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foo as integer, bar as string

Ok, I finally wanted to track down exactly where the whole "foo" / "bar" / "foobar" thing came from - you know those "Secrets" that everybody but you seems to know? Well, this one is finally solved. I did a bit of googling, and found " RFC 3092 - Etymology of 'Foo' ". The mystery has been solved!

Posted to Hilton Giesenow's Jumbled Mind (Weblog) by hiltong on 11-24-2005
Ray Ozzie on SSE - Microsoft's RSS Extensions

I blogged a little while ago about the new RSS support built into Windows Vista, and I got a pointer today to a post on Ray Ozzie's blog discussing the Microsoft RSS extensions in much more detail, including some of its history and how Dave Winer got involved (he's the guy that basically built the RSS...

Posted to Hilton Giesenow's Jumbled Mind (Weblog) by hiltong on 11-22-2005
RSS Built in to Windows Vista?

I was browsing around the WinFX site recently, and I found this interesting article on RSS Support in Longhorn . Basically what it amounts to is that Microsoft is quite literally building RSS-related functions directly into the OS itself. There are 3 key ways that this will occur: 1) "Common RSS...

Posted to Hilton Giesenow's Jumbled Mind (Weblog) by hiltong on 11-14-2005
Some Teched Feedback

Whew, I'm back from a bit of a whirlwind around the Gauteng region. I was "officially" up there for Tech Ed , but I took the opportunity to see the family a bit as well, and run around on a quick tour of some JHB hotspots. It's definitely an interesting city, and I could see myself doing a stint there...

Posted to Hilton Giesenow's Jumbled Mind (Weblog) by hiltong on 10-28-2005
An Interesting Anti-Spam Method

Wow, it's been a very long time since I've posted. There are a whole bunch of reasons for this, but hopefully things are now under control again, and I can start voicing my wonderful opinions to the wierd wide world again (;->). Anyway, for those of us who are tired of cheap software / viagra...

Posted to Hilton Giesenow's Jumbled Mind (Weblog) by hiltong on 10-12-2005
Jarwars

Ok, its cute, check it out .

Posted to Hilton Giesenow's Jumbled Mind (Weblog) by hiltong on 05-31-2005
DevDays Feedback ... Part 1

Wow!! Devdays was absolutely awesome! I'd not seen a lot of the stuff demo'd, and some of it I hadn't even heard about yet, so it was fantastic to see it in operation. Microsoft have put some really, really great tools into the new box. Also, it was great to meet and interact with the guys Microsoft...

Posted to Hilton Giesenow's Jumbled Mind (Weblog) by hiltong on 05-18-2005
Devdays Dinner Changes

(Un)fortunately we're going to have to make some changes to the dinner details. Microsoft says the speakers won't be able to join us because they need to do final prep for the Devdays talks. However, I'm still going to nag a bit more ;-), and we might get a drink or two out of them. Either way, we're...

Posted to Hilton Giesenow's Jumbled Mind (Weblog) by hiltong on 05-11-2005
May DevDays Nerd Dinner

I got confirmation from Ruari last night, and the DevDays speakers will be available for a Dinner on the 16th (the night before the DevDays event). I'm really looking forward to this one, 'cos it will be great to interact with these guys outside of the event itself. It will need to be out at the Lord...

Posted to Hilton Giesenow's Jumbled Mind (Weblog) by hiltong on 05-06-2005
How Star Wars Influenced the World

Wired magazine has an awesome little flash chart that shows some of the amazing ways that the original Star Wars movies have influenced the world .

Posted to Hilton Giesenow's Jumbled Mind (Weblog) by hiltong on 04-29-2005

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