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Multi-touch without and iPhone

Chad Albrecht — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 08:48:00 GMT

Channel 9 has a great behind-the-scenes look at some of the people and hardware involved with MS multi-touch. I can't help thinking of Tom Cruise in Minority Report when I watch stuff like this:

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Cheney's Law

Chad Albrecht — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:26:00 GMT

PBS aired a new Frontline tonight that highlights our current administration's fight to reestablish the power of the presidency. I found some of the actions by David Addington, Cheney's current Chief of Staff, and John Yoo, former Assistant Attorney General, to be especially disturbing.

While I have supported a good portion of this administration's policies, at what point do laws become meaningless? According to The Boston Globe, President Bush has claimed the right to ignore more than 750 laws enacted since he became president. I'm not sure I like where this is going.

Barenaked Ladies

Chad Albrecht — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 00:47:00 GMT

If you ever get a chance to see these guys in concert, DO IT! The put on a great show!

We saw them in Madison on the 18th and had a blast!

I'm a PC, and I'm a Mac.

Chad Albrecht — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 11:33:00 GMT

I think those Apple comercials are pretty lame. But that's always been Apple's approach to marketing, rip on the market leader. This spoof on those commercials is really funny!

July WI .NET Users Group Meeting

Chad Albrecht — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 11:00:00 GMT

I will be presenting at the July WI .NET Users Group Meeting. The topic will be an “Introduction to Grid Computing.” The meeting is at 7:00 on July 11th at the Medical College Building. Here is the summary from the UG page:

Have a power hungry application on a machine that just can’t handle it? Don’t buy a faster machine, steal the cycles you need! In his presentation, Chad Albrecht will discuss the basics of grid computing using .NET technologies. Grid computing provides an interesting means of distributing applications across any number of machines. Learn the fundamentals of grid computing, data grids, basic SQL Server scaling out and a few other tricks. Those in attendance will be able to use their laptops as active grid nodes, so make sure to bring it along!

Hope to see everyone there!

Cingular 8125 2.25.11

Chad Albrecht — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 15:37:00 GMT

I upgraded my Cingular 8125 this morning to the new 2.25.11 ROM version. So far I’m very impressed! The Direct Push (MSFP) technology is much nicer than having to manually sync to the Exchange server every day.

German scientists find dyslexia gene

Chad Albrecht — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 16:09:00 GMT

According to PhysOrg.com, German researchers say they've found a genetic component for the learning disability dyslexia, possibly opening new methods of treatment. Not surprisingly, the last problem the researchers are dealing with is how to reverse the gene sequence. ;)

Change the World

Chad Albrecht — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 10:05:00 GMT

According to Technology Review, startup Avanti Metal, using technology developed at MIT, hopes to commercialize a process that drastically reduces the cost of producing titanium, making more of it available for large, lighter-weight airplanes. I know this seems like a non-news issue, but I think it will change a lot of things. Being as strong as steel but only 60% as dense it will now be used in situations where steel was to heavy and other solutions were cost prohibitive. Can you imagine the kind of bridges that could be built using titanium? It's corrosion-resistant and extremely strong. Imagine the Golden Gate Bridge in stainless steel! How about cars? Fuel economy and no rust! I hope Avanti Metal is able to commercialize the process quickly as I want my titanium Delorian! ;)

How do you make a snake fly?

Chad Albrecht — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 16:06:00 GMT

You put him in a plane.

Big Feed from Big T

Chad Albrecht — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 16:00:00 GMT

For those who don't already know, you may be suprised to find out that Travis is now blogging!!! Travis also just wrote a great article on using accelerometers in .NET Framework 2. Nice job big T!