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I left Blogger back in October 2005 to switch to Community Server as my blogging platform. I had the fortune of working at an institution that was happy to lend…
An update on the cloned Gmail interface using WPF
I’ve spent a couple dozen hours now working into the details of the Gmail clone I began about a month ago. I’ve been learning more of the ins-and-outs of WPF’s…
New WPF developer clones Gmail interface in 4 hours
Although Visual Studio 2005 and the appropriate extension can enable WPF development, with the release of beta 2 Visual Studio 2008 we have a seemless integration of Windows Presentation Foundation…
SPSS.NET wrapper library now hosted on CodePlex
The C# library I wrote that wraps SPSS IO library (spssio32.dll) for managed applications is now hosted on CodePlex. It hasn’t been developed much in the last few years, but…
Finally, an OpenID provider that takes Information Cards as authentication
I don’t know why this took so long to surface. And maybe it just took a while to discover. But honestly I don’t know why there is only one service…
How to (not) write an especially precarious app on .NET (Compact Framework)
As the .NET Compact Framework developers work to add features, fix bugs, and refactor code, we often have to determine whether a given change could break existing customer code. The…
How to get sound working on Virtual PC 2007 with Vista guest OS
Virtual PC 2007 added a new sound system specifically for using Vista as a guest and host OS. But when you install Vista as a guest OS, there is no…
Microsoft releases .NET Compact Framework 2.0 SP2
This morning Microsoft released the second service pack for their .NET Compact Framework 2.0. Lots of work and bug fixes were included in this service pack, with the priority being…
A C# programmer’s first experience wading in Boo
Boo is a .NET static-typed language with a python scripting feel. It’s neat because you have less to type (and maintain) and get much of the same functionality. SharpDevelop also…
A new .NET OpenID implementation written in C#
Quite a bit of stir has been raised about Janrain’s popular .NET implementation of OpenID being written in Boo rather than C#. Personally, I take my hat off to the…