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Non-Generic Collections are being Yanked from Silverlight 1.1
Non-Generic Collections are being Yanked from Silverlight 1.1
July 11, 2007

Url: http://blogs.msdn.com/bclteam/archive/2007/06/2...

Shawn in Springfield
Shawn in Springfield
July 8, 2007

Url: http://simpsonsmovie.com/main.html

Entity Framework June CTP Now Available
Entity Framework June CTP Now Available
July 2, 2007

Url: http://blogs.msdn.com/adonet/archive/2007/07/02...

An alternative to CAPTCHA
An alternative to CAPTCHA
June 30, 2007

I was visiting MediaMonkey's Forums (note, a great tool for organizing your music) and when I posted a message to the forum they showed this great anti-spam device:

New Silverlight Video - Designing with Blend
New Silverlight Video - Designing with Blend
June 30, 2007

Url: http://silverlight.net/learn/learnvideo.aspx?vi...

Silverlight et al.
Silverlight et al.
June 30, 2007

Open Mic
Open Mic
June 27, 2007

Though this isn't technical, some of you may have known that in a prior life I was a musician. I spend too much time in front of a laptop and not enough behind my guitar.  I wanted to show you that an old man can still get in front of a mike and enjoy it:

Site Wonky-ness
Site Wonky-ness
June 22, 2007

My site is experiencing a lot of downtime the last couple of days as my host is being DDOS'd. Just a fair warning to those who can't get to my site...sorry...hopefully they find the bastards!

Silverlight Video Series - First Video is up!
Silverlight Video Series - First Video is up!
June 21, 2007

Url: http://silverlight.net/learn/learnvideo.aspx?vi...

Creepy Gizmoz Talking Head!
Creepy Gizmoz Talking Head!
June 20, 2007

Url: http://www.gizmoz.com

Atlanta Geek Dinner - July 12, 2007
Atlanta Geek Dinner - July 12, 2007
June 18, 2007

I Won the June Community Credit Prize!
I Won the June Community Credit Prize!
June 18, 2007

Url: http://www.community-credit.com/cs/blogs/commun...

Safari on Windows - Underwhelmed
Safari on Windows - Underwhelmed
June 11, 2007

After seeing Scott Hanselman's experience with Safari, I thought I'd share mine:

Interesting Take on the "Silverlight v. Flash" Discussion
Interesting Take on the "Silverlight v. Flash" Discussion
June 6, 2007

Url: http://weblogs.asp.net/jezell/archive/2007/05/0...

Programmer Personality Type
Programmer Personality Type
June 6, 2007

Url: http://www.doolwind.com/index.php?page=11

Amazing Lego Art
Amazing Lego Art
June 1, 2007

Url: http://www.cnn.com/interactive/entertainment/07...

Wierd IIS SSL Problem...Resolved...
Wierd IIS SSL Problem...Resolved...
May 31, 2007

Url: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/890015

Nice Trick for WPF's ListView Column Sizing from Ian Griffiths
Nice Trick for WPF's ListView Column Sizing from Ian Griffiths
May 30, 2007

Url: http://www.interact-sw.co.uk/iangblog/2007/05/3...

Trip to Washington, DC
Trip to Washington, DC
May 25, 2007

Url: http://www.flickr.com/photos/theadoguy/sets/721...

Fun at Capital Area .NET User's Group
Fun at Capital Area .NET User's Group
May 23, 2007

Url: http://wildermuth.com/talks/default.aspx#Capita...

Breath Powered USB Charger...Nice!
Breath Powered USB Charger...Nice!
May 17, 2007

Url: http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/breath-power...

Music Video Make Entirely of 6-Sided Dice (and some clever algorithms)...
Music Video Make Entirely of 6-Sided Dice (and some clever algorithms)...
May 16, 2007

You might want to mute the sound, but the visuals are impressive and inventive...

Silverlight and Timers
Silverlight and Timers
May 15, 2007

I was doing a Silverlight video player for some videos I am doing and I was playing with different ways to show the timeline of a playing video. There are a couple of ways to do this, but in Silverlight 1.0 the typical way was with an animation on a hidden Canvas that you restart over and over to mimic the behavior of a Timer:

"How the Lord of the Rings Should Have Ended"
"How the Lord of the Rings Should Have Ended"
May 13, 2007

Url: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnUvw1rzziE