The Web Is a Customer Service Medium (Ftrain.com)
A good article holding that "Why wasn't I consulted?" is the fundamental mindset on the Web: The Web Is a Customer Service Medium (Ftrain.com).
more ...Is C3 the Secret Sauce for Windows 8 Programming?
This MSR paper describes an HTML/CSS/JS platform that seems to tie in with Microsoft's recent conspicuously-not-mentioning-.NET talk of Windows 8. This paper is still in a conference proceedings, so it wouldn't seem on the verge of productization, but there are so many questions raised by Microsoft's recent …
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Microsoft's Intriguing Code Bubbles Projects Becomes Debugging Tool
I haven't used this, but I talked briefly with the Code Bubbles developers about 18 months ago and thought that debugging would be the perfect fit. Seems like someone at MSR agreed:
Debugger Canvas - Microsoft Research.
more ...Good environmental news: First Hawaiian "golden gooney" chick to fly soon
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Raising Islands--Hawai'i science and environment: First Hawaiian "golden gooney" chick to fly soon.
How often do you get good environmental news?
I'm a bird geek. Or actually more of a romantic -- I shed a tear when I …
more ...Things I Learned From New Scientist This Week
Clever
Robot with corkscrew legs travels over rough terrain
Australia is considering a plan to make all cigarette packaging generic -- no branding or design on the cigarettes or packages, just the name in a generic font. The cigarette companies are freaking out, obviously.
Interesting
A study seems to show "we …
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WW2 Sub Ballasted With Gold
HMS Friday – The Most Valuable Ballast : The Scuttlefish.
I wonder if Neil Stephenson's Cryptonomicon was partially influenced by this true story...
more ...MSR Paper on 10x Pose Recognition Alg (Kinect)
Real-Time Human Pose Recognition in Parts from a Single Depth Image - Microsoft Research.
Whether this is in the Kinect software API being released imminently, it's not clear, but it will certainly become available over time, presumably giving 2012-era Kinect games higher-quality recognition
more ...Configuring Google +1 Button With Word Press and Bad Behavior Plugin
The very valuable Bad Behavior plugin for WordPress causes conflicts with Google's recently introduced +1 button. The fix is very simple.
Symptoms: When you attempt to "+1" on a Word Press site that is using the Bad Behavior plugin, the +1 icon appears for a few seconds and then is …
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