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Windows 7 for developers

Posted on May 13, 2009 by Pål

I recently decided to jump ship and upgrade my developer machine from Vista to Windows 7 RC. I usually do a clean install, but resofting everything would take a whole day, so I tried upgrading and I was very pleased … Continue reading →

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Quick & Easy Windows Home Server Backup and Restore

Posted on April 18, 2009 by Pål

The 31337 guys over at 4Hak3rs have written a guide for Quick & Easy Windows Home Server Backup and Restore. The WHS have duplication support for your data, but not the actual OS itself. So in the event of a … Continue reading →

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Kudos from We Got Served

Posted on April 14, 2009 by Pål

My first release of the WHS File Manager add-in got a rather bad review from Jim Clark over at We Got Served. Well I’m not one to let a bad review keep me from doing what I like. So I … Continue reading →

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Another update for the WHS FileManager Add-In

Posted on April 12, 2009 by Pål

The WHS FileManager add-in just made version 1.0.0.5 Changes in this version 1.0.0.5 – Does no longer show printers as shares – Made current location of each pane to stand out more (easier to see) – Made each folder in … Continue reading →

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The long winded road of XAML

Posted on April 9, 2009 by Pål

I was playing with Silverlight and Expression Blend trying to create a small animated figure to use in a project. I had the image in PNG format, but I needed it in XAML so I could animate parts of it. … Continue reading →

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Silverlight 3

Posted on March 26, 2009 by Pål

Microsoft has just released the first beta of Silverlight 3. I encourage you to check out  Tim Heuer’s great guide to the new features.

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(M)Apple's true face

Posted on March 15, 2009 by Pål

I won’t say that I would mind owning an iPhone or even a iPod touch. But since I don’t wade in money I don’t (own one that is). Anyway this Simpson’s parody of Apple and Steve Jobs is just hilarious … Continue reading →

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Twitterfri møter

Posted on March 14, 2009 by Pål

I en artikkel på Digi.no kan man lese at IBM har levert inn en patentsøknad på en «metode og prosess for å slå ned på defokuserende virksomhet under utvalgte avtalte møter». Oppfinnelsen beskrives som programvare for å hindre distraherende pc-relaterte … Continue reading →

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PI day

Posted on March 14, 2009 by Pål

Today is PI day (3.14) at least in the part of the world that writes the month before the day. To celebrate I wrote this little silverlight application that calculates the first 1000 digits of PI. Update: Added the every … Continue reading →

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Project Euler and Linq

Posted on March 12, 2009 by Pål

First I’d like to thank Stefaan for introducing me to Project Euler. Project Euler is a series of challenging mathematical/computer programming problems that will require more than just mathematical insights to solve. Although mathematics will help you arrive at elegant … Continue reading →

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