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Simon is an IT Pro Evangelist for Microsoft UK, everything here is his own thoughts and opinion. -
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Author Archives: simonster
Remotely Possible for Windows Phone 7
So a couple of days ago I started doing experience write ups of using some Windows Phone 7 applications to remote control Windows Media Center. The first app was Big Screen byRemote which is excellent for being able to remotely schedule recording… Continue reading
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A look at byRemote for Windows Phone 7
It’s been a while since I’ve written here. You might know the reason but essentially blogging has become my full time job and my exploits with Media Center have taken a back seat. Anyway I thought I’d mark my return by wri… Continue reading
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“that wasn’t a user group, it was an event!”
Well we did the 2nd Media Center and Windows Home Server User Group meet up in the UK and it was awesome! @iandixon, @garrywma and Andrew Cherry actually did all the work. The speakers explained some of the more advanced Media Center topics and … Continue reading
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Backyard theatre
I’ve just spotted this on Lifehacker and see the need to share it. Something I really want to do, when we finally get there, is to build a theatre into our back garden for watching movies outside (and wouldn’t it be cool to watch the World c… Continue reading
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Bathroom Mirror Tech
I just happened across this bathroom mirror (yep you read that right) and just had to share it with everyone. I’ve seen kit like this before, and there’s some really expensive bathroom mirror monitors on the market but this is the first mass … Continue reading
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What remote are you using?
Hi folks, it’s been a while since I’ve been able to blog properly – ‘tons going on, not the least of which was getting married, going on honeymoon and getting stuck thanks to a massive volcano. It’s all good though and I’ve got some go… Continue reading
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The coolest one box Media Center ever
Great design is something I’m into, I love things looking beautiful and I’m a believer in the need for form to follow (actually to lead) function. Having come across this it’s something I just had to share.
The image on the lef… Continue reading
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Hi pigeons, here’s the cat…
Ok I was watching Steve B speech at Washington U yesterday and heard this…it shocked me a little and I tweeted it…people picked it up and found it interesting so here it is, it’s take from Microsoft’s transcript of the event: In the case of… Continue reading
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Windows Phone 7 Series Applications
Microsoft must hate developers…that’s what I’m seeing lots of today. The crux of the issue being that it’s been confirmed that Windows Mobile x (we’ll come to that) applications don’t run on Windows Phone 7 Se… Continue reading
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Sky Player deal
Just spotted this and it’s worth sharing. UK Money saving site Quidco (get an account and you’ll make loads of money – I do) have got a deal on SkyPlayer at the moment. You can get 3 months for the price of 2 and £20 cash back throug… Continue reading
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