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May 08 2008
Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Martyr Patricio Clito Ruiz y Picasso (October 25, 1881 – April 8, 1973) was a Spanish painter, draughtsman, and sculptor.
Yes, he seems to have had a long set of names… The painting (Dance of youth) conveys movement and [...]
May 07 2008
Download Sample source code (26KB), for Visual Studio 2008
Here is a small WPF application I wrote, which I wanted to share. It is kind of dumb, but does show some interesting concepts, including data binding, localization, commands, a view model, menus and icons in menus. How does it work? Press the [...]
May 06 2008
OK, this one took a bit of time to figure out, but I think I have it working to my satisfaction now. I want to be able to post source code, both C# code as well as XAML code (Windows Presentation Foundation) on the site. I found a plugin called Code Highlighter, that [...]
May 05 2008
Auguste Rodin (born François-Auguste-René Rodin; November 12, 1840 – November 17, 1917) was a French artist, most famous as a sculptor. He was the preeminent French sculptor of his time, and remains one of the few sculptors widely recognized outside the visual arts community.
I really like this work of art, called “The Kiss” – look [...]
May 04 2008
As part of the outreach committee of our Church, we are trying to find new ways of interacting with the community around us. One of the criticisms of our community is that it is a too inward-focused ministry, and we are trying to change this. The last time, the outreach committee met at [...]
May 03 2008
Yesterday, I got to read a letter of resignation – not the usual quitting your job or political appointment, but a letter of a woman resigning from her Lutheran Church Parish, and the ELCIC (Evangelical Lutheran Church In Canada). The letter touched and worried me at the same time, and it addresses a topic [...]
May 03 2008
A while back, Josh Smith wrote an article on Unit Testing and Model View Controller. The article features a small application that lets the user view some sample images. The WPF application uses and discusses the Model View Controller. While my kids were at swimming today, I analyzed the source code, to try [...]
May 03 2008
Vincent Willem van Gogh (30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist artist. His paintings and drawings include some of the world’s best known, most popular and most expensive pieces.
This is a very well known self-portrait of Vincent, the artist placed against a blue, swirly background. The intense eyes and rather stern [...]
May 02 2008
The Create Patch and Apply patch Tortoise SVN commands are a developer’s friend. Here’s why. Let’s say you worked on a piece of functionality and you need it code-reviewed by someone not on site. Since you don’t want to commit, how do you get the software to the reviewer? Or what [...]
May 01 2008
René François Ghislain Magritte (November 21, 1898 – August 15, 1967) was a Belgian surrealist artist. He became well known for a number of witty and amusing images.
I use the following image as the desktop background when I log in. I like the blue sky tones suggesting freedom, but when you open the window, [...]
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