Alan Adams: March 2011

Thursday, March 31, 2011

endpoint.tv - AppFabric WCF HTTP Template

Windows Server AppFabric and WCF HTTP Services are a great combination and we've just made it easier for you to use them together. In this episode, I'll show you the new AppFabric WCF HTTP Service Template and how you can use it to build HTTP (REST) services that work great from any device and have terrific support for monitoring.

For more information see this blog post.

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Electronic Drum Trousers Take Young Engineer Prize

Drummer and engineer Aseem Mishra got tired of lugging his drum kit to gigs. Naturally, he fashioned a pair of musical jeans to take its place. The pants -- sorry, trousers -- have eight sensors woven into the fabric, and are hooked up to a backpack with circuitry and speakers. Each sensor corresponds to a different drum, and hitting them duplicates the sound of their real-world equivalents. Mishra took first prize in his age group in the Young Engineer of Great Britain Competition -- a repeat of last year, when he won for a light-up drum kit.

The jeans really need to be seen (and heard), so check out the video here. And keep an ear out for this morsel at :50. "Do I haf to whock it hawd?"

Electronic Drum Trousers Take Young Engineer Prize originally appeared on Switched on Wed, 30 Mar 2011 14:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Hanselminutes on 9 - Agile Coach Jean Tabaka on Safe Failure, the Need for Craftsmanship, and More

Scott's at the Intel Agile Conference today and got the chance to talk to Rally Software's Agile Fellow Jean Tabaka about why your project sometimes needs time to fail and whether we need both internships and a formal track within Software Development.

Jean is a Certified ScrumMaster and Practitioner, a Certified ScrumMasterTrainer, and a Certified Professional Facilitator. She holds a Masters in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University and is the author of Collaboration Explained: Facilitation Skills for Software Project Leaders, published in the Addison-Wesley Agile Software Development Series. More importantly, she's scary smart, fantastically approachable, and a joy to hang out with.

All this, plus Robby the Robot. Enjoy.

Follow Jean Tabaka on Twitter and learn more about Rally and Jean at http://www.rallydev.com.

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3 years and 1 million boxes later, Roku players finally come to nationwide retail

By Tim Conneally, Betanews

Roku announced on Wednesday that the Roku XD streaming player will finally be available in retail nationwide through a partnership with Best Buy.

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How to Set Up a Tinychat Account

While you can use Tinychat without creating an account, if you use it a lot you'll probably want to set one up. It'll help people get to know you, and it'll also make your room more likely to get visited. This article will walk you through the whole process, step by step.

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DOMA And Bi-National Couples, Ctd

A reader writes: Hang in there. I - a mere academic weasel in the field of physics - got my EB1A green card a year ago. Clearly, you qualify. You've published, you've been cited, you're a leader in your field,...

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Do you like having your search results influenced by what your friends like? (blog)

You might’ve noticed that as of yesterday, some Google search results are followed by a note about someone you know having shared that link. This is because Google just made a change where listings vetted by people you’re connected to … Continue reading →

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Do you like having your search results influenced by what your friends like? (blog)

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How to Understand the Physics of Portal

Portal, a Sci-fi puzzle-platform game released by Valve in 2007 for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, Playstation 3 (and more recently, Mac OS X), offers a very unique approach to gaming. Instead of outwitting an enemy with sheer force and firepower, you must complete puzzle games and use your brain to win. You do this with the aid of the Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device (ASHPD, also known as a "portal gun"): a device that can create inter-spatial portals between flat planes.

While the game is designed in a way to help you understand the concept of portals, it can still be a difficult idea to grasp, as it is a completely new way of thinking that humans have never had to use before. That, perhaps, is how you ended up here.

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Priority Inbox Algorithm Co-Opted to Make Better Gmail Ads

Google announced today that it'll be instituting some changes to tailor the ads that appear in your inbox to your interests. Using the algorithm set up for Priority Inbox, Google can now better understand what is actually relevant to a user. The company is basically implementing the same technology used to sort your inbox for a more commercial (and probably more profitable) pursuit. For instance, if you get tons of bacn e-mails from travel websites but never read them, maybe travel ads aren't actually such a clever idea.

Even if you never click those ads in Gmail, the change will probably make for a somewhat more pleasant user experience. In my inbox right now there is an ad up for "The Most Authentic Biking & Hiking - Tours Of Italy Since 1989." That would be lovely if I were a 50-year-old millionaire, but frankly it just comes across as cruel.

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Priority Inbox Algorithm Co-Opted to Make Better Gmail Ads originally appeared on Switched on Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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"On The Ground"

Remember the president's promise that there would be no American boots on the ground? Ahem: CIA officers on the ground in Libya assisted with the rescue of one of two airmen who ejected when their F15E fighter jet crashed last...

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Mary Shelley's Nuclear Power

Daniel Holz makes the connection: Frankenstein?s creation is not inherently evil. He is endowed with the spark of life, and becomes twisted into a dark and inhuman creature through mistreatment, abandonment, and neglect. The nuclear spark is similarly indifferent. Although...

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