Every year I spend a few days down by the lake to enjoy the Champ Car and support series races. Every year they seem to tweak the name in some way - so this year it is the "Steelback Grand Prix of Toronto". For the last couple of years I have had media credentials which means I have access to the media centre and a wifi connection so I can post this stuff real-time. Unfortunately shooting video in the pits isn't an option unless you are one of the broadcast outlets (fair enough) so I'll resort to telling the story with photos, and besides, it's a great first outing for the Nikon gear that I'm trying out - I'll post on that later.

Given that I can't shoot video, one of the things I have been on the lookout for is the interesting use of technology and...

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I just came across the following article on PopPhoto.com that talks about some of the features in Vista that are most relevant for Photographers. 

Without reprinting the entire article they outline 4 key areas:

1. Windows Photo Gallery
2. RAW support
3. Media Center
4. Forward-Looking Approach

If you are a photographer and wondering about Vista, I encourage you to read the article and let me know if you have any questions.  Additionally, you may want to take a look at the Microsoft PhotoBlog at http://blogs.msdn.com/pix/ and specifically their FAQ at http://blogs.msdn.com/pix/pages/FAQ.aspx which address some of the common questions.

I've just finished reading an article talking about the latest round of partners stepping up to develop plug-ins or add-ons to Windows Home Server. For those of you who haven't don't know what I'm talking about - Windows Home Server helps families with more than one PC easily centralize, share and protect their digital pictures, music, documents and videos. To put it more simply - this is the box that is going to sit in the closet/basement/under the stairs/somewhere out of the way and greatly simplify the in home experience.

"Digital devices and digital media are now an essential part of so many aspects of our lives, and their importance continues to grow," Bill Gates, WinHEC 2007

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As the Canadian guy on the on10 team I'm excited to have on10 as part of this great expedition happening right here in Canada.  Larry has a great video interview with James Coleridge talking about the upcoming expedition to Mt. Logan and the technology that they will be using.  Larry mentions Live Search Maps in the interview, so with nothing more than your browser you will be able to follow the climb at http://www.summitsofcanada.ca/canatrek/expedition/followtheclimbs.html and http://www.summitsofcanada.ca/canatrek/expedition/FTC/Frameset-VE.htm.

So sit back, relax, watch the introductory video (fly the route) and then take a look at the planned route and track the expedition once they set off.

Lastly, if you want to learn how to build these types of maps into your website, take a look at the Virtual Earth interactive SDK at http://dev.live.com/virtualearth/sdk/ to see exactly what code you need to insert into your webpage.  I got this up and running on my website relatively quickly, so think about how you might add this to your website.

As I get ready to start posting here, I wanted to get the blog linked to my Technorati Profile, so here is the obligatory post.