Posts
2009
WPF: Is It Time Yet?
·1382 words·7 mins
Programming
WPF
WPF Demonstration Application For the past few years Microsoft has been pushing WPF as the future user interface framework for .NET. During that time I have seen numerous demos and presentations showing amazing user interfaces. They would describe the new model of separating the designer from the developer, and how successful they were. I would usually ask two questions as a response. First, how many designers and developers were involved. Second, how close to the original time and resource estimate was the actual effort. The answers to this would be one of the main reasons I have not yet embraced WPF.
Why We Pay For Stamps
·755 words·4 mins
Programming
One of the longest running institutions in the United States is the Post Office. In fact, the very concept of mail seems to go back a couple of thousand years (see Mail ). The system is very simple. You just follow the following steps:
Happy Friday the 13th
·197 words·1 min
General
Once more the feared day has come. People throughout the world cower in fear to a day that has its origins rooted in the distant past of humanity. In ages gone by we spun tales of woe and dread as we huddled about the fire. Shivering in fear we would listen to the story tellers warn of evil deeds and angry gods. Eager to hear some sliver of hope we would be held for just one more verse. Then the day would pass and we would emerge from our hovels.
Type Tracking Extension for Unity
·387 words·2 mins
Programming
ALT.NET
Unity
IoC
Edit: Source code posted to [Hazware Unity Extensions on GitHub]
My personal inversion of control container is Unity . However, I occasionally find myself looking for functionality from the other .NET IoC containers I have used, such as Ninject and Castle Windsor . Here is the code that came out from trying to solve this need.
Retro Junk | Hey I remember that
·161 words·1 min
Internet
Retro
Mork and Mindy Ready for a flash back? Need a fix for the Crying Indian commercial? How about a bit of Knowing Is Half The Battle? Do you remember Bill sitting on the steps of the US Capital?