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NBC Olympics Coverage on Windows Media Center

Santosh's Weblog » Technology — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:39:40 GMT

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...(read more)

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

Santosh's Weblog » Technology — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:15:54 GMT

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...(read more)

Xbox Live Gold membership for $39.99

Santosh's Weblog » Technology — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 04:33:08 GMT

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...(read more)

Design and coding rap

Santosh Balasubramanian's Weblog — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:37:25 GMT

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...(read more)

Xbox and Netflix integrate

Santosh Balasubramanian's Weblog — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:55:31 GMT

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...(read more)

Local Roads Traffic in maps.live.com

Santosh Balasubramanian's Weblog — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:55:50 GMT

(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...(read more)

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

Santosh Balasubramanian's Weblog — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:08:58 GMT

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...(read more)

More online information on our repository platform

Santosh Balasubramanian's Weblog — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:55:25 GMT

(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...(read more)

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

Santosh Balasubramanian's Weblog — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:54:48 GMT

(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...(read more)

Microsoft Research Output Repository Platform Previewed

Santosh Balasubramanian's Weblog — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:53:29 GMT

(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...(read more)

My first Vista Gadget

Santosh Balasubramanian's Weblog — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:52:22 GMT

(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...(read more)

Thoughts on building online communities - LibraryThing

Santosh Balasubramanian's Weblog — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 09:51:32 GMT

(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...(read more)