December 2006 - Posts

5 Things you didn't know about me
28 December 06 08:18 PM
FrankArr down under tagged me to divulge some information about me that people don't know. So, here goes: 1. I grew up and spent most of my life in Northern Ireland before moving to the Southeast of the UK to work for Microsoft. And am very proud of everything Read More...
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Back at work after 3 weeks, 40-50,000 kms travelled, about 20 hours in airport lounges, 700 photos, lots of great memories and a partridge in a pear tree
27 December 06 01:48 PM
I'm back after a glorious 3 weeks in Australia and raring to go with so much stuff to do and play with. But just for my friends and family that check out this blog (why my family would ever read this I don't know) here are a couple of teaser photos until Read More...
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WPF/E Dev Center
03 December 06 01:14 PM
Frank Arrigo who I will be having coffee with in MS Sydney in a few days time spotted that the WPF/E dev center is up and live . Download of WPF/E CTP MSDN WPF/E Dev Center I've been playing with this for a few months now and I have to say it is a great Read More...
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WPF - how to map mouse clicks on a 3D shape to a 2D texture coordinate
03 December 06 01:05 PM
This is just plain cool and I had to link to it before I pack. Lester Lobo has posted a great little snippet of code and explanation on how to handle mouse events on a 3D model to a 2D texture coordinate. Mapping mouseclick on 3DModel to a 2D texture Read More...
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Windows Live Search for Mobile
03 December 06 01:02 PM
Just getting ready for the trip to Oz, well putting it off packing by blogging and came across WLS for mobile on Steve's blog . Going to download it onto my phone before I go - could be very handy if it has maps/search-data on Australia (could be US only Read More...
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WebDD site live - DDD for Web designers and developers - UK 3rd February 2007
03 December 06 12:56 PM
Phil Winstanley has launched the site for WebDD . It is a community run conference that will be hosted at Microsoft's headquarters for the UK in Reading in early February. The conference is aimed purely at web developers and web designers and is a gathering Read More...
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Developer Developer Developer 4
03 December 06 12:43 PM
I attended DDD4 yesterday to support this great event and meet some of the speakers, attendees and freebie-hunters that were in attendance. Unfortunately, I didn't get to attend many sessions during the day but I'm sure there will be lots of blogs discussing Read More...
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