Archive for May, 2005

And We’ve Been Talking All Night

At long last, KW has posted the recordings from his band’s Cinco de Mayo gig (see my writeup here). Get ‘em while they’re hot!
And while you’re at it, if you come up with any good band names, be sure to let us know.

What’s New in the Beta 1 RC

Tim Sneath, one of the Avalon evangelists, has written a great article for MSDN entitled “A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Avalon Beta 1 RC.” The article contains a wealth of information on what is new for this release, including sample code and instructions for best utilizing these features through Visual Studio.
Until it propagates through and […]

Vidya Killed the Radio Star

At long last, the best roommate ever has a blog and a gallery! So now you can look forward to reading and viewing content all about dancing, the show Friends, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, life at Amazon, and killing radio stars. Enjoy.

Lauren on Star Wars

I kind of liked it! Yes, the dialogue was cheesy (as to be expected), but I do agree with Matthew, who argues that it was not quite as bad as the dialogue in Episode II.
The special effects were stunning, the fights were entertaining, and I actually found the story compelling — i.e., I found myself […]

Avalon + Indigo Beta 1 RC Released!

The Avalon + Indigo May CTP (aka the “Beta 1 RC”) is now live on microsoft.com and ready for your consumption. You’ll also want to install Visual Studio Beta 2 before you start playing.
Drew Marsh has already started a change log to help those of you who plan to port your projects from the March […]

Episode III: l33t Trailer

Some Thursday evening geek humor for the hax0rs and Star Wars nerds out there (is one of those a subset of the other?)

Slate on Star Wars

Slate reviews Episode III, and they don’t hate it. I’ll let you know how I feel after Friday afternoon.
(And for those of us who are not big Star Wars geeks, they also provide a nice little guide to refresh the memory on what this whole saga is about anyway…)

Giant Antenna

I realize that I’m really late to report on this, and 10 days equals about a million years in blog time, but I just learned that there are plans to convert the Space Needle into a giant WiFi antenna.
And perhaps it’s just another sign that I’m a really big geek, but I think that’s awesome.

Don’t Panic

Every now and then (perhaps to remind myself why I rarely pay $10 for a movie), I spend $10 and go see a movie. So last night I saw my first film in the theater in almost 7 months - The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. I don’t think my expectations were unreasonably high, and […]

Don’t Cry for Me…

To follow up on the travel discussion: we decided on Argentina and Chile for December — flying into Buenos Aires and out of Santiago. Here’s some fun stuff that my first quick web search about Argentina and Chile turned up:
Argentina

When To Go (from Lonely Planet):
For residents of the northern hemisphere, Argentina offers the […]