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Switch #2: From PSP to DS

When I got my PSP the DS was the ugly step-child with a limited selection of games and sub-par graphics.  The PSP was sexy, played videos, had better graphics, and a gorgeous screen.

Commentary on Recently Shared Items

Dare has a great overview of the SimpleDB services.  Although there are some downsides to the service it certainly was the next logical step for Amazon in this space.  I can’t help but wonder where MSFT is in this game.  That and if Penton will have to make this the next data provider for Graffiti? 🙂

I’ve switched

No, not that switch yet, although seeing ScottW get a 5.1 on the Vista experience score on his Macbook Pro sure makes it tempting.

Not from the Facebook Conference, but… Penny Arcade! – Facebookery

Still funny.

To all my peeps playing scrabulous

Just another advantage of virtual scrabble to the real thing for all the haters out there.

Rich Text Editor Control on Codeplex

I was pushing for this release when I was at Microsoft and while I can’t explain what took so long I’m just happy that the code has finally been released.  Building a Rich Text Editor control is not for the faint of heart, but now you have a starting point on Codeplex if you’d like to build your own.  BTW – This is currently being used on the MSDN Forums. 🙂

A Great Sell, Sox Opening Letter to Schilling in 2003

It’s pretty cool to have someone as outspoken and transparent as Curt Schilling blogging about his baseball accomplishments. For me his blog has been inspirational and educational when it comes to my hobby of playing baseball. 

Alpha Release: Windows Live Writer Feed Insert Plugin

I’ve published an alpha release of a Windows Live Writer plugin that makes it easy to pull multiple RSS or Atom feed items into a blog post.  Let me know what you think.

They advertise the hell out of scrabble

But do they do it right?

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