http://www.danielwoolston.com .net silverlight hockey sci-fi robotics Tue, 30 Mar 2010 03:05:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en i hate them. at one point in time, they were a top notch company. now they're inefficient, poorly run and they seriously lack the technical expertise to adequately host a website. The 'online tech support' is predictable and useless. Here's my latest conversation with them: Nancy Mills: Hi Daniel. My name is ... http://www.danielwoolston.com/?p=44 I'm addicted to hockey. I'm not afraid to admit it. I'm fully self aware of my disorder. And for me, the greatest collaborative hobby that I can have is to combine my love for photography and my passion for ice hockey. Now I'd like to preface this post with the ... http://www.danielwoolston.com/?p=42 Ok..so this is not a New Years resolution post. I missed that timeframe by about 4 weeks. I'm hoping to project a bit into the year and envision what will pan out this year. Changing jobs! My contract with Amway ended with 2009. So now I'm looking for work. Technology spending ... http://www.danielwoolston.com/?p=40 I've neglected my blog for far too long! I'll be back with posts on Silverlight, Hockey and Photography. http://www.danielwoolston.com/?p=39 So Ice-T feels the same away about Apple products that I do: WARNING! - Bad Language and PC Destruction! awesome. http://www.danielwoolston.com/?p=38 I've moved my office to a finished basement room. I moved my coding station to the corner of the room. Unfortunately with this arrangement, I dont have space for the big monitors/big tv in this office. But its a good hideaway and a happy place for an a.d.d. person. Check ... http://www.danielwoolston.com/?p=37 I really hate this error: Its frustrating and deflating. My xaml compiles, runs and looks ok but opening the page in Blend crashes it every single time. Other pages load just fine. Guess I'll break the page down with comments and find the offending code. My best guess is a style ... http://www.danielwoolston.com/?p=35 The code here is based on Silverlight 2 technology. One of the key features for Silverlight that I’ve made extensive use of lately is the ability to include an IValueConverter in the databinding process. Recently I had an issue with the Silverlight DataGrid and the DataGridTextColumn. I wanted to override FontWeight ... http://www.danielwoolston.com/?p=34 As promised during the Sharepoint User Group presentation on Silverlight in SharePoint: Configuring SharePoint for Silverlight Development Checklist('ish) PreReq's: Windows 2008 OS installed and running with appropriate roles/features SQL Server installed and runningWSS 3.0(sp'd) Visual Studio 2008(sp'd) VseWSS (1.2 or later): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7bf65b28-06e2-4e87-9bad-086e32185e68&displaylang=en Create your Web Application and a Test Site. Test that your site works. I'd recommend backing up your ... http://www.danielwoolston.com/?p=33 Project Natal is an Xbox 360 add on device that uses a wii-like sensor/camera bar to interact with the real world. no controller is needed. you simply move and talk to the software. Milo, a software product coming to the Xbox is simply amazing. Watch the interaction between the actor ... http://www.danielwoolston.com/?p=32