My thoughts on software development, technology and design.

Silverlight - Animating Objects

August 12, 2008
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I am really starting to grok the whole Silverlight experience. My desire to get involved in this was inspired by my ...

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Preparing for the Olympics - Silverlight

August 11, 2008
2 min read

The Olympics have always been a huge deal for me, it is a really exciting time when the greatest athletes in the world ...

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Life with 2 Monitors

August 07, 2008
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I have recently had issues with my AC Unit that forced me to work from home (WFH) for the duration the repairs. We have ...

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HTC Touch

August 06, 2008
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My Alltel contract finally allowed me to start looking at alternative phones and I settled on the HTC Touch. So far it ...

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Global Searches

August 02, 2008
3 min read

We are all familiar with the nondescript and Spartan Google home page. There are no bells or whistles that come with it ...

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Software Methodologies

August 01, 2008
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Are you sick of the 3 letter acronyms that are used to define every aspect of the software industry? Then you should ...

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Microsoft Points - Walled Garden In Action

July 29, 2008
1 min read

I remember posting what was a rather critical attack of the Microsoft Points system. Just days later I was posting a ...

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Spam in a can!

July 23, 2008
5 min read

The recent stir in high profile security issues has got me real paranoid about my computer habits. Trying to secure ...

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Social Networks - Who do you trust?

July 21, 2008
2 min read

I am a member of only one social network, and that is LinkedIn. Contrary to popular opinion I think it is a great way ...

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