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Channel9 video interview on Windows Home Server

February 5, 2020January 8, 2007 by tig

My Channel 9 interview video just went live. Please don’t tease me about how often I say “um”. http://channel9.msdn.com/showpost.aspx?postid=270965

Stop Digital Amnesia SWAG

February 5, 2020January 8, 2007 by tig

Stop Digital Amnesia SWAG Originally uploaded by ckindel. Have you checked out www.stopdigitalamnesia.com yet? I know in my first post I had a typo in the URL (thanks Mark for fixing it remotely for me!).My marketing … Read more

HP MediaSmart pic

February 5, 2020January 8, 2007 by tig

DSCN0235 Originally uploaded by ckindel. Here’s a pic I took this morning in the Microsoft booth at CES of the Windows Home Server powered HP MediaSmart device.I put my latte next to it so you might … Read more

Amazing Response

February 5, 2020January 8, 2007 by tig

My inbox is overflowing with messages from people congratualating my team, asking questionsm, and pointng me at all the great press we’ve been getting. I awoke this morning over a hundred emails directly to me and my … Read more

Windows Home Server

February 5, 2020January 8, 2007 by tig

Windows Home Server prototype Originally uploaded by ckindel. I am writing this from the Windows Home Server blogger’s lounge in the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas. Bill Gates just finished up his CES 2007 keynote where … Read more

Devs on my team must know INTERCAL

February 5, 2020January 3, 2007 by tig

Jim Lyon co-authored the INTERCAL programming language. He’s a dev on my team. We decided that all devs must know this language in order to write code on my project. You should learn it too.

Stop Digital Amnesia?

February 5, 2020December 24, 2006 by tig

Noticed a banner ad on cnet.com that clicked through to this site www.stopdigitalamnesia.com (Stop Digital Amnesia). Hmmm… Yet another Microsoft viral-teaser site. Something big will be announced on 1/7 at CES… Reminds me of Furry Goat’s post about … Read more

Furrygoat discovers the RAID rebuild

February 5, 2020July 5, 2005 by tig

Poor Steve (Mr. Furrygoat). Like many geeks out there he bought a RAID5 system thinking it was a silver bullet providing massive reliable storage for all his precious data (precious to him, due to the time … Read more

MCE Controller v1.1 Released – and now open source

February 5, 2020May 12, 2005 by tig

I built MCE Controller as something that would be useful for my own home. I had minor aspirations of making it do more than it does, but the reality is that I don’t really have the … Read more

Do you have a NAS at home?

February 5, 2020May 4, 2005 by tig

A bunch of us were sitting around arguing about why people are buying these inexpensive NAS (Network Attached Storage) boxes. Then we started arguing about who was buying them. I’ve poured over all the market research I … Read more

MCE Controller 1.0.4 Released

February 5, 2020February 27, 2005 by tig

I’ve released an update to MCE Controller that fixes a bug where it would prevent Windows logoff and shutdown. Head over to http://www.kindel.com/products/mcecontroller to download it. MCE Controller allows the Media Center application of Windows Media … Read more

Steve coins a new phrase: DVR Clog

February 5, 2020February 24, 2005 by tig

In The Furrygoat Experience: DVR Clog Steve coins a new term that I like: “DVR Clog”. I love it! DVR Clog. The state of affairs when your digital video recorder is full of shows you want to … Read more

Chris Gray – Building your own home server

February 5, 2020February 24, 2005 by tig

Chris talks about his home server on Channel9. “Let’s go to my white board…here’s a diagram of my home network…” He’s actually a pretty good artist. And I thought he was just a great developer. Chris’ … Read more

Great Windows Media Center videos

February 5, 2020February 24, 2005 by tig

Check out these great Channel9 videos on Windows XP Media Center Edition (MCE). If you’ve ever wondered what all the fuss over MCE is watch John Canning and Charlie Owen expose it all. Media Center exposed, … Read more

Blobservations: Windows Server, Home Edition

February 5, 2020January 24, 2005 by tig

Rick Hallihan presents a really nice vision of what a Windows based home server would look like in Blobservations: Windows Server, Home Edition. At my house I use Windows Server 2003 to manage all of my … Read more

Bluetooth GPS, Smartphone, Channel9, Oh My!

February 5, 2020December 13, 2004 by tig

Channel9 has posted a wicked-cool video of Alex Kipman demoning using Visual Studio to write slick SmartPhone app that talks to both the GPS and MapPoint via a web-service. Who says Microsoft can’t innovate? What other … Read more

My team

February 5, 2020November 20, 2004 by tig

Chris Gray on my team is playing with IIS at home. He’s got a little moblog app that automatically takes pics from his PocketPC phone and uploads them. This pic was taken right before we had … Read more

Crazy expensive home server

February 5, 2020November 18, 2004 by tig

Sheesh. I thought Linux devices were supposed to be cheaper… Engadget writes about the Niveus A/V Storage Server which is basically just a Linux based NAS box with 1TB of RAID 5 storage in it. I … Read more

Killer home server deal

February 5, 2020November 18, 2004 by tig

Slickdeals.com is showing that you can now get a DELL PowerEdge SC420 P4-2.8GHz, 80GB system for $289+tax w/free shipping. These SC series machines from DELL make great home servers. They are plenty powerful, expandable, and amazingly very … Read more

A File Server…in Your Living Room?

February 5, 2020November 15, 2004 by tig

Via BusinessWeek a good article on home servers: That’s right, with most homes nowadays having multiple computers and lots of files to share, these new low-cost devices can do wonders Want to watch movies, control your stereo’s … Read more