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Author Archives: Marc
SimCity – A(nother) tale of woe
Those who know me will wonder what I’m posting on this subject for. I’m not a big gamer so maybe I am missing something with the rollout of this game. I doubt it, though. The tale starts with me pre-ordering … Continue reading
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WP7 Navigation Gotcha
Navigating to a page, passing a key defined by a third party can present problems, but taking a little care over the way you pass the parameters can save a world of pain later. Continue reading
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Silverlight Toolkit ExpanderView – Flat Objects
Just one of many ways in which you can bind an ExpanderView control to a collection of simple objects. Continue reading
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Protected: Snippet Example #1
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Alter a Pivot controls header template the easy way (WP7)
If you want to alter the template for a Windows Phone 7 pivot control’s header, the simplest way is as follows… Of course, all this example does is specifically set the colour used for the title and headers to black, … Continue reading
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Alternating ListBox item background colours in WP7
I had a requirement today to implement alternating row colours in a Windows Phone 7 ListBox. After a bit of frustration with searching and only finding answers tht said “You can’t do it”, or that you need to add a … Continue reading
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Using LINQ to randomise a list.
This afternoon I needed to select some random items from a collection, and my searching ran into this idea. I modified it a little to do what I needed (Select 4 items at random from a list), and this is … Continue reading
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Bandwidth Throttling – WP7
I have been chasing down a defect in a Windows Phone 7 app that I’m involved with, but it seems to be bandwidth related. I really need to find a way to limit the bandwidth that the phone emulator is … Continue reading
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iPad 2 : First impressions…
(Do they still qualify as “first impressions” after owning the device for more than 24 hours?) Yesterday I managed to get my hands on an iPad 2. Bear in mind that I had always thought of the original iPad as … Continue reading
Barenaked Ladies – Leeds (17/10/10)
OK, first thing’s first – I am not what you’d call a Barenaked Ladies fan. I have a copy of “Stunt“, and I know “One Week” (in fact, my band have been trying to work out how to adequately cover … Continue reading
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