February 2006 - Posts

• Uh oh, I've been Crevier'ed!

  It's like being \.'ed, only with less penguins . http://blogs.msdn.com/dancre/archive/2006/02/22/537534.aspx He's also got an update to his LayoutAnimation series with a pretty cool new technique - I'll have to consider updating my codebase around his Read More... Posted Thursday, February 23, 2006 9:49 AM by JeffSim | 2 Comments

• What A Drag...

  Not to sound too much like a fanboy, but Avalon just plain rocks. I’ve spent the last fifteen years simultaneously cursing (“I hate you!”) and coercing (“…but I’ll love you if you work!”) GDI and User into doing my evil bidding, and I’ve finally found Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 22, 2006 11:44 PM by JeffSim | 1 Comments Attachment(s): BasicDragDrop.zip

• The Aha moment

  Every Sunday, my wife and I head down to Starbucks with the Sunday paper and a red felt-tip pen, and tackle the New York Times crossword puzzle (or, if we’re particularly sleep-deprived because of our baby boy, the Seattle Times crossword – yes, I feel Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 22, 2006 8:35 AM by JeffSim | 3 Comments Filed under: Avalon/WinFX, Project Max Attachment(s): UpdatedTilePanelSource.zip

• Adding to the Internet Flotsam (or is it Jetsam?)

  Greetings, program! My wife can't stand to hear me babble on about programming, so I'm going leverage the internets (and maybe even the inter webs ) to talk about code. You may not be able to stand it either, but then, you can't make me sleep on the couch, Read More... Posted Tuesday, February 21, 2006 10:14 PM by JeffSim | 1 Comments