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New Avalon Videos on Channel Nine!
If you're heading to PDC to learn about Windows Presentation Foundation (formerly known as...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 09/07/2005
Try Acrylic
Acrylic just shipped a new CTP. Check it out.
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 08/16/2005
MTP Support comes to Rio Carbon!
Yay! Rio Audio has support for MTP now for the Rio Carbon! I gotta try this!
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 08/06/2005
off-topic - gold wall paint
some off-topic blogging today... I saw this over at apartment therapy... very nice way to dress up...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 07/30/2005
How to get glass to show up on Windows Vista Beta 1
One question I get asked frequently is "hey will this piece of hardware run Glass on Vista?"....
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 07/30/2005
Windows Vista Beta 1 Press Highlights
A lot of the press comments we've recieved on Beta 1 of Windows Vista have realy exceeded my...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 07/30/2005
TweakVista for Windows Vista
Steve Sinchak is my favorite Windows MVP this week. Why? Because he spent some time figuring out all...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 07/30/2005
If you liked Shtickers, take a look at PolyGFX
I found this site the other day that caters to the pc case-mod crowd... PolyGFX will take any custom...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 07/26/2005
Shtickers for your notebook
design*sponge links to some cool decals for making your notebook look nice...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 07/16/2005
Palm is dead. Long live Palm!
Palm has come full circle, and got it's old name back. I hope these guys do really well now that...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 07/15/2005
XAML Exporter for Adobe Illustrator
Michael Swanson wrote a very cool XAML exporter for Adobe Illustrator, so you can create XAML art...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 07/15/2005
My demo from WinHEC
Robert Hogue on our demo team has a page with some interesting Avalon demos - including the 3d-video...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 07/15/2005
Kam's a lazy blogger...
No blogging since April... lazy blogger. I could say "I've been busy" but that would be lying. It's...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 07/15/2005
# h a s h
h a s h is linking to my blog. Not sure who # h a s h is, but the blog is relevant to mine so I'm...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 04/03/2005
OpenGL desktop rendering on Linux...
there's an odd title for an msdn blog post... and yet, I'm linking to it anyway... It's nice to see...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 03/29/2005
March CTP
With the new March CTP, you can start building apps using Avalon and Indigo together... Chris...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 03/27/2005
Crossfader
Microsoft just launched Crossfader Beta, an online community for electronic music artists...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 03/27/2005
Masala Downloads!
It seems that Movielink and CinemaNow aren't the only ones in the downloadable movies business....
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 03/25/2005
Aero Isn't Dead.
Scoble pointed out that Joe Wood is asking if Aero is dead. Microsoft has a bunch of big public...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 03/16/2005
Start.com
MSN has a news aggregator. Many years ago https://start.com would take you to the MSN.com homepage...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 03/12/2005
Dean on Presenting
Dean posts what someone heard when he talked about presentations...hey where's that rss feed?
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 03/12/2005
Welcome Ray Ozzie!
Ray Ozzie has joined Microsoft to be our new CTO, along with the rest of the folks at Groove...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 03/12/2005
Shipping Software
Kevin and Omar have some further comments about our ability ship at MSFT.
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 03/06/2005
Mark leaves MSFT
Mark thinks we have forgotten how to ship software and that we haven't kept up with how the world...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 03/04/2005
Gates and High Schools
The Gates Foundation has spent a huge pile of money over the past few years towards improving...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 02/27/2005
Proficient with XAML? Need a Job?
Solidworks is looking for a software engineer with XAML skills...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 02/20/2005
Live in London? Excited about Avalon? Have dinner with Kevin!
Kevin Moore is a fellow Program Manager on the Avalon team. He is going to be in London towards the...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 02/20/2005
Don't call it a comeback!
Bill Gates announced Internet Explorer 7 today. The IE team's blog has more info. IE holds a special...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 02/15/2005
Rio Carbon
Earlier this week I was given a Rio Carbon as a thank-you gift for doing a big presentation for...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 02/13/2005
Google Maps
I got email from somoene today about google maps. This is really an incredible service. This is some...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 02/08/2005
MSN Search launched today!
The new MSN Search launched today. The search guys have totally revamped MSN Search, taking it from...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 02/01/2005
Now this is cool...
Looks like folks are really starting to dig in on Avalon......
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 01/31/2005
One button and a scroll wheel
Steve's funny. He won't put another button on that mouse, but a scrolling trackpad on the powerbook...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 01/31/2005
Creating 2-D and 3-D Dynamic Animations in "Avalon"
Karsten Januszewski posted a great sample on MSDN showing how to do some basic animiations in...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 01/30/2005
Avalon Resources
So now that Avalon is available to the public - here are some great resources to help you get...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 01/17/2005
Car PC MCE
Sean Alexander found what has got to be just about the coolest car-pc mod I've seen to date. Hosting...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 01/17/2005
Avalon available to the public!
The November 2004 CTP release of Avalon is now publicly available on MSDN, for use with the Express...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 01/14/2005
Customer Service - Episode 3
Finally got my phone replaced last week by Audiovox. They put a $319.00 charge on my credit card...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 01/10/2005
Upgrading MCE...
I had the pleasure of upgrading my media center pc over the holiday break... it took a lot of work -...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 01/02/2005
Customer Service
So I bought a new Audiovox Smartphones recently - and with it a plan from ATT Wireless (before the...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 12/15/2004
2005 PDC
The 2005 Microsoft Professional Developers Conference is going to be held on Sept 13-16th, at the...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 12/08/2004
MSN Spaces opens today!
MSN Spaces launched its beta today! MSN Spaces is a new blogging service from MSN. It's got some...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 12/02/2004
Exposé and The 30" Cinema Display
I saw the new 30" Cinema Display at the Apple Store this weekend for the first time. I gotta hand it...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 11/29/2004
Use a lot of memory...
I have been using Konfabulator for a few weeks now and recently noticed how much memory it uses....
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 11/28/2004
Don't Panic!
I saw "National Treasure" this weekend, and before it started, there was a trailer for The...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 11/21/2004
Election Day!
I voted today! First thing in the morning. My wife an I went to our local polling place at 7:00am...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 11/02/2004
Boiler Up!
On Saturday - Purdue beat Penn State at Penn State for the first time in history! They're now ranked...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 10/10/2004
what to buy?
I've had a few folks mention to me how great the Dell 20" display is. I totally love it. Getting to...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 10/05/2004
The panel has arrived!
Last week I ordered a new Dell FP 2001 flat panel LCD monitor. I got an incredible deal using a...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 10/04/2004