Calvin ‘The Bold’

INTERACTIVE 360 VIDEO TAKEN FROM A HELICOPTER!

Musings

Lily "why he had to be an architect?".
Ted "because I have to be an architect".
Lily "Listen to what the world is telling you to do, and take the leap."
From: How i met your mother (Season 4 Episode 24)
http://melvin-updateofalifetime.blogspot.com/2009/08/listen-to-what-world-is-telling-you-to.html

Issues Resolved

System.Security.SecurityException: Inaccessible logs: Security

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1274018/system-security-securityexception-when-writing-to-event-log http://geekswithblogs.net/timh/archive/2005/10/05/56029.aspx

Silverlight Features

AutoComplete Box

Jeff Wilcox – Introducing the AutoCompleteBox http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2008/10/introducing-autocompletebox/

Resize with Browser

Silverlight Tip : How to Scale your entire App and its Elements to your Browsers Size http://blogs.silverlight.net/blogs/msnow/archive/2008/08/26/silverlight-tip-of-the-day-33-how-to-scale-your-entire-app-and-its-elements-to-your-browsers-size.aspx

Improve your user experience using the AutoCompleteBox - Jonas Follesø's http://jonas.follesoe.no/2008/10/28/improve-your-user-experience-using-the-autocompletebox/

On browser window size change/Full screen change http://forums.silverlight.net/forums/p/137122/306300.aspx

Getting Silverlight Plugin to resize on resize of Browser Window http://forums.silverlight.net/forums/p/4331/13007.aspx

Managed Extensibility Framework and Silverlight MVVM

http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2011/01/01/using-mef-to-expose-interfaces-in-your-silverlight-mvvm-apps.aspx

Toastmasters Speeches

Toastmasters Speech 1: Ice Breaker http://sixminutes.dlugan.com/toastmasters-speech-1-ice-breaker-icebreaker/

Ravi's World: TM CC-1 The Ice Breaker Speech - About Me http://ravisingal.blogspot.com/2008/04/toastmaster-1-ice-breaker-speech.html

#1 – the Ice Breaker Speech « LIFE IN OLEG http://lifeinoleg.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/the-ice-breaker-speech/

Silverlight Applications

http://grapholite.com/ online flow charting solution.

http://www.telerik.com/products/facedeck.aspx Silverlight Facebook Client for Desktop

iMeta Agility http://agility.imeta.co.uk/Cloud/

Silverlight Eyes - SliBall http://www.pay4foss.org/jumpstation/sliball/

DeepZoom http://www.wssdemo.com/livepivot/ http://www.mumbaiindians.com/DeepZoom.aspx http://thejit.org/demos/ http://roomseeker.eu/content/pivot.htm

Vista

How to disable/stop Vista’s Search Indexing (Windows Search) http://4sysops.com/archives/how-to-disable-vista%E2%80%99s-desktop-search-indexing-windows-search/ Navigate to Control Panel/System and Maintenance/Indexing Options. There you can remove all locations or only those you use rarely. It is also possible to disable indexing for a certain drive or enable it only for selected folders. You can do this by changing the Properties of a drive or folder (right click on drive letter in Windows Explorer). The fasted way is to simply disable the Windows Search service. Run Services (just type “Services” at the Start Search bar), right click on the Windows Search service and select “Properties”. Then choose “Disabled” for the start type. Afterwards, you have to stop this service by right clicking on it and selecting “Stop”. Start - Control Panel - Indexing Options Modify - Show All Locations Change the folders that are indexed Under Advanced, you select file types and reset the index

Calvin and Hobbes for October 27, 2010

Calvin and Hobbes for October 27, 2010: ""

Handling DataGrid.SelectedItems in an MVVM-friendly manner

Handling DataGrid.SelectedItems in an MVVM-friendly manner: "

An interesting question from one of the MVVM Light users today:

Is there an MVVM-friendly way to get a DataGrid’s SelectedItems into the ViewModel?

The issue there is as old as the DataGrid (that’s not very old but still): SelectedItem (singular) is a DependencyProperty and can be databound to a property in the ViewModel. SelectedItems (plural) is not a DependencyProperty.

Thankfully the answer is very simple: Use EventToCommand to call a Command in the ViewModel, and pass the SelectedItems collection as parameter. For example, if the command in the ViewModel is declared as follows:

public RelayCommand<IList> SelectionChangedCommand
{
  get;
  private set;
}

and (in the MainViewModel constructor):

SelectionChangedCommand = new RelayCommand<IList>(
  items =>
  {
      if (items == null)
      {
          NumberOfItemsSelected = 0;
          return;
      }

      NumberOfItemsSelected = items.Count;
  });

Then the XAML markup becomes:

<sdk:DataGrid x:Name="MyDataGrid"
              ItemsSource="{Binding Items}">
  <i:Interaction.Triggers>
      <i:EventTrigger EventName="SelectionChanged">
          <cmd:EventToCommand
              Command="{Binding SelectionChangedCommand}"
              CommandParameter="{Binding SelectedItems,
                  ElementName=MyDataGrid}" />
      </i:EventTrigger>
  </i:Interaction.Triggers>
</sdk:DataGrid>

I slapped a quick sample and published it here (VS2010, SL4 but the concept works in SL3 and WPF too).

Cheers!

Laurent

Laurent Bugnion (GalaSoft)
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WCF

WCF : BasicHttpBinding compared to WSHttpBinding at SOAP packet level. *** http://geekswithblogs.net/claeyskurt/archive/2008/04/22/121508.aspx

Winterdom » Blog Archive » WCF Configuration Complexity ** http://winterdom.com/2007/02/wcfconfigurationcomplexity

WCF Binding: BasicHttpBinding vs WsHttpBinding - Fabian's Blog ** http://www.apexa.net/Blog/web_design_Blog_20080911.aspx

Configuring Message Logging – MSDN ** http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms731859.aspx

Stephen Covey’s Five Metastasizing cancers

Watch out for an organizational culture that produces any of these five:
1.    Criticizing
2.    Complaining
3.    Comparing
4.    Competing
5.    Contending

The above culture shows a victim mentality. Instead, strive to uphold the following values in your organization:
1.    Gratitude
2.    Forgiveness
3.    Abundance

Websites

Interview You need to identify this type of applicant quickly & the quickest way is the short coding interview. You don't even have to have them come into the office. Get a private site right here where you can watch your job candidate write code over the internet in real-time.

http://i.seemikecode.com/

Task management - Online http://www.producteev.com/

Photo Gallery http://tympanus.net/codrops/2010/06/27/beautiful-photo-stack-gallery-with-jquery-and-css3/

Simple Diagrams A small desktop application that helps you express your ideas quickly and simply. There's just enough functionality to describe a thought or capture a process. It keeps the visual expression clear through the simple design of library items and backgrounds.   http://www.simplediagrams.com/   We Used To Wait http://www.thewildernessdowntown.com An interactive short film for Arcade Fire's "We Used to Wait" track, utilizing Google's Chrome Browser, Google Maps and HTML5 http://www.thefwa.com/article/fwa-site-of-the-year-2010

Smart Answer

RSA Animate - Changing Education Paradigms

 

http://sirkenrobinson.com/skr/

Silverlight Offline Mode

Google Gears - Maybe all Rich Internet App needed was Local Storage and an Offline Mode - Scott Hanselman http://www.hanselman.com/blog/GoogleGearsMaybeAllRichInternetApplicationsNeededWasLocalStorageAndAnOfflineMode.aspx

Silverlight + Google Gears = Awesome! at least in Firefox                       http://www.mojoportal.com/silverlight-google-gears-awesome-at-least-in-firefox.aspx

Even a chimp can write code: Google Gears and Silverlight http://nerddawg.blogspot.com/2007/06/google-gears-and-silverlight.html

Microsoft Silverlight Offline Database Storage - Infosys http://www.infosysblogs.com/microsoft/2008/08/silverlight_offline_database_s.html

The Debut Of Cheteshwar Pujara

2nd Test: India v Australia at Bangalore - Oct 9-13, 2010

India 2nd innings (target: 207 runs)

CA Pujara b Hauritz 72 (89)

What a knock, though. You wait five years for the call from selectors. You keep scoring runs.

You finally get that call. You wait for six hours to bat and you get a grubber, a shooter.

You then get promoted ahead of your idol Rahul Dravid in the second innings. And play a super knock. Sometimes, dreams do come true. Sometimes..

http://www.cricinfo.com/india-v-australia-2010/engine/current/match/464527.html

Silverlight Applications

Telerik Recruitrer http://blogs.telerik.com/blogs/posts/10-04-08/silverlight_recruiting_application_wrap-up_and_source_code.aspx

Play free Silverlight games on Mashooo http://www.mashooo.com/SilverlightGames.aspx#Games

Expression Blend templates, Part 1 – Understanding templates http://expressioniq.com/?p=60

The SpiderWebControl for Silverlight http://blog.pixelingene.com/?p=500

Tech Tools

Convert VB >> C# or C# >> VB http://converter.telerik.com/ Blogging Tools http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/08/01/15-desktop-blogging-tools-reviewed/

Design Patterns

Books Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software *** Head First Design Patterns *** http://www.msquaredweb.com/DesignPatterns/HeadFirstDesignPatternsInCSharp.zip C# 3.0 Design Patterns **

Links Design Patterns Uncovered: The Builder Pattern | Javalobby http://java.dzone.com/articles/design-patterns-builder .NET Design Patterns (GOF) – DoFactory http://www.dofactory.com/Patterns/Patterns.aspx GOF Patterns Series in C# Unleashed http://www.dotnetfunda.com/articles/article605-gof-patterns-series-in-csharp-unleashed.aspx The GOF "Chain of Responsibility" Design Pattern http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/rmcochran/chain_of_command01172007143425PM/chain_of_command.aspx OOP and Design Pattern Resources - David Hayden - CodeBetter.Com http://codebetter.com/blogs/david.hayden/archive/2006/01/18/136713.aspx Design pattern in .NET: template method - Zhanli's - MSDN Blogs http://blogs.msdn.com/b/zhanli/archive/2010/06/26/design-pattern-in-net-template-method.aspx GOF Design Patterns Quick Review. http://www.mydeveloperconnection.com/html/gof_design_patterns.htm Practically Applying Design Patterns – Amazed saint * * * http://amazedsaint.blogspot.com/2008/01/design-patterns-part-i-and-ii.html http://amazedsaint.blogspot.com/2008/01/practically-applying-design-patterns.html http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cpp/applyingpatterns2/applyingpatterns2_src.zip Design Patterns: Object Creational: Abstract Factory http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1398599 Design Patterns in C# http://www.abhisheksur.com/2010/05/design-patterns.html