One of the approaches I've tried using to combat the PropertyChangedEventHandler nuisance is an extension method on INotifyPropertyChanged. Actually, a pair of them. One accepts a single property name and the other accepts a param array of property names, so that events can be fired for multiple events succinctly. 1:...
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Silverlight 2 Gotcha - Tab Navigation in a Popup
While building an app in Silverlight 2 RC0, I was trying to use a Popup to display a login form. Pretty basic form: Username, Password, button. But I immediately noticed that I could not hit Tab to move from one field to the next. Here's some XAML that demonstrates the...
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INotifyPropertyChanged -- Searching for a Better Way
I've been fiddling with different approaches for implementing INotifyPropertyChanged. I blogged one approach awhile back, declaring my unhappiness with the pattern. Neil Mosafi also talked about how INotifyPropertyChanged might be an anti-pattern. I keep searching for a better way. At last night's Nerd Dinner, Brian Henderson was talking to Glenn...
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Simpson: Guilty on all 12 counts
O.J. Simpson was just found guilty on all 12 counts against him. When he was arrested, I laughed my ass off and said it would be totally ironic if this would send him to jail for life after he somehow got out of murder.I remember reading the following quote when...
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Tim Heuer's Excellent Letter in Arizona
Tim wrote an excellent letter to all of his Arizona representatives. Go check it out! He calls out a lot of the pork that was in the bill. Simply amazing. Our government has never before looked as much like a bunch of crooks.http://timheuer.com/blog/archive/2008/10/03/how-arizona-voted-on-bailout-bill-hr-1424-mccain.aspx