On The Dark Side

I'm not administrator, but sometimes I just have to.
So here is a solution for very ugly problem.

WCF hosted by IIS 6 on Windows Server 2003 don't work, even after installing / reinstalling.
The problem is solved by:

1.Go to Run. type 'inetmgr'. this will open a Internet Information Services.

2.Under websites. go to default web site and select properties.

3.Under Home Directory Tab,Select Configuration, which will show you the Application Configuration.

4.Under Application Configuration,Under Mappings Tab,please check wether you can see an extension with '.svc'.

5. if it is not there please add an extension named as .svc and with the Executable in %WIN%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\aspnet_isapi.dll

6.reset your IIS by typing 'iisreset' in the run menu.

7. Run your application again.

This is copy from unknown web Hero :)
Thank you Pratap.BVNP :)

Windows Media PVR

PVR using windows media is very possible and working in production.

It can be server side, client side, with or without DRM, from few hours to few months of time shift pause.

And it works like a charm.

Jerislav

3D Photosynth

Microsoft has publicly released Photosynth, a way of combining conventional images to create 3D scenes. After you upload a set of images, the software analyzes each for similarities to the others, and then it uses this data to build a model of where the photos were taken. A viewer can then browse through the final photograph, navigating smoothly and zooming in tiny details.

What's the idea?

Humans are able to perceive depth by instinctively calculating the effect on perspective of the offset between their eyes. Conventional digital cameras, with a single viewpoint on the world, cannot do this. Photosynth identifies common features in multiple photographs and uses them to work out how the images relate to one another. It then uses this information to build up a 3D map of how the features in the image, and the positions of the cameras that took them, relate to one another.

The software can combine images shot with the creation of 'Synths' in mind or by mixing images taken at different times, dates and resolutions.

It is the first use of Microsoft's much-hyped and rather astonishingly-named 'Seadragon' technology. The accompanying Photosynth blog provides some of the background. The team has provided video and pdf instructions for creating your own 'Synths,' including a guide to subjects and photographs that will be considered 'Synthy' and those considered 'Not Synthy.' (It turns out that Venice is considered distinctive and feature-full enough to be Synthy, while the Seattle Public Library remains stubbornly resistant to Synthing).

http://photosynth.net/
(article from DPreview.com)

End of summer time...

With one sailing pic...