So I’ve been living with the cooked ROM of Windows Mobile 6.5 for several days now and so far I’m quite pleased!  Most of the limitations are from the 2+ year old device (only a 200 MHz proc and ~50 MB of program ram).  The OS itself is really good.  I owe you all some screenshots (maybe...

Adventures in Alpha Phone Operating Systems 2 →

This morning, in a fit of insanity, I decided to see if there was anything to Microsoft’s claim that they are actually making mobile phone operating systems anymore.  As everyone knows, the iPhone is the current hottness, and rightly so, but Microsoft has been a player in this space for years now...

Adventures in Alpha Phone Operating Systems →

This week’s Thing a Week was suggested by Mike Wood.  It’s a control I’m putting together for my WPF project for fun.  I really like the Tablet PC idea and enjoy using the pen as an input device where it makes sense, so I wanted a label that you could click on and bring up an ink editing panel...

ONTaW #3: Ink friendly editable label →

The code is now available here for my One New Thing a Week #2 post, the Drag and Drop Helper class.  Sorry about the delay. If anyone knows their XAML and stuff like this, I can’t figure out why the XAML parser doesn’t love my RoutedEvents… the code works FINE, but the parser had the red squigglies...

ONTAW 2: Code available →

A WPF StackPanel has an infinte size in the direction of its orientation, so putting an Orientation=”Horizontal” stackpanel with a horizontal WrapPanel inside of it will result in the wrapping never kicking in! I think I’m STARTING to get the WPF layout thing.  At least I understand why people are...

Note for myself… →

OK, so the title is a little bit disingenuous, but I’m trying to get back in the swing of things.  One New thing a Quarter would be more accurate, but to make up for it, there’s more than one new thing in this week. I’ve gotten started with WPF.  So far, it’s quite awesome, but I haven’t really...

One New Thing a Week #2: Drag and Drop Helper in WPF →

So I’ve decided to end the coolness of Twitter by joining it.  I’m still not sure I “get it”, but if anyone cares about the generalities of my life, find inconsequential updates on Twitter under bvonhandorf.

I’m not going to rant on too much about this, but I just don’t understand why Microsoft is so crazy-stupid sometimes?  I’m sitting here reading “Windows Presentation Foundation: Unleashed” by Adam Nathan and I’m just continually impressed by the stupidity.  Don’t get me wrong… WPF strikes me...

Why is Microsoft so incompetent? Seriously! →

I think he’ll get off scott-free, though....

Pictures of the Culprit →

Yesterday, the weather was completely reasonable… so I rode my bike to work.  The ride in was nice, if a little damp in places from the still melting snow.  I am sloooow, but since I haven’t really been doing any cardio, I’ve got nobody to blame but myself.  The ride home was also slow...

Mechanical Leprosy: a.k.a. Oh My Goddess, You Killed my Jamis! You Bastards! →