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July 21, 2011
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After watching the torturous train wreck of .NET reflector come to its cruel end (i.e. a tool I have to actually pay ...

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Breakpoints being skipped in Visual Studio 2008

July 20, 2011
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At work I still have a fair number of clients who are focused on the various versions of the .NET Framework which leads ...

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Sticky Footers using JQuery then CSS

July 06, 2011
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Up until recently I have assiduously avoided JavaScript … no not the 'I need a popup' JavaScript, I mean the kind of ...

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Windows Phone 7 Mango

May 27, 2011
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There are some really great consumer and business centric features that will be available for the Windows Phone 7 come ...

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Binding to Textboxes in Silverlight using IConverter (WP7)

April 25, 2011
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In a recent Windows Phone 7 app I needed to bind specific measurement values from a class to the UI, this is a ...

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Windows Phone 7 API - MarketplaceDetailTask

March 29, 2011
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At this point in my WP7 development I am up to 3 apps on the marketplace with another 2 on the way, I have had a real ...

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Going from Web services to WCF

March 20, 2011
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I have been a huge fan of web services over the years, mainly due to the strong coupling with ASP.NET, the familiar ...

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Windows Phone 7 Icons

March 07, 2011
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Windows Phone 7 is based on a Metro design, what is Metro? The concepts have been explained regularly and more ...

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Nokia and Windows Phone 7 – What it means for me!

February 11, 2011
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My initial reaction to Nokia, Microsoft alliance was … Nokia is still around? I could not remember the last Nokia phone ...

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