Talk by Scott Hanselman on Effectiveness

November 28, 2009 by alright

Scott Hanselman talking about effectiveness which is required for pro software guys who have to see all he pixel of information bubbling and pick one which colors his knowledge. Again not new but never bad to remind about time and effectiveness.
Video link

PDC2009 video list is up for download

November 22, 2009 by alright

Hurray!! I am all glad to see PDC 2009 videos floating. It was not there day before yesterday. I am starting a download spree and upload them to my watch-enable devices.
http://microsoftpdc.com/Videos

http://coolthingoftheday.blogspot.com/2009/11/pdc09-session-video-list-okay-so-i-lied.html
Thanks Greg Duncan once again for coming first with videos and tool to download

Hanselman did came up with powershell script to download this. I just always wonder how Hanselman get time to do so many stuff. How you manage Hman? How?

Almost nonimmune Firefox Add-ons

November 22, 2009 by alright

Following are the top five Firefox Add-ons that I have needed instantly whenever I have grounded it to machines. I am so much used to these that I remember them by name.

1. NoScript
2. ForxMarks or xmarks
3. ScribeFire
4. Read It Later
5. All-in-One Sidebar
6. ReminderFox
7. Cooliris
8. DownThemAll!
9. <misc but on need basis>

IE8 and Chrome browser are almost touching the ubiquity level of Firefox browser. For me only two reasons brings me to it. First is common among all users is the tons of good Add-ons and second is simple page search ( “/” keyword) rather CTRL + F.

Learning F# to catch up with PDC09

November 11, 2009 by alright

PDC 2008 was bold and beautiful with deep technical talks. I missed few things to catch when it came to changes in C# in support for functional and DSL (domain specific language) programming  or Language Oriented Programming. Cloud computing reamined a lesson to learn however I kept updated for parallel programming changes.

Before the PDC 2009 starts, I decided to teach myself to understand F# language.
What if you get set of problem to not only brain-teasers but also to test your programming skills. I started solving Euler’s  problem however I have a slow start.

Hop over Chris Smith’s blog  or Don Dyme’s blog (Both worked for F# language and wrote book on F#) and blue eyed links here-there to land proper F# resources. (http://blogs.msdn.com/chrsmith/default.aspx)

Powered by ScribeFire.

Reading: The Greatest Show on Earth

November 1, 2009 by alright

I wanted to read something different from regular story, technology, self-motivation or management kind of book and picked this latest book to read on. Will update once I am thru but liking it at present.

The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence of Evolution
Richard Dawkins

Here is a recent article titled: The Great Advances in Evolution, which is related to theme of my reading.

Microsoft releasing Windows7 today

October 22, 2009 by alright

Just to keep this date in this blog as a time-trace to past when I open this blog in future.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/

A Place to learn Haskell

October 11, 2009 by alright

Just to remind myself about functional programming and haskell as one language to learn from.

http://www.haskell.org/onlinereport/intro.html#sect1

Waiting for PDC 2009 live videos this time too…

October 11, 2009 by alright

PDC 2009 is starting on November 17-19,2009.

It was true delight attending PDC 2008 virtually by downloading videos almost the same day. Hope the guys there will upload the live streaming this time too, in case MS delayed it.

VHD support in Windows 7

August 27, 2009 by alright

Swine Flu symptoms self-assessment

August 15, 2009 by alright

Swine Flu virus is at rise and adding to its panic is current monsoon season. Normal flu or runny nose makes family tense. (mayoclinic/swine-flu)
Get yourself assessed and follow the First-Aid at home or prevention. Mayoclinic offers this and seems good to me to follow.
- Fever of 100.4F
- Blocked or runny nose
- Sore throat
- Dry cough
- severe widespread muscle aches
- Extreme fatigue or exhaustion
Check these symptoms and then status of flu if any.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/flu-symptoms/FU00013

Tell you what, its each of us has responsibility to be careful.Amen!!