Show Us Your Tech

In this edition of Show Us Your Tech, Scott Hanselman - a guy who works out of his home office - shows us his Geek Developer Crib with Rory Blyth on the glass and Chris Sells on the open mic. Scott takes us on a tour of his OCD wiring, Windows Home Server, Xboxen, and personal…

Microsoft employees are often as passionate about their hobbies as they are with their work. Salvador Patuel is an ADM out of our UK office during the day, but he's a hobbiest commercial airline pilot at night. Salvador loves flying so much he decided to build an elaborate controller to make…

Carl Greninger works in Microsoft IT Operations as a PM. Carl is also the closest I've met to a real life "Doc Brown". He even has his own version of a Mr. Fusion, except his really works. Carl spent about a year along with a group of 13-17 year old students building his own nuclear…

If there were a special geek merit badge for those whose desktop PC has the word "CRAY" across the front, Wenming Ye would have plenty of them. Wenming works just down the hallway from us on Channel 9 exploring the possibilities of HPC (High Performance Computing). I wanted Niners to meet…

This year at CHI 2011, Bill Buxton was invited to display his personal collection of gadgets. These include a wide variety of things, from toys like the Skedoodle and the Power Glove to Chord Keyboards and UMPC's. The collection represents 35 years of Bill looking at devices with his…

Jeff Sandquist is leading us in a new feature that looks at the technology that power users have at home. This isn't about who has the most gadgets, it's about what electronics make your life easier and more enjoyable. We are starting with a look at Microsoft employees. We're just like you, with…

If you watched the Mix 11 keynote, you probably saw Coding4Fun's mad scientist Clint Rutkas driving around in his Kinect-powered, gestured-controlled recliner. In this Show Us Your Tech I talked to Clint in the middle of building it and again after the keynote. Clint shows us inside the…

Last week I got a chance to attend The Garage Science Fair at the 2011 Hardware Summit. The Garage at Microsoft is a place for employees to collaborate on interesting side-projects and share knowledge. A few times a year they put on Science Fairs where employees can show their creations to the rest…

Bob Muglia is Senior Vice President of the Server and Tools Business (STB) at Microsoft.  He joined Microsoft in 1988 and has been a leader in shaping the company’s business and technology strategy. He’s a believer in hands-on experiences, and he recently opened up his home to Channel 10 to…

Dan Penn is serious about his Christmas lights, each year he sets up thousands of lights synchronized to music broadcast over FM at his house. This year it is bigger than ever with over 16,000 lights and a Silverlight site to track the statistics. We caught up with Dan (a little late due to a…