by Bruce | Nov 30, 2007 | Things that inspire me
I wont spend much time rehashing this because Chris does a great job of it in his post, but there is a Add-in for Word 2007 that does much more than just equation editing. And you thought “spell check” was cool – now there is “math...
by Bruce | Nov 30, 2007 | Things that make me think
I like to stay generally positive about things here, but sometimes a news item or discussion just gets the better of me. <rant on> From today’s Grand Rapids Press: Survey: Few believe a good education is necessary GRAND RAPIDS — Michigan’s...
by Bruce | Nov 29, 2007 | General
Thanks to Chris for the heads-up on the $50 (after rebate) “cyber-Monday” memory deal at NewEgg – arrives on Thursday, can’t beat that. 2 2Gb sticks brings me to 6Gb. It is strange how much pressure I feel now having a system I could only...
by Bruce | Nov 29, 2007 | Development
Today’s post from ScottGu contains some really good news. Rather than “just adding” .Net development capabilities to Silverlight 1.0 and calling it “1.1” they are giving people just about everything they were asking for (i.e. was missing...
by Bruce | Nov 27, 2007 | Tech Trends, Things that make me think
Sometimes a picture does say 1000 words. This outlines the problem many American schools had with $1000 laptops – could easily be the same thing with “$100” laptops. The problem with education isn’t a lack of technology, or even a...