technology

Does or will Microsoft.MSXML support XSLT 2.0? No. Check out the System.xml framework

This straight from MSDN:

Will MSXML support XSLT 2.0?

No. MSXML versions 4.0 and later fully implement and support XSL Transformations (XSLT) Version 1.0 (W3C Recommendation 16 November 1999). If your XML application requires a later version of XSLT, Microsoft strongly recommends moving to the newer System.Xml framework classes, because all future XML development efforts will be focused there.

MSXML here refers to all versions of MSXML in IE as the latest version when invoked with something like:

ScanLife: Barcodes for everyday cell phone linking!

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I was blown away by the simplicity of ScanLife.com. Create a free, personal account, download the software, and you can make your own clicky little barcodes, too!

I guess the social networking enthusiast might plaster his neighborhood with wall-sized printouts of these and some secret message.. I wonder what you could come up with?

Web PrintSmart 2.0 - printing entire or only snippets in one print spool / queue / job

I was stuck with the dilemma of printing out an entire website for complete overview review, but I didn't want to waste a Lot of paper (only a little). A coworker found a helpful blogpost to get me part of the way, and a comment within gave me the real answer: Web PrintSmart 2.0: HP IE plugin to print an entire or select snippets of an entire website (or web browsing session) in a single print job. In effect, it allows you to queue up small screen shot clips and then print only the ones you choose all from one convenient interface!

Color shemes/templates used in various professional industries

I stumbled across a great article describing web site color schemes used in a couple industries (real estate and health care).

Each article lists down the page a link to a major website within the given category and two color blocks representing the palette/layout of each unique page in the site referenced:

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/category/color/

Cell phone and GPS data used to create real-time maps of activity in Rome, Italy

Check out:
http://www.cio.com/archive/110106/tl_rome.html
talking about this story on cell phone data used in real-time mapping to learn about how overlay maps like:

 
 Madonna Concert

 Madonna Concert
were created in real-time using anonymous cell phone and gps data. Cool stuff!