I always see these background nice flowing lines on websites. Here is a Photoshop tutorial that will get you started making your own curves and lines.
Luminescent Lines | Tutorials Palace
A Southwestern adventurer striking out into the badlands of the Midwest for fun, profit, and for a wife who wouldn't move back to the Southwest :)
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Javascript Transition Library
New javascript transition effects library. It might have promise.
transm.js (javascript programmable image transitions)
transm.js (javascript programmable image transitions)
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Operation Weezy F. Baby. | Funniest Video of the Day
Pretty funny.
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Metaplace Goes Under
My brief foray into educational game design a few years back keeps me focused as least passively on what is going on in the game development sphere.
It looks like metaplace.com, which conceptually SHOULD have been successful, is shifting gears (going under). It is a shame, I think the 2.5D Flash environment has potential, but in a world of triple A shooters a cartoon big headed avatar Flash environment I think failed to capture content creators which spells death for metaplace's current model.
Oh well, sometimes you step up to the plate, swing, and strike out. I wish a prosperous future to the folks at metaplace, no harm in failing as long as they pick themselves up, brush off, learn, and move forward.
It looks like metaplace.com, which conceptually SHOULD have been successful, is shifting gears (going under). It is a shame, I think the 2.5D Flash environment has potential, but in a world of triple A shooters a cartoon big headed avatar Flash environment I think failed to capture content creators which spells death for metaplace's current model.
Oh well, sometimes you step up to the plate, swing, and strike out. I wish a prosperous future to the folks at metaplace, no harm in failing as long as they pick themselves up, brush off, learn, and move forward.
Monday, December 21, 2009
Coda Obscura: Source Safe Messes with your WCF Services in Silverlight (And Probably Elsewhere)
Once again, some little geek at Microsoft owes me back several hours of my life back, and serveral hours of my wages back to my company.
Tips & Tricks: Object reference not set to an instance of an object when creating Silverlight-Enabled WCF Service
Tips & Tricks: Object reference not set to an instance of an object when creating Silverlight-Enabled WCF Service
Friday, December 18, 2009
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Missing Enum.GetValues() when doing Silverlight for instance ? - Blog'A'Little
Missing Enum.GetValues in Silverlight? Here is a partial work around.
Missing Enum.GetValues() when doing Silverlight for instance ? - Blog'A'Little
If you name your class something like myclass.shared.cs and remember to put the partial keyword infront of the class you can declare this class in your web project and it will be shared with your silverlight project (if using the business or similar tempate, which breaks things up in a silverlight and a web project. Remember to include the folling namespaces at the top of the class.
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Linq;
Have fun.
Missing Enum.GetValues() when doing Silverlight for instance ? - Blog'A'Little
If you name your class something like myclass.shared.cs and remember to put the partial keyword infront of the class you can declare this class in your web project and it will be shared with your silverlight project (if using the business or similar tempate, which breaks things up in a silverlight and a web project. Remember to include the folling namespaces at the top of the class.
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Linq;
Have fun.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
WCF RIA Services Update bug? : The Official Microsoft Silverlight Site
Another Silverlight Gotcha...ran into a lot of those today.
WCF RIA Services Update bug? : The Official Microsoft Silverlight Site
WCF RIA Services Update bug? : The Official Microsoft Silverlight Site
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Silverlight DataSet
Many an oldschool developer has been put off from joining the "RIA" world because data access through web services is a comparitive pain in the arse compared to old school ADO.Net. Some smart guys in Canada might be changing the equation (hopefully). I haven't used Laskarzhevsky Software's free Silverlight DataSet control yet, but it looks promising. Check it out and let me know what you think.
Laskarzhevsky Software Inc
Laskarzhevsky Software Inc
TranslateThis Button: Copy+Paste translation for 52 languages
One push button translation. I like it.
TranslateThis Button: Copy+Paste translation for 52 languages
TranslateThis Button: Copy+Paste translation for 52 languages
jSnow jQuery Plugin
Monday, December 14, 2009
Silverlight and RIA: Ignoring a Property in Your Business Object - Deborah's Developer MindScape
My XAP file is 5 Mb size, is that bad?
dygraphs JavaScript Visualization Library
Wednesday, December 09, 2009
Great Into Silverlight RIA Services Video
If you are developing with Silverlight and RIA Services, and you haven't seen this video, I would watch it. Two hours that are well worth it.
Currently Watching : The Official Microsoft Silverlight Site
Currently Watching : The Official Microsoft Silverlight Site
Friday, December 04, 2009
Kind of a Cool Star Wars Fan Remake
Enjoy
The crew has Chapter 2 up which is just as good if not better. For more go here-
http://impstherelentless.com/
Star Wars: IMPS the Relentless from Darth Anonymous on Vimeo.
The crew has Chapter 2 up which is just as good if not better. For more go here-
http://impstherelentless.com/
Thursday, December 03, 2009
WCF and Silverlight
We are experimenting around with WCF vs .Net RIA Services at work. Here is a pretty good entry level tutorial on getting started with WCF and Silverlight. One WCF method is exposed and consumed by a datagrid. Also so SQLtoLinq is used as well.
MSDN Switzerland Blog
MSDN Switzerland Blog
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
CommonJS effort sets JavaScript on path for world domination
Looks interesting, a new javascript framework/engine/api?
CommonJS effort sets JavaScript on path for world domination
CommonJS effort sets JavaScript on path for world domination
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Photoshop Tip: CS3 and CS4 Get Rid of the Hide/Show All Menu Items
I was working with Photoshop and the stupid menu items kept hiding themselves. If you are a guru, and you know what you need, that is fine, but I'm not. I'd like to always see everything and see it in the same spot in the menu list. Someone named Chris Koerner came up with a fix that makes this go away.
Remove “Show all Menu Items” From Photoshop CS4 « Chris Koerner
Thanks Chris!
Remove “Show all Menu Items” From Photoshop CS4 « Chris Koerner
Thanks Chris!
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