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29 augustus 2008
Trivia fact: ASP.NET dynamic images retro
You can find a nice release of the ASP.NET team for dynamically generated images for web applications on the Codeplex website. Others have already blogged about this, such as Scott Hanselman and David Hayden , so I'm not going to repeat that. I do want to add some information to this though. It's... Read More...
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13 februari 2008
LOLCode: 2 1337 4 u n00bs
Reading the blog of Scott Hanselman I found a post on LOLCODE . LOLCODE is a simple and silly programming language, based on 1337-speak (a gamers/hackers slang). There is even an official site on LOLCODE , which has several semi-official specifications of the language. You have to see a fragment of LOLCODE... Read More...
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18 januari 2007
Reflector fun with System.Web assembly
Earlier this week I gave an Advanced ASP.NET 2.0 for Class-A . The course takes a deep dive into the various services of ASP.NET 2.0. During the preparation for this course I took Reflector for a spin and checked the internals of System.Web.dll. I can really recommend doing so, if you want to find out... Read More...
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09 januari 2007
Fun with Microsoft Speech
The other day my friend Remco and I were working on the Ventrilo protocol and had need for a little laugh. The Ventrilo client uses the Text-To-Speech of Windows to speak out loud chat messages. Remco knew some funny things you could make the speech engine say. You can have some fun as well. Open Microsoft... Read More...
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23 december 2006
Getting up in the morning
Take a look at this picture of my daughter Lieke: Looking pretty wise and smart, right? (Remember, this is her father talking). Well anyway, just to tell you the truth: that's not how she gets up in the morning. Follow this link to see how she looks without her first cup of coffee and make-up on. Read More...
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08 november 2006
.NET 3.0 balloon joke
On theWPFblog you can see the celebration of the release of the .NET Framework 3.0. This post shows a nice set of balloons over the logo and release date of .NET FX 3.0. Real nice demonstration of the possibilities of WPF, … except that it is a Flash animation! Read More...
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25 maart 2006
See Microsoft marketing taken to the iPod packaging
Ever wondered what would happen if Microsoft had designed the packaging for the iPod? Well, check the movie here through YouTube . Rumor has it that employees from Microsoft have created this parody. More rumor that Microsoft even confirmed that it originated the movie . Thanks to Roel for pointing me... Read More...
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08 december 2005
My five euros on it: Fake!
Nope, we're not talking female lactoid devices here. I'm talking about balls. No, not those either. I mean the bouncing balls from the Sony Bravia LCD TV commercial . If you don't know it, watch it first, then read on. Anyway, Albert Alberts of KPN-Internet Solutions has posted an entry on his blog ... Read More...
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21 oktober 2005
Microsoft shares your pain
Microsoft has invented a special chair for their developers. It called the WSYP project: Leverage customer feedback for software reliability. This movie does a product demonstration. Read More...
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