Thursday, March 30, 2006

Yours truly... is on the front page of Channel9 today! In my "day job", I'm a Technical Evangelist at Microsoft.  Today an interview I did with Charles Torre is now on the front page of Channel9!     7:37:48 PM    comment []

Mike's Manic Minute 28 Mar 06 The ultimate in-house helicopter. . . A Norwegian engineer, obviously with too much time on his hands due to the long, long winters. . .has invented the Picoflyer http://www.popsci.com/popsci/how20/9a69d3cb3c82a010vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html , a radio-controlled, micro helicopter you can fly around inside your house. . .   And in the process he's create a self-stabilizing helicopter design that has rocked the aeronautic industry on it's ear.   To stay pointed in one direction, the Picoflyer, uses two sets of counter-rotating rotors. But to keep from pitching or rolling out of control, it relies on a system that adds no extra parts or weight. If the it starts to tilt, the ringed rotors naturally tilt in the other direction, bringing the bird back to level.   I say, bravo, and. . .I want one!         Podcast of the day. . . The Manly Geek Show   PAGE: http://podcast.manlygeek.com FEED: feed:http://podcast.manlygeek.com/feed/   This podcast, from a US Marine at Quantico Naval Base, tells me more than I'd ever want to know about how podcasting has infiltrated the popular culture.   Manic Minute Recommendation: In the words of the podcaster: Be More, Be Manly   And that's your Manic Minute for March 27th, 2006, brought to you by www.Business-Podcasting.com!   2:57:09 PM    comment []

Mike's Manic Minute 27 Mar 06 Steve Balmer. . .says no! At least to his children. . .when it comes to iPods and Google.   The CEO of my illustrious employer admitted in a recent interview that while he has not been able to stop thousands of Microsoft employees from purchasing iPods and using Google, he has, at least, been able to put his foot down at home.   Steve, as a good 'softie, I do try to use search.msn.com but when it doesn't work, I do use Google.  And I'll admit that I got my iPod as a present before I joined the company. . .and I hope the rumors of a truly integrated, Microsoft-based platform are true (someday) but I also hope that you, and the folks in Windows Media, are paying attention to the new meme-storm in the bloggosphere about CRAP. . .Content Retstriction Annulment and Protection. . .David Berlind at ZDNet gives his treatise here: http://news.zdnet.com/html/z/wb/6035707.html       Podcast of the day. . . The BBC World Today. . .done Manic Minute Style   Web page: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/worldtoday/   RSS Feed: http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/downloadtrial/worldservice/worldtodayselect/rss.xml     Well. . .it's a 15 minute condensation of 5 hours of broadcasting.   Manic Minute Recommendation: Jolly good, carry on!   And that's your Manic Minute for March 27th, 2006, brought to you by www.Business-Podcasting.com!     2:55:58 PM    comment []

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