Between Silverlight 2 Beta 2 & Silverlight 2 RTW, there were a few changes and additions. Here’s a brief rundown on the areas I directly worked on. The overall breaking change list can be found here. Control Model Silverlight … Continue reading
Category Archives: spain (2008)
Silverlight @ PDC!
Here are some of the Silverlight-focused PDC sessions. Hope to see you there! Session Time Speaker Expression Blend: Tips and Tricks Mon 10/2712:45-1:30pm Pete Blois,Douglas Olson Silverlight, WPF, and the .NET Framework: Sharing Skills and Code Mon 10/273:30 – … 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
La Sagrada Familia
La Sagrada Familia is Gaudi‘s “masterpiece.” Construction on the temple began in 1882, and has been ongoing ever since. Gaudi died in 1926, and so several different architects have been tapped to flesh out the master’s design. It was especially … Continue reading
Random Barcelona
A few random street shots… while walking through the Barri Gotti (Gothic Quarter), we came upon this wedding reception. these for-rent red bicycles were everywhere the building fronts were so, well, european (for lack of a better … Continue reading
Spain Wins Euro Cup 2008!
It was the first time that Spain won the Euro Cup 2008 in 22 years. (And the first time in about the same number of years that I watched a soccer match.) The game was in Austria, so the viewing … Continue reading
Casa Batllo
Unfortunately, I was only able to see Casa Batllo from the outside this trip (it was closed when I tried to go). It’s one of my Gaudi favorites.
Breathing Fire
A Fabulous Barcelona Day
Yesterday was my first full day in Barcelona. It was a fabulous. My friend Chris and I started at Museu Picasso. My favorite part of this museum is Picasso’s Las Meninas study… (He did several interpretations of Vellasquez’s Las Meninas, … Continue reading
La Pedrera de Nit
On the plane to Spain, I read that there are sometimes nighttime concerts at La Pedrera, one of my favorite places from my previous Barcelona trip. After asking around, we got tickets for “Noches de verano en La Pedrera.” … Continue reading