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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, which I saw in Madrid a few years ago.) The current temporary exhibit displays the work of several other artists who have done Las Meninas interpretations. It was great. Next, we headed to Gaudi‘s Parque Guell, took pictures and had lots of sangria. At night (and this was the coolest part), we went to Gaudi’s La Pedrera for a rooftop …

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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.” The musician that night was Marc Ayza – he & his band were fabulous. All & all, it was just a wonderful experience:  great music & good cava in the surreal surroundings of Gaudi‘s La Pedrera rooftop.              

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Park Guell

ark Guell is Gaudi‘s outdoor barcelona park.  It’s relaxing, picturesque… and a great place for a pitcher of sangria.   barcelona skyline from the top of the park.  (see the large version.)   the main part of the park   dragon   euro smiles     mosaic   there goes the bride   ready for my sangria!

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Parts & States Model with VisualStateManager (Part 4 of 4)

Here we are – the final post of our Parts & States Model series for Silverlight 2 controls.  Hope you’ve enjoyed the ride so far! Today, we’ll go through some general recommendations on how to use the Parts & States model.  We’ll also take a look ahead:  VisualStateManager on Windows Presentation Foundation and future releases of Silverlight.   (Series Link:  Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4)   Parts & States Model Recommendations 1.  Use the Parts & States Model with Custom Controls and UserControls Like we mentioned in the first post, the Parts & States Model is just …

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Spain!

On Thursday, I leave for a week and a half vacation to Spain.  This will be my first "first world" international vacation in a while…  (Actually since I went to Barcelona & Prague four and half years ago. ) I’m looking forward to simply relaxing and enjoying the beauty (and wine) of Spain.  On the other hand, I’m so NOT looking forward to  the dollar <-> euro exchange rate.   The plan is split time between Barcelona and San Sebastian, with a side trip to see the Guggenheim in Bilbao. I’m also making planning on taking a lot of pictures.  …

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Parts & States Model with VisualStateManager (Part 3 of 4)

This is the third post in a four part series on Silverlight 2’s Parts & States control model. Last time, you learned how to reskin an existing control using VisualStateManager.  In this post, you’ll see how to build up a Parts & States-based custom control.  We’ll also explore how you can create more sophisticated visual transitions. (Series Link:  Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4) VisualStateManager We’ve saw it briefly in the last post, but let’s formally introduce VisualStateManager.  VisualStateManager is the class responsible for control visual state management.  The “visual” modifier in that sentence is important – the …

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Parts & States Model with VisualStateManager (Part 2 of 4)

This is the second post in a four part series about managing parts & states in Silverlight 2 controls. Today, we’ll put into practice the concepts you learned last time and walk through how to reskin a CheckBox.  (If you haven’t already, please be sure to read part 1 of this series.) Note: I’ve shortened the XAML snippets in this post for readability.  You can download the full sample code here. (Series Link:  Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4) A CheckBox ControlTemplate ControlTemplates define the visuals for a custom control.  The CheckBox ControlTemplate that we’ll be expanding on …

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Parts & States Model with VisualStateManager (Part 1 of 4)

In Silverlight 2, we’ve added significant new support for managing states and transitions inside of controls.  To help explain the Parts & States Model, I’ve put together a 4 part post series that will show how to: Create a control contract using the Parts & States Model Wire the control logic to manipulate states & parts Design a control template with states & parts Playing a starring role in this content will be VisualStateManager, or as we lovingly call it, VSM.  VSM can be used with both UserControls and custom controls… but in this series, we’ll concentrate on its usage …

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Florida

While I was in Florida. I was able to see some of the local sites in Orlando & Miami.  Here are a few of the photos. my first time at Disney World.  i have to say, I like Disneyland better. balloons on main street princess for the day waiting for tea cups   finally, a day at the beach:  my feet in miami. the great art deco sign at the park central hotel rooftop party me = tan = success

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Silverlight 2 Beta2

Silverlight Beta2 is officially out in the wild!  All the required download links to get started are here: Silverlight 2 Beta 2 runtime Visual Studio 2008 Silverlight Tools  Expression Blend 2.5 June Preview Deep Zoom Composer   Also, for the feature areas I drive, here are the major Beta2 updates: Networking Wider API set for WebClient Upload methods for streams and strings Set request headers on uploads Threading Updates HttpWebRequest & WebClient are callable on a background thread HttpWebRequest’s delegates are called on a new non-UI thread. Delegates were previously always called on the UI thread. You must invoke back …

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