Kindel Systems

Dan Fernandez is the lead product manager for Visual Studio Express . He just blogged about developing tools and applications for Windows Home Server using Visual Studio. + As I mentioned in my Channel9 video I'm super excited that WHS is going to enable geeks, makers, hobbyists, or whatever you want...

My Channel 9 interview video just went live. Please don't tease me about how often I say “um”. http://channel9.msdn.com/showpost.aspx?postid=270965

I built MCE Controller as something that would be useful for my own home. I had minor aspirations of making it do more than it does, but the reality is that I don’t really have the time nor the inclination (it works beautifully for me as is). Until today I have resisted making it open source for...

I’ve released an update to MCE Controller that fixes a bug where it would prevent Windows logoff and shutdown. Head over to http://www.kindel.com/products/mcecontroller to download it. MCE Controller allows the Media Center application of Windows Media Center Edition (MCE) to be integrated into...

I don't get to write much code anymore. When I do I get an amazing amount of joy out of it. Tonight I realized that my MCE Controller , which I hacked up to enable me to control my Windows Media Center machine via Ethernet from my Crestron system has simply "just worked" since I released version 1.0...

Premise Systems has been sold (to an unannounced, but apparently BIG, buyer) and they have released preview versions of both thier Hardware and Services Development Kit (HSDK) and MiniBroker that are .NET based. I've spent some time playing with both the new HSDK.NET and Minibroker.NET and the productivity...

I tried an experiement of using a blog for a product page. I setup a blog for MCE Controller when I released it yesterday. I really didn't like having to deal with two blogs! So I ended the experiment and now have just a single blog: this one. If want to comment on MCE Controller apply feedback to one...

Today I released the first public version of MCE Controller . MCE Controlle r allows the Media Center application of Windows Media Center Edition (MCE) to be integrated into an advanced AV control system by enabling programmatic control of the user interface via a TCP/IP connection. To put it simply...

In my post on XMLSerialization I mentioned that I was working on an app to enable control of MCE remotely over a TCP socket. I call this app MCE Controller and it's basically done. Here's what it does: Runs as a taskbar icon and allows you to view a log of what it's doing by double clicking on the icon...

XMLSerialization absolutely rocks. I am blown away by the flexibility and richness it provides and how easy it is to use...once you get past the initial learning curve. I implemented it for a tool I'm writing that allows me to control Windows Media Center Edition remotely via a TCP based protocol. My...