ICT Enthusiast and photographer.
Hey Computer Science tutors, I’ve just noticed that Academic Connection (part of the The Microsoft UK Academic Team) and DevelopMentor have parterned up to invite you all to join them at the Microsoft Academic Insight Event June 2007, for two days of technical education and discussion, designed to help you better understand and teach Microsoft .NET 3.0 and ASP.NET 2.0. And guess what
Today, the Microsoft Live Labs team is announcing a collaboration with the BBC to launch three dimensional photographic representations of historic sites throughout the UK. The online 3-D viewing experience will be available in conjunction with the BBC’s new series How We Built Britain (http://www.bbc.co.uk/britain) which airs now and runs until mid-July. The time-limited technical trial uses Microsoft’s Photosynth 3D
London’s Cutty Sark, a restored 19th century tea clipper, caught fire during the night and is “100%” ablaze according to the London Fire Brigade. Check out the BBC For the latest info on this breaking news story, including some Amateur footage of the blaze.
To celebrate the UK launch of the new Windows Live Hotmail, the UK’s no 1 email service has announced a unique collaboration with the British Library, to create the first ever archive of British emails today. The ‘Email Britain’ campaign, which will run throughout May, asks the British public to make email history by forwarding a memorable or significant
eBay.com has announced it will support the U.S. leg of the seven-continent, 24-hour Live Earth concerts on July 7, 2007 as the authorized tickets resale provider. eBay is also working with Live Earth’s organizers to produce a series of high-profile charity auctions on eBay.com for autographed concert memorabilia and other items to benefit The Alliance for Climate Protection. Tickets to
Reports of large scale earth tremors in the Deal and Folkestone areas of Kent (UK) at approximately 08:18 local time have been confirmed as an earthquake registering 4.7 in the richter scale. More detailed infomration about the Earthquake can be found here.
Spinal Tap is back, and this time the band wants to help save the world from global warming. The mock heavy metal group immortalized in the 1984 mockumentary, “This Is Spinal Tap,” will reunite for a performance at Wembley Stadium in London as part of the Live Earth concerts scheduled worldwide for July 7. The original members of Spinal Tap
The second day of The Future of Web Design 2007 conference is today and though unfortunately I am not there to enjoy it. My friend Robert Gale is and while there he has been kind enough to send me this photo of a Conference Water Bottle which is advertising Microsoft Water… whoops I mean Microsoft Expression… Got to love Microsoft
This week the UK Windows Live Expo Team are giving away a copy of the wonderful Windows Vista Ultimate in their cool listings competition! All you have to do to get your hands on it is submit a cool listing in line with their criteria. So clear out your unwanted belongings, make some money and be in with the chance of winning
Check out this video from of an Artist named EclecticAsylumArt. Who shows how to end up painting the Mona Lisa using Microsoft paint with a painting time of 2 hours 30 minutes. The whole video plays in under 5 minutes.