Channel 9 - Discussions by Ian http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 - Discussions by Ian http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Ian/Discussions Channel 9 keeps you up to date with the latest news and behind the scenes info from Microsoft that developers love to keep up with. From LINQ to SilverLight – Watch videos and hear about all the cool technologies coming and the people behind them. http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Ian/Discussions en Sat, 25 May 2013 06:34:47 GMT Sat, 25 May 2013 06:34:47 GMT Rev9 0 0 0 Coffeehouse - What's Channel 9 at 9? @Ian2:Oh wait, they were pretty bad even back then ....

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Whats-Channel-9-at-9/f29f5d6c9ad648d8a0bea17600ae74d5#f29f5d6c9ad648d8a0bea17600ae74d5 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 10:35:10 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Whats-Channel-9-at-9/f29f5d6c9ad648d8a0bea17600ae74d5#f29f5d6c9ad648d8a0bea17600ae74d5 Ian 26 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Ian/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Vari-focal "progresive" lenses So sure eniugh when I hit 40 my eyes started to go and after boucing around with a few of the "off the shelf" reading glasses I eventually settled on my own prescription based pair.

So here is the story, I ordered some aditional reading glasses from one of  these companies based 'somewhere else on the planet' and received an additional pair of reading glasses.  Great! 

After I trod on my spare pair and ordered a replacement from the same company I was surprised when they came back and apeared blurry.  Bit of a revelation when I looked up though as objects that I had previously thought were sharp were now 'pin sharp'  (I had ordered long distance instead of reading lenses by mistake)

So (don't worry I am getting there) this was all fine for a while and I even occasionally pick up the long sighted pair for watching HD films.

Then I got a new laptop that supported 'Intel WIDI' and proceeded to set up a shared monitor between my laptop and TV on the other side of the room.

All worked well and for a while I sat there with my reading glasses perched on the end of my nose such that when I looked at my laptop I could see eveything in focus, and when I looked up I could see everything on the TV (albeit sharp but not 'pin sharp')

So I decided to try varifocals and they arrived this morning.

I have to say they are a bit of a let down - I guess I was expecting a miracle but what you actually get with these lenses is a fairly small "sweet spot"  This guy explains it better.

So I guess I will endevour to persevere for a while.

Anyone else have any experience of this process?

 

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/What-is-Live-ID/a21524442f894f59aac89efc0120b09a#a21524442f894f59aac89efc0120b09a Wed, 08 Jun 2011 17:31:05 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/What-is-Live-ID/a21524442f894f59aac89efc0120b09a#a21524442f894f59aac89efc0120b09a Ian 8 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Ian/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - First post on Channel9 @CKurt :I recall battling it out for about a week, then I gave up and created a new liveID that didn't have an email address as the username - Needless to say I don't use this old live ID any more (except today of course!)

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Scary-Stuff-/15d116f0eb3b42c291359e9a00f0f551#15d116f0eb3b42c291359e9a00f0f551 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 14:37:18 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Scary-Stuff-/15d116f0eb3b42c291359e9a00f0f551#15d116f0eb3b42c291359e9a00f0f551 Ian 5 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Ian/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - First post on Channel9 http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/20140-Microsoft-Retail-Hospitality-Developers-Conference-Fall-2004

 

I don't think I made it to that conference but can't remember why not.

 

And Ha! My old niner account works* - guess I should be Ian instead of Ian2 - but that is one hec of a scary photo - Does anyone know if I can switch 'Ian2' to 'Ian' and keep the same liveID?

 

 

*For a while you couldn't use a third party email address for a live ID and I got locked out of CH9 hence Ian2

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Are you ready for the PDC?

It’s no secret that the nature of software development is radically changing. Come to PDC2008 to experience Microsoft’s vision for cloud computing and building applications that seamlessly bridge the gaps between PC, Web, and phone, and be the first to see the full range of advances in Windows 7, the next major version of the Windows client operating system.


Keynote presentations by

It’s no secret that the nature of software development is radically changing. Come to PDC2008 to experience Microsoft’s vision for cloud computing and building applications that seamlessly bridge the gaps between PC, Web, and phone, and be the first to see the full range of advances in Windows 7, the next major version of the Windows client operating system.



I Am using IE6 6.0.3790.3959 (SP2) - Its a corporate machine. Looks fine in IE7.

(Would love to go by the way)

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AndyC wrote:
Try right-clicking setup.exe and see if Vista has somehow managed to turn on any of the compatability options. It certainly should work without doing anything as I installed it on Vista the other day!


I'll try that next.  I have 4GB so I am just giving it a go under OSX using Parallels (using the same VISTA boot partition)

OK Results are the same:

* Under Paralells I got the same error
* Checked the properties of setup.exe and the compatibility options are grayed out (ie no selection has been made).

I am running from an ISO downloaded from MSDN.  Next step I will burn to a DVD and try again ( though I expect that this is some sort of a BootCamp issue?)


Great suggestions, keep em coming!

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AndyC wrote:
Have you got SP1 RC1 installed on Vista, by any chance?


No just plain old VISTA Ultimate (with all the relevant windows updates applied)

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"Setup has detected that this computer does not meet the requirements ....

Then under "software and requirement prerequisites":

Windows XP service Pack 2 Update Information

You must install this service pack to complete installation ....

Is anyone at MS aware of this issue? is there a workaround under VISTA? What setting is the setup checking that it is returning XP?(Needless to say that I don't want to try and install XP SP2 under VISTA!)

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/259630-VS2008-Install-under-bootcamp/259630#259630 Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:36:13 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/259630-VS2008-Install-under-bootcamp/259630#259630 Ian 9 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Ian/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - What do you hate the most about software development? The strangulation of technical creativity ....

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/259587-What-do-you-hate-the-most-about-software-development/00879f26ccce4968b6629df9009ac5ff#00879f26ccce4968b6629df9009ac5ff Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22:19:22 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/259587-What-do-you-hate-the-most-about-software-development/00879f26ccce4968b6629df9009ac5ff#00879f26ccce4968b6629df9009ac5ff Ian 31 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Ian/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Save the date: PDC 2008!!!
HumanCompiler wrote:

ScanIAm wrote:

jsampsonPC wrote:
I wish some of these cool friggin' conferences would come over to my side of the US. Living in Tennessee sucks


Agreed, but the ticket won't be that expensive if you get it now.  I wish they would do some of this stuff in, say, Miami or Orlando...


I believe PDC 2000 was in Orlando.





I was kind of hoping that they might alternate between Orlando and LA for the PDCs but I guess this was a one offf...

A few more pics here if anyone is interested (yes, I do have these in 3D, how could I call myself a self respecting geek and not?)

http://rd3d2.spaces.live.com/photos/cns!E8560F926A112380!18269/

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jamie wrote:
PIC!?


Some random Channel 9 guy ....



Blowdart: I took this one on my trip over in July (the one where Charles gave me the 9guys that you through out at Reading at SQLBits (Hmmm, was it SQLBits or WebDD?).

I reckon the guy on the left is the true ¨Random Channel 9 guy¨ - anyone know who that is?

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How about a poll of 9ers along the lines of:

Do you have an iPhone?

Yes
No
No intention of purchasing
Havn't got round to purchasing yet
On my Christmas list


Anyone else curious?

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/258695-iPhones/258695#258695 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 19:23:53 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/258695-iPhones/258695#258695 Ian 31 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Ian/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Microsoft "OSLO" Having a great time at the SOA conference in Redmond this week (as only a geek can)  Big news from the keynote this morning was OSLO - more information here:

http://rd3d2.spaces.live.com/

or the more official version here:

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/events/soa-bpm/materials.mspx

Interestingly, having largely abandoned UML and Rational, Microsoft is embracing the concepts behind these with this new strategy.  BPEL was mentioned alongside a modeling language capable of handling SOA concepts and feeding into a new execution engine  - a future version of Biztalk!

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Any other 9ers attending and fancy meeting up for lunch oe day this week?



Ian

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Darbacour wrote:


Honestly it sounds VERY nice

How compatible is it with a top of the line gaming rig that enjoys Aero-glass an the many benefits of Vista?

How about Enterprise level rigs... does it work with tose with NO modification?



I believe that it is only supposed to run on Mac hardware (though it looks like some hacks are already available I'm not sure that I would want to use a 'Non Mac' in earnest) ..

http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-hacked-for-intel-pc-consumption/

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Having got over most of the 'how the bloody hell do you do this on a Mac' type questions I find that maybe once in every half dozen of so times I switch on the machine I boot into OSX . If all I am doing is playing or checking emails/browsing the web then its fine, if I want to delve a little deeper I might run VISTA in 'parallels conformance' mode, of course if I want to do anything with muscle (dev wise) then I have to boot back into VISTA. 
Incidentally, one of the cool things about Parallels (VM) is that it can run the cold boot VISTA Partition as an OSX Virtual Machine, (ie any changes made while runiing VISTA in OSX are still there when I cold boot back into Vista).

My nephew is now not not talking to me as he thinks I have turned into an Apple fanboy, damn, I quite fancy one of those "Touch" things as well ...

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figuerres wrote:
so who was hired? or is this still in-process ??


Not suggesting for a second that I had a chance but I bottled it in the end ...

Sent Jeff an email within a few minutes of seeing the cross post on Channel9, started planning my video 'sell' (I was going to interview one my colleagues who specialises in Microsoft development).   Had a chat with my wife about it (she has just started a new role herself so timing not great). 
So why did I bottle out?
Well generally I am a great believer in keeping options open and by rights I should have applied just to see what happens.  But in the end a few factors disuaded me, chief of which is probably knowing myself well enough to know that in spite of my enthusiasm I am not one of those guys with 'hidden' evangelist traits.   Also,  I 'secretly'  filmed myself asking myself some questions* and wasn't impressed with what I saw.  Lasty of all for the most part I pretty much love my role as a solutions architect/developer/geek and if it ain''t broke ...


Any other niners care to share their story?


* Don't forget that a little wierdness is a part of being a geek.

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JKelley wrote:

Also another great opportunity for a Niner lunch or dinner!


Yeah! Count me in, who else can we marshall?

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http://www.mssoaandbpconference.com/


Great opportunity to consolidate knowledge on BizTalk (ie SP2) and WCF. 

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/258467-Booking-for-UK-DDD6-Saturday-Nov-24th-is-now-open/cadb7f7cd3da42f4a1459deb0021453c#cadb7f7cd3da42f4a1459deb0021453c Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:47:26 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/258467-Booking-for-UK-DDD6-Saturday-Nov-24th-is-now-open/cadb7f7cd3da42f4a1459deb0021453c#cadb7f7cd3da42f4a1459deb0021453c Ian 15 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Ian/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Some random guy gave me c9 guys yesterday
blowdart wrote:

Ian wrote:


What was great was the excitement you showed when I gave you those guys!


Oh my! It was you? heh.


Yes, sorry I had no idea that you were "Blowdart" otherwise I would have introduced myself propelry.

Nice video BTW - I think I had disapeared by this stage (in an attempt to win myself an XBOX 360 - I failed).

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I've been gradually depleting my stocks since I was over in June :

http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=317560#317560). 

I asked Charles for a nine guy when I was over - we met up for lunch and I left with a big bag full of the little criitters.  I have a few left which I will keep bringing to dev events in the UK (hopefully DDD next month if I manage to get myself invited).

BTW Thanks to all the organisers of the SQLBits event -it was a great day!



Ian

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