XBOX 360 For Pennies a Day!

In 2006, I purchased an XBOX 360 bundle from CostCo for about $550, including the console, a game and two wireless controllers. In April of 2007, my...

Conversing In Italian over the Interweb

Yesterday I got an email from a fellow named Corrado Cavalli to whom I sent a free copy of Programming WPF. When he received it and read through it,...

Here Comes Another Bubble sttto some Billy Joel song…

This is hilarious...

Win a Trip to NYC + WPF Dream Machine with Your WPF Application Stylings!

The nice folks at Lab 49 are throwing a contest for WPF programmers. The goal: take the financial data they provide and build a kick-ass WPF app...

Give Them a Fish or Teach ’em To Fish?

Dvorak asks this about One Laptop Per Child: “Does anyone but me see the OLPC XO-1 as an insulting ‘let them eat cake’ sort of message to the...

Mark Your Calendars! PDC08 Announced

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12 ways to de-commercialize the holidays

From 12 ways to de-commercialize the holidays: Yankee Swap Secret Santa Un-Secret Santa Re-gifting Pool your resources For children only Donate in...

StayAtHomeServer.com!

From Mommy, Why is There a Server in the House?: “When a mommy and a daddy love each other very much, the daddy wants to give the mommy a special...