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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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“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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How 3D Works
One of my favourite blogs is DataViz, they’re experts in Infoporn. This is a superb rendering of how the various forms of 3D work; in case you need to know.
[updated so that you can read the darn thing!]
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13 days to move from Windows 7 RC
I started getting these, as expected, a couple of days ago. It’s a guess but lots of others are receiving them now too so I thought I’d take the opportunity to remind people about what’s going to happen:
http://simon-may.com/wi… Continue reading
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