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My very first laptop was an IBM Thinkpad 500.  I won't go into the specs except to say it was OLD.  One spec I will mention is that it had a Trackpoint.  You know, one of those eraserhead things that barely stick out of the middle of the keyboard.  At the time, I thought it was pretty cool.  Never really got much use out ...

The other day, I had a chance to check out the Live Messenger beta on a fellow developer's machine here at SnapStream.  Sadly, we mostly just sat there making fun of it.  There are so many things wrong with it I don't really know where to begin.DownloadingWell, actually, I do know where to begin, because it's my job.  Maybe we ...

The other day, I had a chance to check out the Live Messenger beta on a fellow developer's machine here at SnapStream.  Sadly, we mostly just sat there making fun of it.  There are so many things wrong with it I don't really know where to begin. Downloading Well, actually, I do know where to begin, because it's my job.  Maybe we ...

I've been playing with the most recent CTP of Vista over the past few days in order to test compatibility and just get a general feel for where this next version of the operating system is taking us.  So far, I'm generally pretty interested in several of the things they've added...the new Aero Glass interface looks great, some features like ...

After many entries into the Win a DocuPen RC800 contest, Rob Bushway has finally picked the winner of the contest.  Go ahead and read the winning entry. I have to say that I'm a bit puzzled by his choice.  Keep in mind the form factor of the DocuPen RC800.  You have to run your hand carefully down the document for each page, and ...

On our way back from Fry's, I was musing upon the installation I was going to have to do with this new networking equipment.   So I had to ask the million dollar question...why do we need special drivers for network adapters any more?  Isn't the whole concept of a network adapter pretty much cut and dried at this point?  Don't we ...

I ran across some videos about Atlas, an AJAX framework for ASP.NET 2.0, that I wanted to watch since we're planning on making some use of this stuff in future development at SnapStream.  I wanted to download these videos. I'm now going to point out how the whole process made my life harder instead of simpler. First of all, check out the ...