I’ve recently been learning to write HTML 5 / Javascript apps for Windows 8 and wanted to take some of that knowledge and transfer it over to Windows Phone 8. As I did so, I learned there are a lot of little “tweaks” that I needed to do to get things working so I thought…
This is really more for me so I can remember where I put things: WPF Pixel Shader Effect Library is up on Code Plex. I’m not sure where I would use them in a business app, but there they are. The October release of the WPF Toolkit is out and now contains the V1 of…
Windows Phone can use Azure’s Microsoft Translation to bring simple translation access to your app
Of all the silly tricks I know, none is more engaging than solving a Rubik’s. The reason for this is because the Rubik’s cube is something that everyone has played around with but few people have solved. Being able to solve one gives other people the impression that you have a savant-like intellect and it’s…
“Um… no. None of those things are valid options in Clue.” In the last few months, I’ve had the joy of playing around with the Intel Galileo board for sensor-based Internet of Things projects. First, I installed Windows onto an SD card and popped it into the Galileo board. Step-by-step guide to get started with Windows IoT…
This is a guide for anyone who is wondering how best to spend their dust in the Hearthstone with the classic cards. Buying cards with dust can be a daunting task, especially for those just starting out in the game. Spending dust on classic cards is particularly useful since those cards won’t ever cycle out…
These are summaries of the first three episodes of the Windows 10 Preview Jumpstart series (starring Jerry Nixon and Andy Wigley. While the Jumpstart information is incredibly valuable, sometimes you just don’t have time to watch the whole thing, so I’m trying to get the information in a nice readable format. Sessions 4-6 Sessions 7-9…
I’ve been too quiet lately and I need to dump some links so I don’t forget about them: SVLite Effects from Cellbi – Amazing work with Silverlight… play around with their Carousel project in particular. Awesome. Silverlight.FX – From Nikhil Kothari, a very useful FX library with about a dozen kinds of transitions and effects….