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Leveraging DotNetNuke Event Logging
We recently worked on a project where we were faced with logging some events that a custom module was creating. I decided to take a look at the DotNetNuke EventLogging API. Here is some hacked...
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WPF Calendar Control
For our time entry here at the office we use the infamous NetTERD (.Net Time and Expense Reporting Database). I created the NetTERD as an extension of the existing Access Database that was distributed...
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What the Buddha Taught: Meditation as Concentration and Attention to Detail
As part of the wonderfully useful (I'm not being sarcastic) major in philosophy during my college years I had the pleasure of reading a book called What the Buddha Taught by Walpola Rahula. Of course,...
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DelegableEqualityComparer Dirtiness...
Occasionally I like to just get something done with some Lambda expressions that probably should be more properly architected. In case someone else feels like doing something a little naughty with...
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Fluent State Observer for Reactive Extensions / Rx Framework
I've been messing around with the new Reactive Extensions for a couple weeks and wanted to build something that would allow you to match patterns in an Observable stream.For more detailed information...
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Exceptional Visualizer
This is a shameless cross post of the project introduction for a new project I just started on CodePlex to help with debugging complex PRISM dependency resolution errors called Exceptional...
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My Sail City - Win Phone 7
I've been working on a website in my spare time that tracks sailing trips and lets you share them with your friends. The site uses the new HTML5 GeoLocation API's for tracking a user's movements on...
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Win Phone 7 "Words" Game - Mo Words
My wife and I have been playing a lot of word games lately on our IPhones. I've also been playing around with the Win Phone 7 SDK and I've been looking for a good project to work with. So, as a...
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Create a Win Phone 7 Busy Service with Loady animation
Update: It looks like there may be a problem with wrapping the RootFrame in a Grid, but I haven't found a good answer to why. Check this Win Phone 7 Forum Post about Changing the RootVisual.Update 2:...
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Updated Win Phone 7 Busy Service That Does Not Change RootVisual
Evidently, you are not supposed to change the RootVisual in a Win Phone 7 application. There was a forum post posed by Matt Hidinger and answered by Peter Torr about Changing the RootVisual that...
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A Clearable TextBox for Win Phone 7
Update: I've updated this UserControl to a Custom Control for better templating and posted it for download. Check it out in the Clearable TextBox Custom Control post.After seeing a tweet about the...
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Clearable TextBox Custom Control
After some comments from Laurent Bugnion, of Galasoft and MVVM Light fame, I decided to try my hand at turning this simple little Clearable TextBox into a custom control for better "Skinability". It...
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MoAds - Custom Win Phone 7 Ad Control with AdMob support
Update: Codeplex is Garbage, I've been waiting 3 hours for the source control server to let me upload. In the meantime, download the source or the Binaries from my dropbox account or you can download...
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Halo Reach API C# Wrappers
I spent most of the day today messing around with the Halo Reach Stats API. I wrote some C# wrappers around the JSON services and put it up on Codeplex for anyone who might be interested. There are...
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Silverlight 4 Property Triggers
I spent a little time this week messing around with the newly added Triggers and TriggerActions available through the new Expression Blend 4 SDK.Triggers and Behaviors are really just ways to attach...
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Silverlight Storyboard and FadeIn FadeOut Actions
In my last post I talked about Silverlight Property Triggers and how we could use them to trigger functionality when a property on our ViewModel was a certain value. The keen observer will have noted...
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Silverlight Fade Control Behavior - FadeyBehavior
In my last post about Silverlight Property Triggers and Storyboard Actions I showed a way for us to fade in an element when a property on our view model was a certain value. We used this to fade in a...
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