It's my own fault. I registered late for the Visual Studio Connections conference, and all the rooms at the Orlando World Center Marriott were booked. In my defense, I had to wait for the corporate AmEx card to be mailed to me, since my old card had expired...

Now here's some good news: Individual samples from the WPF samples page on MSDN . Previously, you had to download a zip file with all the WPF samples, then go track down the one you wanted in your file system. Tip o' the hat to the wcsdkteam .

If you're going to be in Orlando at the Visual Studio Connections conference, and if you want to have coffee and discuss Visual Studio Orcas, WPF, or Flying Spaghetti Monster, feel free to email me. Looking forward to some Florida sunshine.

If you're developing with VS on Vista, you'll want install this: Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Update for Windows Vista Enjoy. Oh, and make sure you install SP1 first. Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2005 Express Editions Service Pack 1 Microsoft® Visual...

Come 'n' get it: VSTS Virtual PC Image TFS Virtual PC Image VSTS Self-extracting Install TFS Self-extracting Install No more need for Fidalgo -- WPF project templates and Cider are now built in. Some of the cool new features you can play with: Windows...