New C# Language Features (someday).

::: {style="COLOR: #565656"} Chris Sells: "On November 7th, at the OOPSLA Conference in Seattle, WA, C# creator Anders Hejlsberg unveiled several potential language features for the next major release of Visual C# .NET. The four primary features Anders spoke about were:

-Generics, a form of …

During the Tablet PC launch keynote, Gates talked about "immersive reading" and ... a usable experience for interacting with published media on a computing device.  ....  I think it will be a lonnnng time before people are comfortable reading War and Peace or Wired on a computer screen.  I like the physical …

Oi! The first Winter storm of the season just knocked out my power for 60 hours. Catching up...

Friday Five:

1. Did you vote in your last elections?

Of course. I've voted in every election since I was 18. I am appalled that people don't vote.

2. Do you know …

Putting the Web back into Web services. Mark Baker thinks GWS is on the right track, but fails the uniform interface litmus test: ... [Jon's Radio]

Feeling lethargic? Blame the PC. Japanese researchers publish a study showing that prolonged daily computer use can make you sore and deplete your strength, energy and motivation. [CNET News.com]

TabletPC: Simple To Program, But Programming Is Key

For the past few weeks, I have been working with an Acer TravelMate C100 TabletPC. I will be reviewing it more fully for SD Times in the coming weeks and I hope to put up videos of the TabletPC in action and …

Introductory offer: Thinking in C# Release Candidate digital version for just \$5!

This non-printable version of Thinking in C# contains 249 sample programs in almost 1,000 pages and is available for a limited time for just \\(5*. The print version lists for \\)49.99 and the digital version is …

Oh, man, my Googlism is just sad:

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INSERT INTO googlism (ism,alpha,date,type) VALUES ('larry o'brien', 'l', now(), '1')
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Pet Shop Boys: My take on the Pet Shop brouhaha and the truth about .NET vs. J2EE performance.

Palm OS 6 to be based on BeOS and .NET compatible? It's from The Register, so take it with a grain of salt.