27 Nov 2009
Programming Computers Silverlight 4 Beta – A guide to the new features Microsoft PDC09 and Silverlight Round-up Automatic Null Checks Brad Abrams : RIA Services: A DomainService IS A WCF Service – Add Service Reference...
26 Nov 2009
Fixed an odd layout bug on Windows 7. I also changed the “Custom Weather Page” to use the default browser instead of always opening in Internet Explorer. It opened in Internet Explorer because sidebar gadgets...
25 Nov 2009
I can’t count the number of times (unintentional pun) I’ve checked if an IEnumerable<T> sequence contains elements using Count(). static void Method(IEnumerable<Status> statuses) { if (statuses != null && statuses.Count() > 0) // do something......
22 Nov 2009
I’ve had this weird problem on my new laptop where the Bluetooth mouse stops working. Sometimes using the scroll wheel reactivates it but most of the time I have to turn off, and then turn...
21 Nov 2009
Programming Silverlight 4 Beta is Now Available Jeff Prosise’s Blog : Silverlight 3’s New Application Extension Services RIA Services : The Official Microsoft Silverlight Site Blitting and Blending with Silverlight’s WriteableBitmap | Silverlight Games 101...
19 Nov 2009
Day 2 is shaping up to be a much better conference day. Scott Guthrie really delivered the goods this morning with a look at Silverlight 4 and IE 9. It’s a great time to be...
18 Nov 2009
I was going to give a summary of the keynote proceedings but Dan Rigsby has already posted a great summary here. It’s clear that Microsoft has really scaled back this year’s PDC. There is not...
16 Nov 2009
Version 1.8 introduced Windows 7 compatibility and version 1.8.1 tweaks it a little more. I’ve found a few minor issues that likely no one but myself would notice. But like any author, I know my...
13 Nov 2009
Programming Computers Announcing the new Microsoft SDK for Facebook Platform Google creates programming language to simplify app dev Michael C. Kennedy’s Weblog - Six Things That’ll Surprise You About .NET 4.0 How we really designed...
06 Nov 2009
Programming Computers WiX v3.5 <3’s Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 - RobMensching.com /Blog 10 Awesome Techniques and Examples of Animation with jQuery Dynamic Method Bags Jeff Wilcox – The Silverlight Toolkit – now in the...