So, if all goes well this post should show up on JohnArmitage.net AND my Live Spaces account.  All tests seemed to work, this will be the final production test. 

From here on out you will see the same blog content on both sites.  I started looking at syncing up my MySpace page as well, but that quickly proved to be way too much of a hassle.  Plus since MySpace seems to be more of a place for perverts and 13 year old girls, I don't know that I care that much.

A week late, but Microsoft has finally come out with the first contest in Dream Build Play.  The Challenge is to create a game based on the Spacewar Starter Kit.  Use the codebase, content or both.  They also mention that you can use the Torque X tools.  Very nice....  I already have my ideas, do you?

Games must be submitted between February 21st - 28th.

Go read at Dream Build Play to find out more.

Microsoft released the .NET Micro Framework 2.0 the other day.  This is pretty cool technology with a lot of possibilities.  I find it hard to play around with it too much though because I don't really have any hardware that will let me deploy applications to it.  It would be neat if there was a way to write stuff that could run on my watch and load it up on there.

One really cool application that I've seen (in this video) is somebody setting the temp in their house via their cell phone while on their way home.  It would be sweet to set up that kind of automation and remote control, as far as lights and thermostat and other things in your house.  Leviton has a lot of home automation technology.  It looks like some of it is .NET Micro related too.  Haven't followed up any more as of yet to see how pricey or hackable the products are though.