DevDave (Dave Relyea) is a dev lead on the Silverlight team. He just blogged a really slick new animating wrap panel. Read about it here and try out the sample app below. There are a bunch of different “interpolations” … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: July 2008
Design-Your-Own Plastic
… credit card, that is. Just noticed that flickr has partnered with CapitolOne. You can now put your own photos from flickr on your credit card. It’s a pretty genius idea – one of the reasons I like my current … Continue reading
FlickrViewr Updated for Beta2
Just a note to say I’ve updated my FlickrViewr for Silverlight Beta2. (All of the controls now use VisualStateManager, too!) Enjoy! (See the original post for more info & source code.)
Cave Art
I just read a fascinating article in the New Yorker: “First Impressions: What does the world’s oldest art say about us?” by Judith Thurman. Here’s an excerpt from the first paragraph: …After a visit to Lascaux [a cave in … Continue reading
Back From Spain
And I’m back. And totally jetlagged. Spain was great – a fabulous country. I will definitely go back again. Also, it turns out that "vacation" vacations do have some nice perks over "adventure" vacations: Being able to brush your teeth … Continue reading
The Guggeheim in Bilbao
The last stop in my trip to Spain was Bilbao. The city in recent years has become an international destination with the building of the Guggenheim. The building, designed by Frank Gehry, is shaped like a “ship” with fish-like titanium … Continue reading
San Sebastian
San Sebastian is an absolutely gorgeous beach town. Unfortunately, it got hit with a case of “seattle weather” while I was there…. so there wasn’t a lot of frolicking on the sand. Fortunately, Spain summer sales started that Monday – … Continue reading