Welcome to 2010! The last year has been filled with many Messenger error codes. Do you want to have a look at the Top Ten list of most-visited posts in this blog?

Social Networks have existed ever since the beginning of the decade, varying from social blogging portals, such as Windows Live Spaces, to video-hosting networks, such as YouTube, to mere social networks, such as Hi5, Bebo, MySpace, and most importantly, Facebook.

From the Messenger Plus Contest to the anticipated Windows 7 release, from Office Web Apps to the first images of Messenger 2010: The recent six months of 2009 were as interesting for me as January to June. Here is a short summary.

From the release of Windows Live Essentials 2009 (Wave 3) to POP3 for every Hotmail user, from Internet Explorer 8 to Windows 7 Release Candidate: there have been many happenings around Microsoft in the first half of 2009.

It is incredible how fast this year has passed away. 2009 has been an exceptional year, for both Microsoft and us users. Looking back at 2009, what would you consider to be the most important event with Microsoft, Windows, or Windows Live?

I thought it was about time to let you know what I am currently working on. While you can find the complete list at the Projects page, here is a summary of the most interesting bits.
MPLCode
A Messenger Plus! script for sending/receiving programming codes formatted instead of plain-text.
WLMStatus
Allows to display your current Messenger status on [...]

It has been one year since I started this blog.  Many things have changed, but one thing has stayed: it is you visitors, you readers, that make this blog living.  I would never have assumed that this blog would get over 50,000 visitors in just one year, with more than 130,000 page views, and PageRank 3.  [...]

These days, with increasing temperatures, we had some severe thunderstorms already. Rain, clouds and sunshine are all facets of the upcoming summer, a time of less work, more free time, enjoyment, … fun. The last days and weeks, we started preparing for this year’s summer vacations, and Windows played a quite big [...]

“Playing live is what we love. This album is a thank you to our fans—the people who give us a reason to do it and make it happen,” says Coldplay. Do you love Coldplay? Check out “LeftRightLeftRightLeft”, the album that the band is giving out to every visitor of the remaining concerts on the Viva [...]