Browse by Tags

All Tags » blogging general » thoughts (RSS)
Asus R50A UMPC review
So, I got new branded Asus R50A UMPC for test. This ultra mobile machine with 5.6" WSVGA (1024x768) screen, based on Intel US15W chipset, comes with Intel Atom Z520 (1.33 Ghz, 533Mhz) processor, 1Gb of RAM and 20GB SSD. Also it has 3.5G mobile unit...
Posted 13 November 2008 01:26 PM by tamirk | with no comments
Filed under: , , , , , , , ,
Reliable internet of 012 golden lines
I understand, when I have internet access problems in hotels, airports and other public places. I even understand, when public WiFi along eThekwini shores in KwaZulu works slow. However, I cannot understand, why 012 golden lines (together with Internet...
Posted 19 September 2008 12:27 PM by tamirk | with no comments
Filed under: ,
Hug a developer
Absolutely incredible video about everyday pain of us, developers... from Jackie via The Blomsma Code x-posted from http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/tamir
Posted 29 August 2008 08:14 AM by tamirk | with no comments
Filed under: ,
Good challenge for good developers
Just saw simple challenge to hire good developer in Roy's blog and got inspired of it. Now I want good developers too, so here my challenge: Send your CV to the following email address and you are in: x124; x225; x179; x114; x209; x12; x127; x237;...
Posted 24 August 2008 12:45 PM by tamirk | with no comments
Filed under: , , ,
I'm leaving consulting field - joined new project for full time
Dear readers, I leaved mPrest , the company, I worked for last 5 years and joined the project, that aspires to make the World better. Currently, I cannot disclosure too much, but briefly, I will not consult and manage client's projects anymore. This...
Posted 19 August 2008 02:28 PM by tamirk | with no comments
Filed under: , , ,
Tech*Ed SA is over – thank you
So, Tech*Ed South Africa is over, and I want to tell thanks to all attendees - presenters and visitors. The event was great as well as the organization.  As usual, my Visual Studio just stopped working between sessions yesterday, so I had to reinstall...
Posted 06 August 2008 05:54 AM by tamirk | with no comments
Filed under: , , , ,
Choosing new notebook
Hi, Community Brain. It’s time for me to change my old good Dell Latitude D820 . I need performant machine and following the results of my findings. It’s really important for me to know your opinion about those choices. Also, if you have additional choices...
Posted 22 July 2008 04:07 PM by tamirk | with no comments
Filed under: , , , ,
The Original Tetris on Windows Vista
For last days I’m very busy with Bidi support for Silverlight development . Working a lot of hours in order to finish it until TechEd . So, I’m very tired and need relaxation. What can be better, then Tetris? But, there are millions of Tetrises. What...
Posted 13 July 2008 10:12 PM by tamirk | with no comments
Filed under: , , , , ,
The truth about HTC has been revealed!
HTC is underground factory, that manufacturing cat eater cyborgs ( Cats? Why Cats? Don’t you know, what PDA is? It’s P ussy D efended A sset. Other words male mouser ). Especially, those cyborgs eat cats is disguise of Mobile Phones. Where HTC located...
Posted 18 June 2008 03:55 PM by tamirk | with no comments
Filed under: , , ,
Phone history or why I throw my Tytn II
I decided to throw out my HTC TYTN II (Actually AT&T Tilt) and get old Nokia E61 back. Why I’m doing it? Tytn is much better, then old Nokia? It’s 3.75G/HSUPA mobile phone, running latest Windows Mobile 6.1 OS. It also has full QUERTY keyboard, 2...
Posted 12 June 2008 08:44 PM by tamirk | 1 comment(s)
Filed under: , , , , , ,
Microsoft future healthcare vision – boom, biga boom UX troubles…
About a week ago, Microsoft healthcare division put a lot of money into their future vision. The results are: cool SF promo, real big UX troubles. Let’s try to understand why Fellow young pre-diabetic girl runs somewhere in wide, while big physiologist...
Posted 07 June 2008 07:44 PM by tamirk | 1 comment(s)
Filed under: , , , ,
Action required: Smart client users group
Recently I browsed INETA to seek for some group and was really surprising. There is no Smart Client user group registered there. Maybe there is a reason? Let’s understand what Smart Client is? According wikipedia , the term "Smart Client" is...
Posted 22 May 2008 09:44 PM by tamirk | 175 comment(s)
Filed under: , , , , , , , , , , , ,
New Microsoft R&D center in Israel
Just come back from new Microsoft R&D center house warming. Got some photos and  (how not?) some comments. Steve Ballmer (CEO of Microsoft), Shimon Peres (the President of Israel), Moshe Lichtman (local R&D center corporate VP) and Danny...
Posted 21 May 2008 06:31 PM by tamirk | with no comments
Filed under: , ,
Gas Price Windows Vista SideBar gadget – new version is available for download
This post is dedicated to some people in Microsoft and it’s subsidiaries. It begun about year ago, when I developed Gas Price information gadget (do not download it there). Before I started, I sent some personal email to those in MSN, who maintains it...
Posted 16 May 2008 08:56 PM by tamirk | with no comments
Filed under: , , , , , , ,
Page view counter