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Windows 7 Accelerator Platform COM / C# Interop
Aug 20, 11:20For a new project I'm working on involving IE's installed Accelerators and OpenSearch search providers via the Windows 7 Accelerator Platform, I've created a C#/COM interop class for those APIs.
Download the osinterop.cs interop file here.
DVD Ripping and Viewing in Windows Media Center
Aug 17, 3:05I've just got a new media center PC connected directly to my television with lots of HD space and so I'm ripping a bunch of my DVDs to the PC so I don't have to fuss with the physical media. I'm ripping with DVD Rip, viewing the results in Windows 7's Windows Media Center after turning on the WMC DVD Library, and using a powershell script I wrote to copy over cover art and metadata.
My powershell script follows. To use it you must do the following:
- Run Windows Media Center with the DVD in the drive and view the disc's metadata info.
- Rip each DVD to its own subdirectory of a common directory.
- The name of the subdirectory to which the DVD is ripped must have the same name as the DVD name in the metadata. An exception to this are characters that aren't allowed in Windows paths (e.g. <, >, ?, *, etc)
- Run the script and pass the path to the common directory containing the DVD rips as the first parameter.
Download copydvdinfo.ps1
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Apr 21, 6:48"The Web Open Font Format, already backed by Mozilla and many type foundries was accepted by the World Wide Web Consortium yesterday, marking the first stage in its standardization. The submission included a surprising new sponsor: Microsoft."Client-side Cross-domain Security
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Mar 22, 8:40PDF overtakes Word as targeted attack vector of choice.Getting started with Google Calendar Sync - Google Calendar Help
Mar 21, 3:22Google Calendar Sync is an Outlook plugin that syncs your Google and Outlook calendars (you get to pick 1way and direction or 2way sync'ing). This almost looks like what I want but perhaps my feature requests are too obscure for someone to have already implemented them:Events marked personal added on my Outlook calendar should get full 2-way sync'ing with my Google calendar.
All other events added on my Outlook calendar should be assumed to have private company information and should get 1-way sync'ing with just the time and location - no attendees or subject or desceiption.
All events added on my Google calendar should get full 2-way sync'ing with Outlook and there should be marked personal.
I doubt I'm going to find a pre-made app to do this so I guess I should get coding. Otoh, if they ever bring the updated Android OS that has Exchange support to my G1 maybe none of this would be necessary...
Microsoft sends flowers to Internet Explorer 6 funeral
Mar 4, 10:58IE team sends flowers to the IE6 funeral. Humorous.
Leaving the IE Team for Windows
Feb 26, 8:40I'm making a switch from the IE team to the Windows team where I'll be working on the next version of Windows. As a going away surprise Jen and Nick added me to my gallery of Bill Gates (discussed previously). Here's a close up of the photoshopped cover.
Before:
After:
Diversity Inc Photoshopped Covers
Feb 26, 5:00sequelguy posted a photo:
Jen's going away surprise for me was to add to my Diversity Inc cover artwork with my own photoshopped cover.
Diversity Inc Photoshopped Cover Closeup
Feb 26, 5:00sequelguy posted a photo:
Jen's going away surprise for me was to add to my Diversity Inc cover artwork with my own photoshopped cover. Note the attention to detail in the headlines.
Announcement | IE6 Funeral
Feb 22, 1:26"Internet Explorer Six, resident of the interwebs for over 8 years, died the morning of March 1, 2010 in Mountain View, California, as a result of a workplace injury sustained at the headquarters of Google, Inc."Microsoft Interview Questions
Feb 22, 3:23This doesn't seem real but its still funny. If Feynman answered the 'why are manholes round' question: "... Interviewer: But just considering the round ones, why are they round? Feynman: If we are just considering the round ones, then they are round by definition. That statement is a tautology. ..."Bing - New Bing Maps Application: Streetside Photos - Bing Maps Blog - Bing Community
Feb 19, 3:20Bing Maps blog post on their integration of Flickr photos onto their street side view. Very cool
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