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XBox 360 Hard Drive Upgrade I held off on upgrading the “OS” of my XBox 360 to the new Avatar-centric version that came out in November until after I upgraded its hard drive.  My unit still has an original 20Gig … Continue reading →

Lightship Overfalls Heads Out for Refit The Lightship Overfalls – a historic landmark in Lewes, Delaware, started its journey south to have the hull repaired below the waterline.  Info on the Overfalls and the "Saving the Hull" progress is available … Continue reading →

Time For Some Campaignin’ The latest JibJab video pretty much says it all.  Enjoy the campaignin’ in the weeks ahead and decide who’s going to come through for you and who’s blowing smoke (at least more smoke than the other … Continue reading →

Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 Available for Download Microsoft is now making "Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008" available for download.  Unlike the Hyper-V role-based virtualization that’s available under Windows Server 2008, the Hyper-V Server product does not require a host operating system … Continue reading →

International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge 2008 Awesome visualizations in this years International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge.  Take time to scope out the slideshow (I especially liked the video in #16).  MSNBC also has a page with tons of … Continue reading →

Belkin Mini Surge Protector I just picked up a handy little travel gadget – a Belkin Mini Surge Protector with USB Charger.  I don’t know how many times I’ve been hunting for an open power outlet in an airport – … Continue reading →

Large Hadron Rap Okay guys – back to some science content.  Not only is this rap video cool, so is the "LHC" or "Large Hadron Collider" – which is currently being cooled down to an operating temperature of -271 degrees … Continue reading →

Live Mail Lives! Yaaay!  My Live Mail nightmare is finally over! Peter Laudati – a local Developer Evangelist from Microsoft managed to get me hooked up with Stephen Sisk from the Live team.  (Thanks Peter!)  Mr. Sisk took a genuine … Continue reading →

Hands Free Law I ran across this video the other day that makes fun of the new California "Hands Free" law – wherein California makes it illegal to hold a cell phone and have a conversation.  Ironically, you can still … Continue reading →

Live Mail Fail (still) Okay…a few more weeks have passed, and surely my Live Mail Woes issues that I blogged about in June are resolved, right?  WRONG!  Oh I keep hoping…today’s the day…today’s the day that I’m going to click … Continue reading →