Rob Atkinson - KnowledgeByte Ltd.

• Down South, way down South in sunny Australia, my brother has been busy in his garage cungering-up some amazingly delightful works of art
• His new company is called Elemental Sculptures an eclectic balance of engineering and art - sales hat on :-)

• Great album from Ne-Yo an up and coming song writer and artist. Best tracks are So Sick and Sexy-Love
• Also, for UK and Ireland you can now rent or buy movies. Downloads are huge, I am Legend is 1.12GB! Still less that a quarter of the size of a DVD. Cost's are prohibitive though, at £3.49 to rent and £10.99 to buy. In the USA they pay less than half that rate..

• Sometime ago I tried in vane to embed a video into a Sp Blog post, but sadly SP strips out the code for malicious attacks protection purposes. This video shows a neat workaround
• Here's the post from Mike Gannotti with all the links you need

• A friend of mine had an issue with Windows Vista IE7 today whereby he couldn't add favourites to his browser
• We tried the usual reset option, but that failed. In the end he found a link to WinHelpOnline from an MVP

Unspecified error when adding a link to Favorites in Windows Vista - The Winhelponline Blog

• Recent post here from Mike Gannotti on how to integrate WMS with SharePoint
• Quote:

  The Challenge: A client of mine contacted with me the following scenario: A corporate executive for company X was going to have a video recorded this week. They wanted to stream that video from their Windows Media Services internally. That much was easy. The challenge was in how to embed that video stream within the home page of a SharePoint site instance so that employees could all watch it from that page.... oh yeah and they are going to get a copy of the video Thursday and need to have live by Friday....

  The Solution: No problem! Using that old standby, the Content Editor web part, SharePoint Designer, and an easily accessible ActiveX control for Windows Media Player setting this up is a snap.

  In the following video I demonstrate how to embed a Windows Media Services video stream on a SharePoint web page. You can also download the web part I created by clicking here.

• I stumbled across a number of interesting sites the other day and one of them is a new TechNet video portal aimed primarily at IT-Pros. More below
• TechNet Edge is a place where IT professionals go to get the inside scoop on the latest and greatest technologies. You can do stuff like watch screen casts, check out interviews with people who develop the products, connect with your peers and speak what’s on your mind. It is part of the Evangelism Network and follows its doctrine, so you know we keep it real
• To see the other related sites, drop down the top communities link, top left hand corner

• Often I'm asked during training sessions about deeper dives into SharePoint 2007 (WSS 3.0). So I've taken to doing a little more study myself and would recommend to anybody that they buy a copy of the twin-pack: Step by Step Kit: Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Step by Step and Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007
• They're excellent value and take you through all the rudiments of SharePoint from top to bottom, including advanced workflows et al

• Designed for small businesses, Windows Small Business Server 2008 is an affordable, integrated server solution that helps you protect your business data, increase productivity and present a more professional image to customers – giving you the tools you need to help grow your business capacity. And when you download the latest public preview software, you're automatically registered to access valuable public preview resources assembled in one convenient location.
  Please review the Windows Small Business Server 2008 Public Preview system requirements before you proceed. Actual requirements and product functionality may vary based on your system configuration

Evaluate Windows Small Business Server 2008

Microsoft has released via codeplex, it's open-source project portal a new podcasting kit

What Can You Do With Podcasting Kit for SharePoint (PKS)?:

• Listen and watch audio/video podcasts, anywhere on your PC or mobile device (Zune, SmartPhone, or any podcasting device)
• Share content by producing your own audio/video podcasts and publish them on PKS on your own.
• Connect and engage with podcasters via your integrated instant messaging program
• Find the most relevant content using the five star rating system, tag cloud, search engine and provide your feedback via comments.
• Get automatic podcast updates by subscribing to RSS feeds fully compatible with Zune and other podcasting devices
  • Simple RSS feed based on a defined podcast series
  • Simple RSS feed based on a person
  • Dynamic RSS feed based on search results
• Play podcasts in real-time using Microsoft® Silverlight™ and progressive playback
• Retrieve instant ROI and metrics with the ability to track the number of podcasts downloaded and/or viewed, instant feedback via rating system and comments, and subscribers via the RSS feed
• Access the richness of SharePoint to extend the solution: workflows, community sub-sites, access rights, editorial and more
• Customize your own PKS User Experience

Podcasting Kit for SharePoint

• Live Writer supports  many different types of blogs including SharePoint blogs. So this post came via Live Writer
• Just use the drop down Weblog menu to add a new blog

• You can add pictures, videos, Silverlight applications, maps etc. Just go visit the live.com site for more add-ins