We are in the final stretch of moving into our townhouse in Redmond.  We have to be out of the apartment by Tuesday morning in fact.  One of the tasks that's been on my plate since we bought the townhouse was to adjust the water heater to a manageable temperature,... [Read More]

Back in May, a couple hours after we arrived at the temporary apartment in Redmond, we pulled the laptop out to jump online.  Aboda furnishes their apartments with wireless cable modems, which is very nice.  We needed to pull up directions to go to dinner, and my instinct was to... [Read More]

When creating a class that can be used with data binding, you have to implement the INotifyPropertyChanged interface.  This interface requires that you have an event for PropertyChanged, specifying PropertyChangedEventArgs that provide the property name that was changed. Here’s what I mean: 1: public class Person : System.ComponentModel.INotifyPropertyChanged [Read More]

Growing up, I always liked magic.  I actually spent a significant portion of my childhood earnings at a local magic shop in Milford, Ohio.  I remember vying for the really fancy tricks, but I always had to settle for the simpler, cheaper tricks.  I have always been excited to see... [Read More]

A little over a month ago, I announced that I was leaving BIG and relocating to Seattle.  I think the blog post came out a bit somber, which wasn't necessarily intentional.  Leaving BIG and the DASL project was certainly hard for me to do, so I think the tone was... [Read More]