tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20740090Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:20:35 +0000These are my thoughts. Nothing more.http://jeffblankenburg.com/default.aspxnoreply@blogger.com (Jeff Blankenburg)Blogger24412540.14852-82.912785Blankenthoughtshttp://feedburner.google.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesSubscribe with PlusmoAdd to Any Feed Readertag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20740090.post-7431243251822956368Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:53:00 +00002009-09-21T09:18:48.577-04:00tdpetoughest developer puzzle everToday begins the next journey of the Toughest Developer Puzzle Ever. For those of you that missed the first one, you can still visit Version 1.0 at http://toughestdeveloperpuzzleever.com.The basic idea behind this puzzle is that it should challenge software developers. It shouldn't require intimate memorized knowledge of a specific framework, compiler, or language, but should require some http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Blankenthoughts/~3/4gm-Q_Wcxt8/easy-way-to-get-100000-pairs-of-eyes-on.aspxnoreply@blogger.com (Jeff Blankenburg)4<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=4gm-Q_Wcxt8:TAwcNlec7mM:G79ilh31hkQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=G79ilh31hkQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=4gm-Q_Wcxt8:TAwcNlec7mM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=4gm-Q_Wcxt8:TAwcNlec7mM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=4gm-Q_Wcxt8:TAwcNlec7mM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=4gm-Q_Wcxt8:TAwcNlec7mM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=4gm-Q_Wcxt8:TAwcNlec7mM:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=4gm-Q_Wcxt8:TAwcNlec7mM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=4gm-Q_Wcxt8:TAwcNlec7mM:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=4gm-Q_Wcxt8:TAwcNlec7mM:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=4gm-Q_Wcxt8:TAwcNlec7mM:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=4gm-Q_Wcxt8:TAwcNlec7mM:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blankenthoughts/~4/4gm-Q_Wcxt8" height="1" width="1"/>http://jeffblankenburg.com/2009/09/easy-way-to-get-100000-pairs-of-eyes-on.aspxtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20740090.post-6816324575608817171Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:40:00 +00002009-08-10T10:59:16.037-04:00SilverlightTell me if you've ever experienced this before:You start working on a development project, and after reviewing the requirements, you declare that some new technology would be the perfect fit for it. You talk to your manager, and he/she decides the team shouldn't try anything new. "It's too risky," they say. "It's only going to slow our efforts down," they say.You scour the web for examples of http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Blankenthoughts/~3/CLj43LOIqu0/silverlight-is-for-breakfast-now.aspxnoreply@blogger.com (Jeff Blankenburg)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=CLj43LOIqu0:EuNwbFW7PaU:G79ilh31hkQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=G79ilh31hkQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=CLj43LOIqu0:EuNwbFW7PaU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=CLj43LOIqu0:EuNwbFW7PaU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=CLj43LOIqu0:EuNwbFW7PaU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=CLj43LOIqu0:EuNwbFW7PaU:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=CLj43LOIqu0:EuNwbFW7PaU:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=CLj43LOIqu0:EuNwbFW7PaU:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=CLj43LOIqu0:EuNwbFW7PaU:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=CLj43LOIqu0:EuNwbFW7PaU:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=CLj43LOIqu0:EuNwbFW7PaU:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=CLj43LOIqu0:EuNwbFW7PaU:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blankenthoughts/~4/CLj43LOIqu0" height="1" width="1"/>http://jeffblankenburg.com/2009/08/silverlight-is-for-breakfast-now.aspxtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20740090.post-8310061118543375799Mon, 20 Jul 2009 05:00:00 +00002009-07-20T01:00:01.297-04:00Today, I have to temporarily concede defeat to the "31 Days of Silverlight." While ambitious in nature, I made a slight miscalculation in the month I selected for this project.I planned a week's vacation with no internet access for this current week.As such, you're discovering today that there is not a post waiting for you in your RSS reader, in your inbox, and on my site. And that's because I http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Blankenthoughts/~3/m9KBkYjSbsQ/day-20-epic-failure.aspxnoreply@blogger.com (Jeff Blankenburg)5<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=m9KBkYjSbsQ:Pd1DOSd8Xu8:G79ilh31hkQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=G79ilh31hkQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=m9KBkYjSbsQ:Pd1DOSd8Xu8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=m9KBkYjSbsQ:Pd1DOSd8Xu8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=m9KBkYjSbsQ:Pd1DOSd8Xu8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=m9KBkYjSbsQ:Pd1DOSd8Xu8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=m9KBkYjSbsQ:Pd1DOSd8Xu8:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=m9KBkYjSbsQ:Pd1DOSd8Xu8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=m9KBkYjSbsQ:Pd1DOSd8Xu8:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=m9KBkYjSbsQ:Pd1DOSd8Xu8:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=m9KBkYjSbsQ:Pd1DOSd8Xu8:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=m9KBkYjSbsQ:Pd1DOSd8Xu8:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blankenthoughts/~4/m9KBkYjSbsQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://jeffblankenburg.com/2009/07/day-20-epic-failure.aspxtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20740090.post-8433611205999471666Sun, 19 Jul 2009 05:00:00 +00002009-07-19T01:00:00.807-04:00tutorialSilverlightmatt casto31 days of SilverlightToday's post was written by Matt Casto, a former colleague of mine, and my partner in crime for the Stir Trek event we held last May. You can read more from Matt at http://programwith.net.Pixel shaders, also known as shader effects, are a cool new feature the became available with Silverlight 3. The two most common effects – drop shadow and blur – are included with Silverlight. Its easy to add http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Blankenthoughts/~3/3gp7VGn3Xqc/day-19-silverlight-pixel-shader-effects.aspxnoreply@blogger.com (Jeff Blankenburg)1<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=3gp7VGn3Xqc:_A8E5FnX1sI:G79ilh31hkQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=G79ilh31hkQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=3gp7VGn3Xqc:_A8E5FnX1sI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=3gp7VGn3Xqc:_A8E5FnX1sI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=3gp7VGn3Xqc:_A8E5FnX1sI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=3gp7VGn3Xqc:_A8E5FnX1sI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=3gp7VGn3Xqc:_A8E5FnX1sI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=3gp7VGn3Xqc:_A8E5FnX1sI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=3gp7VGn3Xqc:_A8E5FnX1sI:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=3gp7VGn3Xqc:_A8E5FnX1sI:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=3gp7VGn3Xqc:_A8E5FnX1sI:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=3gp7VGn3Xqc:_A8E5FnX1sI:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blankenthoughts/~4/3gp7VGn3Xqc" height="1" width="1"/>http://jeffblankenburg.com/2009/07/day-19-silverlight-pixel-shader-effects.aspxtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20740090.post-3294574101213811550Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:00:00 +00002009-07-18T01:00:04.622-04:00Today's article was guest authored by Rick Kierner, a software developer friend of mine from Columbus, OH. You can learn more about Rick at http://rickdoes.net. Today is Day #18 of the 31 Days of Silverlight, and today we’re going to take a look at the new Silverlight 3.0 Effects.  Effects were a concept introduced to Silverlight in version 3.0.  They are intended to create a visual stimulus http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Blankenthoughts/~3/vs9y4YFYRcs/day-19-silverlight-effects.aspxnoreply@blogger.com (Jeff Blankenburg)4<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=vs9y4YFYRcs:YI0NtK8FsQk:G79ilh31hkQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=G79ilh31hkQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=vs9y4YFYRcs:YI0NtK8FsQk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=vs9y4YFYRcs:YI0NtK8FsQk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=vs9y4YFYRcs:YI0NtK8FsQk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=vs9y4YFYRcs:YI0NtK8FsQk:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=vs9y4YFYRcs:YI0NtK8FsQk:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=vs9y4YFYRcs:YI0NtK8FsQk:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=vs9y4YFYRcs:YI0NtK8FsQk:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=vs9y4YFYRcs:YI0NtK8FsQk:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=vs9y4YFYRcs:YI0NtK8FsQk:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=vs9y4YFYRcs:YI0NtK8FsQk:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blankenthoughts/~4/vs9y4YFYRcs" height="1" width="1"/>http://jeffblankenburg.com/2009/07/day-19-silverlight-effects.aspxtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20740090.post-5430229828246837655Fri, 17 Jul 2009 05:00:00 +00002009-07-17T01:00:04.983-04:00tutorialSilverlight31 days of SilverlightToday is Day #17 of the 31 Days of Silverlight, and today we are going to focus on layout of your Silverlight application. There are several layout controls that I have used in the past tutorials, and I have completely glossed over how each of these work. Today we will discuss those options available to you.The CanvasIn this first part of three, we're going to be talking about the <Canvas> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Blankenthoughts/~3/2RVguZsAxaA/day-17-silverlight-layout-options.aspxnoreply@blogger.com (Jeff Blankenburg)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=2RVguZsAxaA:F_ZWND3jtSc:G79ilh31hkQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=G79ilh31hkQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=2RVguZsAxaA:F_ZWND3jtSc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=2RVguZsAxaA:F_ZWND3jtSc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=2RVguZsAxaA:F_ZWND3jtSc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=2RVguZsAxaA:F_ZWND3jtSc:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=2RVguZsAxaA:F_ZWND3jtSc:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=2RVguZsAxaA:F_ZWND3jtSc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=2RVguZsAxaA:F_ZWND3jtSc:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=2RVguZsAxaA:F_ZWND3jtSc:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=2RVguZsAxaA:F_ZWND3jtSc:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=2RVguZsAxaA:F_ZWND3jtSc:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blankenthoughts/~4/2RVguZsAxaA" height="1" width="1"/>http://jeffblankenburg.com/2009/07/day-17-silverlight-layout-options.aspxtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20740090.post-1561088506800070430Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:00:00 +00002009-07-16T01:00:02.855-04:00tutorialSilverlight31 days of SilverlightYesterday we talked about charting controls in Silverlight in our 31 Days of Silverlight series. These were part of the Silverlight Toolkit, and today, we're going to focus on another useful feature of the Silverlight Toolkit, the AutoComplete TextBox. This will be a relatively short tutorial, only because it's simple to do, but I think this is one of the more useful things you can start using http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Blankenthoughts/~3/4oEwk2XDhWI/day-16-silverlight-autocomplete-textbox.aspxnoreply@blogger.com (Jeff Blankenburg)1<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=4oEwk2XDhWI:S4EFWc8yU7U:G79ilh31hkQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=G79ilh31hkQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=4oEwk2XDhWI:S4EFWc8yU7U:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=4oEwk2XDhWI:S4EFWc8yU7U:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=4oEwk2XDhWI:S4EFWc8yU7U:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=4oEwk2XDhWI:S4EFWc8yU7U:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=4oEwk2XDhWI:S4EFWc8yU7U:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=4oEwk2XDhWI:S4EFWc8yU7U:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=4oEwk2XDhWI:S4EFWc8yU7U:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=4oEwk2XDhWI:S4EFWc8yU7U:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=4oEwk2XDhWI:S4EFWc8yU7U:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=4oEwk2XDhWI:S4EFWc8yU7U:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blankenthoughts/~4/4oEwk2XDhWI" height="1" width="1"/>http://jeffblankenburg.com/2009/07/day-16-silverlight-autocomplete-textbox.aspxtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20740090.post-8554118724914939323Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:00:00 +00002009-07-15T01:00:04.196-04:00tutorialSilverlight31 days of SilverlightToday is Day #15 of the 31 Days of Silverlight, and today we are going to cover creating a Pie Chart and a Bar Chart, two of the many items in the Silverlight Toolkit. We will spend the next couple of days covering some of the important features of the Silverlight Toolkit.ChartingIn general, charting has become of those things that we all dread as developers. In today's demo, you're going to http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Blankenthoughts/~3/r2VloZ_Hvmk/day-15-silverlight-charting.aspxnoreply@blogger.com (Jeff Blankenburg)4<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=r2VloZ_Hvmk:JgLTAxdYxoU:G79ilh31hkQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=G79ilh31hkQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=r2VloZ_Hvmk:JgLTAxdYxoU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=r2VloZ_Hvmk:JgLTAxdYxoU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=r2VloZ_Hvmk:JgLTAxdYxoU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=r2VloZ_Hvmk:JgLTAxdYxoU:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=r2VloZ_Hvmk:JgLTAxdYxoU:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=r2VloZ_Hvmk:JgLTAxdYxoU:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=r2VloZ_Hvmk:JgLTAxdYxoU:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=r2VloZ_Hvmk:JgLTAxdYxoU:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=r2VloZ_Hvmk:JgLTAxdYxoU:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=r2VloZ_Hvmk:JgLTAxdYxoU:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blankenthoughts/~4/r2VloZ_Hvmk" height="1" width="1"/>http://jeffblankenburg.com/2009/07/day-15-silverlight-charting.aspxtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20740090.post-4560555409977445233Tue, 14 Jul 2009 05:00:00 +00002009-07-14T01:00:02.641-04:00tutorialSilverlight31 days of SilverlightToday is Day #14 in my series 31 Days of Silverlight. Today, we're going to talk about a new feature in Silverlight: Perspective 3D. It adds another dimension to how we can think about our user interface, and can provide some cool interactions as well.Instead of building out an entire application today, we are going to use the application we built on Day #10, Styling Silverlight Controls. Youhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Blankenthoughts/~3/oD_MBTbsGrs/day-14-perspective-3d-in-silverlight-3.aspxnoreply@blogger.com (Jeff Blankenburg)2<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=oD_MBTbsGrs:8pkoAP0OgX4:G79ilh31hkQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=G79ilh31hkQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=oD_MBTbsGrs:8pkoAP0OgX4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=oD_MBTbsGrs:8pkoAP0OgX4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=oD_MBTbsGrs:8pkoAP0OgX4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=oD_MBTbsGrs:8pkoAP0OgX4:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=oD_MBTbsGrs:8pkoAP0OgX4:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=oD_MBTbsGrs:8pkoAP0OgX4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=oD_MBTbsGrs:8pkoAP0OgX4:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=oD_MBTbsGrs:8pkoAP0OgX4:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=oD_MBTbsGrs:8pkoAP0OgX4:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=oD_MBTbsGrs:8pkoAP0OgX4:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blankenthoughts/~4/oD_MBTbsGrs" height="1" width="1"/>http://jeffblankenburg.com/2009/07/day-14-perspective-3d-in-silverlight-3.aspxtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20740090.post-3638853595248716085Mon, 13 Jul 2009 05:00:00 +00002009-07-13T01:00:01.019-04:00tutorialSilverlight31 days of SilverlightThis is post #13 in my series of 31 Days of Silverlight. Today we are going to be discussing binding two Silverlight elements together. Now, we have been able to do this in the past, but in Silverlight 3, we have a new syntax that makes this operation MUCH simpler.Make sure that, at this point in the series, you have updated your tools to the Silverlight 3 tools. You can get the Silverlight 3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Blankenthoughts/~3/0VByrEuEIeY/day-13-binding-elements-in-silverlight.aspxnoreply@blogger.com (Jeff Blankenburg)1<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=0VByrEuEIeY:5kp6JIERWQ4:G79ilh31hkQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=G79ilh31hkQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=0VByrEuEIeY:5kp6JIERWQ4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=0VByrEuEIeY:5kp6JIERWQ4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=0VByrEuEIeY:5kp6JIERWQ4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=0VByrEuEIeY:5kp6JIERWQ4:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=0VByrEuEIeY:5kp6JIERWQ4:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=0VByrEuEIeY:5kp6JIERWQ4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=0VByrEuEIeY:5kp6JIERWQ4:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=0VByrEuEIeY:5kp6JIERWQ4:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=0VByrEuEIeY:5kp6JIERWQ4:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=0VByrEuEIeY:5kp6JIERWQ4:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blankenthoughts/~4/0VByrEuEIeY" height="1" width="1"/>http://jeffblankenburg.com/2009/07/day-13-binding-elements-in-silverlight.aspxtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20740090.post-1446884142849979796Sun, 12 Jul 2009 05:00:00 +00002009-07-12T01:00:01.386-04:00tutorialSilverlight31 days of SilverlightThis is post #12 in my series 31 Days of Silverlight. On Day #2, we talked briefly about screen transitions, and how to add some drama to moving between screens. Today, we're going to address how you would handle this on a larger scale.Also, starting today, you need to have AT LEAST the Silverlight 3 Beta plugin to view the demos. With Silverlight 3 released, we're going to be moving on to http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Blankenthoughts/~3/TJERhub8FSk/day-12-jumping-from-xaml-to-xaml-in.aspxnoreply@blogger.com (Jeff Blankenburg)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=TJERhub8FSk:bLwWfhAsj74:G79ilh31hkQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=G79ilh31hkQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=TJERhub8FSk:bLwWfhAsj74:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=TJERhub8FSk:bLwWfhAsj74:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=TJERhub8FSk:bLwWfhAsj74:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=TJERhub8FSk:bLwWfhAsj74:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=TJERhub8FSk:bLwWfhAsj74:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=TJERhub8FSk:bLwWfhAsj74:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=TJERhub8FSk:bLwWfhAsj74:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=TJERhub8FSk:bLwWfhAsj74:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=TJERhub8FSk:bLwWfhAsj74:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=TJERhub8FSk:bLwWfhAsj74:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blankenthoughts/~4/TJERhub8FSk" height="1" width="1"/>http://jeffblankenburg.com/2009/07/day-12-jumping-from-xaml-to-xaml-in.aspxtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20740090.post-2453609306769254221Sat, 11 Jul 2009 05:00:00 +00002009-07-14T07:16:01.572-04:00tutorialSilverlight31 days of SilverlightToday is Day #11 of the 31 Days of Silverlight, and today we're going to take an intimate look at animation, and how you do it. We're going to focus much more on the tools today than the code, which is how most of these tutorials have gone this far. On Day #2, we worked on Silverlight Screen Transitions, and while we had a slight animation in it, we didn't spend much time talking about how it http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Blankenthoughts/~3/HJsuu-oPvGw/day-11-animating-your-silverlight.aspxnoreply@blogger.com (Jeff Blankenburg)1<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=HJsuu-oPvGw:x2JtAtcV3x8:G79ilh31hkQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=G79ilh31hkQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=HJsuu-oPvGw:x2JtAtcV3x8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=HJsuu-oPvGw:x2JtAtcV3x8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=HJsuu-oPvGw:x2JtAtcV3x8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=HJsuu-oPvGw:x2JtAtcV3x8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=HJsuu-oPvGw:x2JtAtcV3x8:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=HJsuu-oPvGw:x2JtAtcV3x8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=HJsuu-oPvGw:x2JtAtcV3x8:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=HJsuu-oPvGw:x2JtAtcV3x8:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=HJsuu-oPvGw:x2JtAtcV3x8:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=HJsuu-oPvGw:x2JtAtcV3x8:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blankenthoughts/~4/HJsuu-oPvGw" height="1" width="1"/>http://jeffblankenburg.com/2009/07/day-11-animating-your-silverlight.aspxtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20740090.post-69555266902716826Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:00:00 +00002009-07-10T01:00:03.656-04:00tutorialSilverlight31 days of SilverlightThis is the tenth post in my series, "31 Days of Silverlight." Can't believe I'm already 1/3 of the way through this. Today's article focuses on a common problem in nearly all development. For web developers, I equate this to Cascading Style Sheets. We are going to take an overly marked-up XAML page, and externalize the common attributes into a Style that can be applied over and over to http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Blankenthoughts/~3/S1UAme0wcjk/day-10-styling-silverlight-controls.aspxnoreply@blogger.com (Jeff Blankenburg)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=S1UAme0wcjk:Vt-2Kwqx6bU:G79ilh31hkQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=G79ilh31hkQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=S1UAme0wcjk:Vt-2Kwqx6bU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=S1UAme0wcjk:Vt-2Kwqx6bU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=S1UAme0wcjk:Vt-2Kwqx6bU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=S1UAme0wcjk:Vt-2Kwqx6bU:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=S1UAme0wcjk:Vt-2Kwqx6bU:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=S1UAme0wcjk:Vt-2Kwqx6bU:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=S1UAme0wcjk:Vt-2Kwqx6bU:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=S1UAme0wcjk:Vt-2Kwqx6bU:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=S1UAme0wcjk:Vt-2Kwqx6bU:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=S1UAme0wcjk:Vt-2Kwqx6bU:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blankenthoughts/~4/S1UAme0wcjk" height="1" width="1"/>http://jeffblankenburg.com/2009/07/day-10-styling-silverlight-controls.aspxtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20740090.post-6105246594557859057Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:00:00 +00002009-07-11T11:04:12.368-04:00tutorialSilverlight31 days of SilverlightThis is Day #9 of 31 Days of Silverlight. Today we are talking about using keystroke event handlers in Silverlight. There are many times where we need to know if a user is pressing a key, and this article will show you how to do that, as well as how to rig up the "Enter" key to make your "Submit" button take its action.Our XAMLFirst things first, we need a Silverlight page to track keystrokes http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Blankenthoughts/~3/ge8lIcfodxc/day-9-using-keystrokes-in-silverlight.aspxnoreply@blogger.com (Jeff Blankenburg)1<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=ge8lIcfodxc:EfR8aMGBe2s:G79ilh31hkQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=G79ilh31hkQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=ge8lIcfodxc:EfR8aMGBe2s:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=ge8lIcfodxc:EfR8aMGBe2s:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=ge8lIcfodxc:EfR8aMGBe2s:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=ge8lIcfodxc:EfR8aMGBe2s:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=ge8lIcfodxc:EfR8aMGBe2s:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=ge8lIcfodxc:EfR8aMGBe2s:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=ge8lIcfodxc:EfR8aMGBe2s:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=ge8lIcfodxc:EfR8aMGBe2s:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=ge8lIcfodxc:EfR8aMGBe2s:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=ge8lIcfodxc:EfR8aMGBe2s:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blankenthoughts/~4/ge8lIcfodxc" height="1" width="1"/>http://jeffblankenburg.com/2009/07/day-9-using-keystrokes-in-silverlight.aspxtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20740090.post-1888430136632424234Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:00:00 +00002009-07-08T07:58:47.677-04:00tutorialSilverlight31 days of SilverlightThis is article #8 in my series 31 Days of Silverlight. In this post, we are going to talk about using fonts that are not part of the default fonts in Silverlight. This is important, because there's only 9 fonts that are included, and most of those are pretty standard and "unexciting."Also, a bit of housekeeping. Several of you have brought it to my attention that you are having problems seeing http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Blankenthoughts/~3/zqKgki8Y_8s/day-8-custom-fonts-in-silverlight.aspxnoreply@blogger.com (Jeff Blankenburg)1<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=zqKgki8Y_8s:pR1EV_eyEmo:G79ilh31hkQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=G79ilh31hkQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=zqKgki8Y_8s:pR1EV_eyEmo:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=zqKgki8Y_8s:pR1EV_eyEmo:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=zqKgki8Y_8s:pR1EV_eyEmo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=zqKgki8Y_8s:pR1EV_eyEmo:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=zqKgki8Y_8s:pR1EV_eyEmo:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=zqKgki8Y_8s:pR1EV_eyEmo:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=zqKgki8Y_8s:pR1EV_eyEmo:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=zqKgki8Y_8s:pR1EV_eyEmo:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=zqKgki8Y_8s:pR1EV_eyEmo:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=zqKgki8Y_8s:pR1EV_eyEmo:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blankenthoughts/~4/zqKgki8Y_8s" height="1" width="1"/>http://jeffblankenburg.com/2009/07/day-8-custom-fonts-in-silverlight.aspxtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20740090.post-2576012563304685512Tue, 07 Jul 2009 05:00:00 +00002009-07-07T01:00:46.394-04:00tutorialSilverlight31 days of SilverlightThis is the 7th post in a series of "31 Days of Silverlight." Today I'm going to show how to create a simple WCF service, and consume it from a Silverlight application. Talking to data services is something you're going to need to do quite often, which is why I've spent two consecutive posts talking about it. Create your Silverlight applicationI'm going to start from the beginning. First, we http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Blankenthoughts/~3/ujEYC9JSinc/day-7-using-wcf-web-services-with.aspxnoreply@blogger.com (Jeff Blankenburg)7<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=ujEYC9JSinc:dTPNbsq8uN0:G79ilh31hkQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=G79ilh31hkQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=ujEYC9JSinc:dTPNbsq8uN0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=ujEYC9JSinc:dTPNbsq8uN0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=ujEYC9JSinc:dTPNbsq8uN0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=ujEYC9JSinc:dTPNbsq8uN0:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=ujEYC9JSinc:dTPNbsq8uN0:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=ujEYC9JSinc:dTPNbsq8uN0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=ujEYC9JSinc:dTPNbsq8uN0:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=ujEYC9JSinc:dTPNbsq8uN0:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=ujEYC9JSinc:dTPNbsq8uN0:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=ujEYC9JSinc:dTPNbsq8uN0:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blankenthoughts/~4/ujEYC9JSinc" height="1" width="1"/>http://jeffblankenburg.com/2009/07/day-7-using-wcf-web-services-with.aspxtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20740090.post-1529284967915548269Mon, 06 Jul 2009 05:00:00 +00002009-07-06T09:19:09.777-04:00tutorialSilverlight31 days of SilverlightThis is the sixth post in my series of thirty-one, titled "31 Days of Silverlight". You can find the master list here. Today, we are talking about how to talk to the Twitter API from a Silverlight application.Why Twitter?Aside from the infinite value that Twitter offers to software developers, there's another reason we're doing this. Twitter apps are the new "Hello, World!" apps. No more is it http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Blankenthoughts/~3/0QvWkam1km8/day-6-silverlight-and-twitter-hello.aspxnoreply@blogger.com (Jeff Blankenburg)7<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=0QvWkam1km8:zkcuodqFIaU:G79ilh31hkQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=G79ilh31hkQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=0QvWkam1km8:zkcuodqFIaU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=0QvWkam1km8:zkcuodqFIaU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=0QvWkam1km8:zkcuodqFIaU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=0QvWkam1km8:zkcuodqFIaU:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=0QvWkam1km8:zkcuodqFIaU:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=0QvWkam1km8:zkcuodqFIaU:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=0QvWkam1km8:zkcuodqFIaU:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=0QvWkam1km8:zkcuodqFIaU:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=0QvWkam1km8:zkcuodqFIaU:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=0QvWkam1km8:zkcuodqFIaU:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blankenthoughts/~4/0QvWkam1km8" height="1" width="1"/>http://jeffblankenburg.com/2009/07/day-6-silverlight-and-twitter-hello.aspxtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20740090.post-6755257897094578285Sun, 05 Jul 2009 05:00:00 +00002009-07-05T15:46:54.426-04:00tutorialSilverlight31 days of SilverlightThis is the fifth day of 31 Days of Silverlight. Today's post is on enabling Drag & Drop in a Silverlight application.Why Drag & Drop?Drag & Drop is an important feature to think about, because it's one of those gestures that we use all the time on our computers, and never even think about it. Moving files to the Trash, moving text from one area in a document to another, there's plenty of http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Blankenthoughts/~3/zdKZb8U_T4Y/day-5-silverlight-drag-and-drop.aspxnoreply@blogger.com (Jeff Blankenburg)5<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=zdKZb8U_T4Y:4n58_U-1OVA:G79ilh31hkQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=G79ilh31hkQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=zdKZb8U_T4Y:4n58_U-1OVA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=zdKZb8U_T4Y:4n58_U-1OVA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=zdKZb8U_T4Y:4n58_U-1OVA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=zdKZb8U_T4Y:4n58_U-1OVA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=zdKZb8U_T4Y:4n58_U-1OVA:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=zdKZb8U_T4Y:4n58_U-1OVA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=zdKZb8U_T4Y:4n58_U-1OVA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=zdKZb8U_T4Y:4n58_U-1OVA:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=zdKZb8U_T4Y:4n58_U-1OVA:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=zdKZb8U_T4Y:4n58_U-1OVA:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blankenthoughts/~4/zdKZb8U_T4Y" height="1" width="1"/>http://jeffblankenburg.com/2009/07/day-5-silverlight-drag-and-drop.aspxtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20740090.post-322785755220337503Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:00:00 +00002009-07-04T01:00:32.684-04:00tutorialSilverlight31 days of SilverlightHave you ever wondered how to get more than one Silverlight element on your page? Have you ever wondered how to get two Silverlight controls to communicate? This post will address both of those questions.For those of you not pondering those questions, here's a common scenario: You want to have a common Silverlight navigation on your page, and you don't want to redirect the user to another pagehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Blankenthoughts/~3/vNxWcLw_GfU/day-4-communicating-between-two.aspxnoreply@blogger.com (Jeff Blankenburg)3<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=vNxWcLw_GfU:QPsrERsvgwE:G79ilh31hkQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=G79ilh31hkQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=vNxWcLw_GfU:QPsrERsvgwE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=vNxWcLw_GfU:QPsrERsvgwE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=vNxWcLw_GfU:QPsrERsvgwE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=vNxWcLw_GfU:QPsrERsvgwE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=vNxWcLw_GfU:QPsrERsvgwE:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=vNxWcLw_GfU:QPsrERsvgwE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=vNxWcLw_GfU:QPsrERsvgwE:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=vNxWcLw_GfU:QPsrERsvgwE:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=vNxWcLw_GfU:QPsrERsvgwE:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=vNxWcLw_GfU:QPsrERsvgwE:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blankenthoughts/~4/vNxWcLw_GfU" height="1" width="1"/>http://jeffblankenburg.com/2009/07/day-4-communicating-between-two.aspxtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20740090.post-2276698454083565842Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:00:00 +00002009-07-03T06:56:57.142-04:00tutorialSilverlight31 days of SilverlightThis is the third post in my series of thirty-one, called, not surprisingly, "31 Days of Silverlight". You can find the master list here.Also, before we get started here, don't forget that today is Contribupendence Day. Take a moment to read this post about what Contribupedence Day is, and how you can participate.If you've ever seen a Silverlight application before, you've likely seen the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Blankenthoughts/~3/qTFFa6yxxdE/day-3-custom-silverlight-loading-screen.aspxnoreply@blogger.com (Jeff Blankenburg)8<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=qTFFa6yxxdE:xYglG-V9MM4:G79ilh31hkQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=G79ilh31hkQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=qTFFa6yxxdE:xYglG-V9MM4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=qTFFa6yxxdE:xYglG-V9MM4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=qTFFa6yxxdE:xYglG-V9MM4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=qTFFa6yxxdE:xYglG-V9MM4:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=qTFFa6yxxdE:xYglG-V9MM4:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=qTFFa6yxxdE:xYglG-V9MM4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=qTFFa6yxxdE:xYglG-V9MM4:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=qTFFa6yxxdE:xYglG-V9MM4:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=qTFFa6yxxdE:xYglG-V9MM4:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=qTFFa6yxxdE:xYglG-V9MM4:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blankenthoughts/~4/qTFFa6yxxdE" height="1" width="1"/>http://jeffblankenburg.com/2009/07/day-3-custom-silverlight-loading-screen.aspxtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20740090.post-4566157920799152748Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:00:00 +00002009-07-02T01:00:12.954-04:00tutorialSilverlight31 days of SilverlightThis is second of thirty-one posts on Silverlight I will be doing in July. The first post was on the mouse events available to you in Silverlight. Today's post is on Screen Transitions, or more specifically, moving from one XAML file to another.Moving From One XAML File To AnotherThis is the simple part. In your Silverlight project (mine is called SilverlightScreenTransitions), add a new XAML http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Blankenthoughts/~3/aKFVtiuvOik/day-2-silverlight-screen-transitions.aspxnoreply@blogger.com (Jeff Blankenburg)8<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=aKFVtiuvOik:FwG-pjL_B6U:G79ilh31hkQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=G79ilh31hkQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=aKFVtiuvOik:FwG-pjL_B6U:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=aKFVtiuvOik:FwG-pjL_B6U:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=aKFVtiuvOik:FwG-pjL_B6U:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=aKFVtiuvOik:FwG-pjL_B6U:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=aKFVtiuvOik:FwG-pjL_B6U:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=aKFVtiuvOik:FwG-pjL_B6U:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=aKFVtiuvOik:FwG-pjL_B6U:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=aKFVtiuvOik:FwG-pjL_B6U:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=aKFVtiuvOik:FwG-pjL_B6U:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=aKFVtiuvOik:FwG-pjL_B6U:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blankenthoughts/~4/aKFVtiuvOik" height="1" width="1"/>http://jeffblankenburg.com/2009/07/day-2-silverlight-screen-transitions.aspxtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20740090.post-7123137715553657836Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:00:00 +00002009-07-07T14:38:44.896-04:00tutorialSilverlight31 days of SilverlightIn my inaugural post of the "31 Days of Silverlight," we're going to focus on Mouse Event handlers. With an interactive application, you're often going to want to know when your users are clicking on stuff. So, this is a tutorial on the different mouse events, and how to use them. So, let's start with the beginning, and go forward from there. You can download ALL of the sample code from this http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Blankenthoughts/~3/Zh-__ZgUMpY/day-1-mouse-events-in-silverlight.aspxnoreply@blogger.com (Jeff Blankenburg)3<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=Zh-__ZgUMpY:3aBhIsKX740:G79ilh31hkQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=G79ilh31hkQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=Zh-__ZgUMpY:3aBhIsKX740:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=Zh-__ZgUMpY:3aBhIsKX740:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=Zh-__ZgUMpY:3aBhIsKX740:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=Zh-__ZgUMpY:3aBhIsKX740:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=Zh-__ZgUMpY:3aBhIsKX740:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=Zh-__ZgUMpY:3aBhIsKX740:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=Zh-__ZgUMpY:3aBhIsKX740:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=Zh-__ZgUMpY:3aBhIsKX740:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=Zh-__ZgUMpY:3aBhIsKX740:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=Zh-__ZgUMpY:3aBhIsKX740:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blankenthoughts/~4/Zh-__ZgUMpY" height="1" width="1"/>http://jeffblankenburg.com/2009/07/day-1-mouse-events-in-silverlight.aspxtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20740090.post-6927724525389551433Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:31:00 +00002009-07-01T07:42:55.565-04:00tdpetoughest developer puzzle everIt's offical. The Toughest Developer Puzzle Ever is alive and kickin'. Prepare to have your mind bent, your skills tested, and, if you're fast enough, your home mailbox filled. That's right. This contest will provide the first 15 people to complete the puzzle with a prize. We're not talking about happy meal toys here, either. This is a substantial prize, valued at over $25, and another http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Blankenthoughts/~3/sJs-mbYBh4Y/looking-for-mental-challenge-here-it-is.aspxnoreply@blogger.com (Jeff Blankenburg)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=sJs-mbYBh4Y:h2Sw_EREUGw:G79ilh31hkQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=G79ilh31hkQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=sJs-mbYBh4Y:h2Sw_EREUGw:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=sJs-mbYBh4Y:h2Sw_EREUGw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=sJs-mbYBh4Y:h2Sw_EREUGw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=sJs-mbYBh4Y:h2Sw_EREUGw:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=sJs-mbYBh4Y:h2Sw_EREUGw:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=sJs-mbYBh4Y:h2Sw_EREUGw:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=sJs-mbYBh4Y:h2Sw_EREUGw:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=sJs-mbYBh4Y:h2Sw_EREUGw:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=sJs-mbYBh4Y:h2Sw_EREUGw:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=sJs-mbYBh4Y:h2Sw_EREUGw:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blankenthoughts/~4/sJs-mbYBh4Y" height="1" width="1"/>http://jeffblankenburg.com/2009/06/looking-for-mental-challenge-here-it-is.aspxtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20740090.post-1339973073785042805Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:00:00 +00002009-07-13T16:43:12.723-04:00Silverlight31 days of SilverlightEach day in the month of July, I am going to publish an article on a Silverlight topic. The topics will range from 100-level to 300-level in difficulty, but all of them will be written so that a beginner could start from scratch to create them.I will covering Drag & Drop, Event Handling, and even Collision Detection. This is an extensive list of tutorials, and I hope that it will help you see http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Blankenthoughts/~3/5YRkH72lNfA/thirty-one-days-of-silverlight.aspxnoreply@blogger.com (Jeff Blankenburg)12<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=5YRkH72lNfA:p789LpmS59c:G79ilh31hkQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=G79ilh31hkQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=5YRkH72lNfA:p789LpmS59c:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=5YRkH72lNfA:p789LpmS59c:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=5YRkH72lNfA:p789LpmS59c:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=5YRkH72lNfA:p789LpmS59c:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=5YRkH72lNfA:p789LpmS59c:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=5YRkH72lNfA:p789LpmS59c:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=5YRkH72lNfA:p789LpmS59c:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=5YRkH72lNfA:p789LpmS59c:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=5YRkH72lNfA:p789LpmS59c:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=5YRkH72lNfA:p789LpmS59c:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blankenthoughts/~4/5YRkH72lNfA" height="1" width="1"/>http://jeffblankenburg.com/2009/06/thirty-one-days-of-silverlight.aspxtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20740090.post-3344275305547616345Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:19:00 +00002009-06-23T10:07:07.245-04:00givecampcolumbusIf you haven't already heard (and honestly, all the cool kids are going to be there), there is going to be a GiveCamp in Columbus, OH the weekend of July 17-19. Don't live near Columbus? There's a GiveCamp in Ann Arbor, MI the same weekend. So just stop it. You have run out of excuses to participate!What is a GiveCamp?GiveCamp is a weekend-long event where software developers, designers, and http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Blankenthoughts/~3/QAYQT2ecvHE/columbus-givecamp-july-17-18-19.aspxnoreply@blogger.com (Jeff Blankenburg)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=QAYQT2ecvHE:pd9bRUCdcLg:G79ilh31hkQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=G79ilh31hkQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=QAYQT2ecvHE:pd9bRUCdcLg:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=QAYQT2ecvHE:pd9bRUCdcLg:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=QAYQT2ecvHE:pd9bRUCdcLg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=QAYQT2ecvHE:pd9bRUCdcLg:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=QAYQT2ecvHE:pd9bRUCdcLg:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=QAYQT2ecvHE:pd9bRUCdcLg:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=QAYQT2ecvHE:pd9bRUCdcLg:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?i=QAYQT2ecvHE:pd9bRUCdcLg:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=QAYQT2ecvHE:pd9bRUCdcLg:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?a=QAYQT2ecvHE:pd9bRUCdcLg:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Blankenthoughts?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blankenthoughts/~4/QAYQT2ecvHE" height="1" width="1"/>http://jeffblankenburg.com/2009/06/columbus-givecamp-july-17-18-19.aspx