Monthly Archives: June 2008

50k visits and a gift for you! / 50 mil visitas e um brinde para você!

Posted on June 19, 2008 by awfurtado

  This blog was born less than 10 months ago. As an evolution of my previous, academic-focused TheSpoke blog, FurtaSpace has a broader line: to share personal experiences and thoughts of our Information Technology Era world, with special focus on … Continue reading →

Posted in Computers and Internet | 18 Comments

A typical Microsoft interview question: try it! / Uma pergunta típica de entrevistas para a Microsoft: tente você mesmo!

Posted on June 14, 2008 by awfurtado

  Here you have a typical question that would be asked to you during a Microsoft job interview: "People in a given building are complaining that an elevator (or lift, as you wish) is taking too long to move people … Continue reading →

Posted in Career | 18 Comments

Generating .NET documentation files with Sandcastle / Gerando arquivos de documentação .NET com o Sandcastle

Posted on June 13, 2008 by awfurtado

  Sandcastle is a tool that extracts XML comments from code and generates documentation files. The tool is very flexible, but unfortunately, since it requires some scripting from the end-user, it may not be intuitive for those who simply want … Continue reading →

Posted in Software Engineering | 16 Comments

Testing automatic translation / Testando tradução automática

Posted on June 11, 2008 by awfurtado

  Sometimes machines do far a better job than humans, right? Perhaps translating this blog may be one of these jobs. This is the first post in which I’m using a "robot" called Machine Translation Bot to translate my blog … Continue reading →

Posted in Computers and Internet | 15 Comments

The Pale Blue Dot

Posted on June 7, 2008 by awfurtado

  Please think about this…      Have a nice weekend!   []s — AFurtado The statements or testimonies I offer in this post represent my own personal views.I am speaking for myself and not on behalf of my employer, Microsoft … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal | 5 Comments

Gadgets, ActiveX and x64 machines

Posted on June 7, 2008 by awfurtado

  I created an ActiveX component using C#, adding the ComVisible(true) attribute to the assembly and enabling the "Register for COM Interop" option in the Build tab of the project properties pages.   Then I was trying to make a Sidebar … Continue reading →

Posted in Computers and Internet | 17 Comments

Gyroscopic pool table

Posted on June 5, 2008 by awfurtado

  That’s lovely to see technology working to improve game experience (digital or not). This video shows a pool table, in a cruise, that is always level due to a gyroscope.           []s — AFurtado The … Continue reading →

Posted in Games | 12 Comments

City Rain – Brazilian XNA game and Imagine Cup 2008 finalist

Posted on June 4, 2008 by awfurtado

  City Rain is the XNA game representing Brazil at the Imagine Cup France 2008 world finals, in Paris. City Rain have already won the second place in the 2nd XNA Challenge Brazil, of which I was one of the judges. … Continue reading →

Posted in Games | 18 Comments

Tip of the week: Office Labs Community Clips

Posted on June 3, 2008 by awfurtado

  If you are looking for a free Camtasia-style screen/audio recording solution, you should try the Community Clips, by Office Labs. The installation takes seconds and just after that the tool is displayed as an icon near to the system … Continue reading →

Posted in Computers and Internet | 12 Comments