As part of getting settled into Redmond, I thought it would be good to join a bowling league.  I haven't bowled in league for a long time due to wrist and hand pain, but I figured a few games a week shouldn't bother me too much. Each week, my son... [Read More]

It’s been quite awhile since I created a virtual PC; a couple of years probably.  This is the first time I tried to create one under either Vista or x64.  Here were some interesting findings… I used the wizard to create the first virtual PC and its hard drive.  I... [Read More]

We invested in an HP MediaSmart Server EX470.  This server will become where we store our documents, music, photos, video, and more.  One of the major draws for me was the photo/video sharing website that you get out of the box.  Our family website has been down for months because... [Read More]

I stumbled upon some behavior awhile back that struck me as odd.  I had a nullable property in my ViewModel that I was binding to in Silverlight, but I found that whenever the value was cleared out by the user, the property setter was not called. I narrowed it down... [Read More]

You’ve heard me preach it before.  Custom Controls Everywhere, damn it!  It’s my mantra, my MO, one of my core beliefs for application development. As I started getting used to XAML, I kept thinking about how I’d implement custom controls everywhere and utilize the pattern in the same way I... [Read More]