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Sony VAIO P

I got my Toy for the year – YEAH!!! Got the Sony VAIO P w/ 128GB SSD this weekend. This is definitely a sweet looking and working machine. I wanted a netbook size machine mainly for travel purposes. So my main requirements was small size, light weight...

Published 03-05-2009 7:25 PM by Santosh's World » Technology

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What have I been working on?

This is a new product from Microsoft, and we released in this years CES. Go to http://gettag.mobi with the browser of you mobile phone to download the mobile application, and scan or take the picture of the above image with your phone. This application...

Published 01-12-2009 7:13 AM by Santosh's Weblog » Technology

Filed under: Microsoft, Technology, Mobile

Mezer tools

For sometime now I have been using this free tool called Mezer tools for screen capture. The feature I use the most is the ability to capture an arbitrary rectangle. This is extremely useful while sending screen-shots on email to show data from programs...

Published 01-12-2009 6:44 AM by Santosh's Weblog » Technology

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NBC Olympics Coverage on Windows Media Center

I just watched Michael Phelps win the Gold in the 100m butterfly by .01s, followed by Usain Bolt’s incredible 100m and 200m victories. All these events were absolutely amazing, and exactly what a sports and Olympics fan would like to watch and re...

Published 08-22-2008 7:39 PM by Santosh's Weblog » Technology

Filed under: Technology

HTC Touch (Sprint) Mobile Phone ROM Update (Part 0) - WM 6.1, GPS…

Last weekend I updated the ROM of my HTC Touch (Sprint Network) mobile phone. I have been waiting for this ROM upgrade for quite some time. I will break this part of the post into installation, few of the features, and end with my summary. As and when...

Published 07-31-2008 8:15 AM by Santosh's Weblog » Technology

Filed under: Microsoft, Technology, HTC, Mobile

Xbox Live Gold membership for $39.99

Just saw that newegg is selling the Xbox Live Gold 12 Month subscription card for $39.99 (original price $49.99). Definitely something to pick up in case your subscription is running out. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16874103030

Published 07-27-2008 12:33 AM by Santosh's Weblog » Technology

Filed under: Technology, bargain

Design and coding rap

I am currently working on a project to redesign the web platform of my organization at work. I am closely working with a UX and Site Management team for this purpose. I saw the following rap song in YouTube, that is very relevant to what the UX/Site Management...

Published 07-23-2008 2:37 AM by Santosh Balasubramanian's Weblog

Filed under: Technology

Xbox and Netflix integrate

Sweet announcement at E3 - Netflix movies can be streamed on Xbox 360. This feature will make me move away from Blockbuster online, and get a Netflix account. The advantage of sitting at home, and getting access to the Netflix collection of movies that...

Published 07-16-2008 5:55 AM by Santosh Balasubramanian's Weblog

Filed under: Microsoft, Technology

Local Roads Traffic in maps.live.com

(This blog has been moved from previous blog site) I was pleasantly surprised to notice that http://maps.live.com (Live Search Maps provided by Microsoft) shows the traffic alerts in some of the major local roads in Greater Seattle Area. Most of...

Published 04-17-2008 5:55 AM by Santosh Balasubramanian's Weblog

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Video in honor of Ashrith’s first chemo-free month in over a year

Amazing video made by my cousin Meera for my nephew Ashrith. Ashrith was diagnosed with infant acute lymphocytic leukemia last year when he was 10 months old. He went through treatment and chemotherapy at the CHOP (Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia...

Published 04-07-2008 6:08 AM by Santosh Balasubramanian's Weblog

Filed under: Personal

More online information on our repository platform

(This blog has been moved from previous blog site) Demo - Savas Parastatidis (architect of the Microsoft repository platform) created a demo for Open Repositories Challenge 2008 that shows the ability to pull data from two repositories, create...

Published 04-04-2008 5:55 AM by Santosh Balasubramanian's Weblog

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Successful Presentation of the Microsoft Research Output Repository Platform at Open Repositories Conference

(This blog has been moved from previous blog site) <EDITED UpdatedDate=”Apr 4 08″> Slides - http://pubs.or08.ecs.soton.ac.uk/84/1/Research_Output_Repositories_-_Microsoft_Initiatives.pdf </EDITED> The Presentation...

Published 04-02-2008 5:54 AM by Santosh Balasubramanian's Weblog

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Microsoft Research Output Repository Platform Previewed

(This blog has been moved from previous blog site) Project Info - http://savas.parastatidis.name/2008/03/24/19a7fa4a-560d-47b4-bbea-9a22e9824bb8.aspx Microsoft presentation of the Scholarly Communications space and Research Output...

Published 04-02-2008 5:53 AM by Santosh Balasubramanian's Weblog

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My first Vista Gadget

(This blog has been moved from previous blog site) Link to gadget download - here Well finally I got around to playing with creating Vista Gadgets, and my first try was a gadget to search the Microsoft Research Web site. I personally like the concept...

Published 04-25-2007 5:52 AM by Santosh Balasubramanian's Weblog

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Thoughts on building online communities - LibraryThing

(This blog has been moved from previous blog site) ‘Build an information site around the community, and not the community around the site.’ The internet is a common meeting ground of communities, and in this world of communities...

Published 03-22-2007 5:51 AM by Santosh Balasubramanian's Weblog

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Sony VAIO P

What have I been working on?

Mezer tools

NBC Olympics Coverage on Windows Media Center

HTC Touch (Sprint) Mobile Phone ROM Update (Part 0) - WM 6.1, GPS…

Xbox Live Gold membership for $39.99

Design and coding rap

Xbox and Netflix integrate

Local Roads Traffic in maps.live.com

Video in honor of Ashrith’s first chemo-free month in over a year

More online information on our repository platform

Successful Presentation of the Microsoft Research Output Repository Platform at Open Repositories Conference

Microsoft Research Output Repository Platform Previewed

My first Vista Gadget

Thoughts on building online communities - LibraryThing