 7 Beta Publicly Released

In SteveB’s CES kickoff keynote Wednesday night, he announced the public availability of the Windows 7 Beta release.  Windows 7 is the next release of the desktop operating system from Microsoft, to succeed Windows Vista.  This is good news for … Continue reading

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Strange Bedfellows

I was updating one of my Vista machine’s installed JRE a couple of days ago, and I noticed something interesting.  I’m sure this has been old news for a while, but it was the first time I had noticed it.  … Continue reading

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Favorite Unboxing Video

I found this a couple of months ago…and of course it still reigns as my favorite tech unboxing video yet.  Enjoy.

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