Expression Blend Beta 2…YAY!!!

Apparently Microsoft released a new version of Expression Blend two days ago!!! For some odd reason…it didn’t show up in my Visual Studio Startup page. But that’s ok…cuz I’ve got peoples…and they tell me when cool stuff comes out. So yeah…it’s about 9:20 here…meaning I’ve got about a cool 45 minutes to play with the new beta.

Naomi

Naomi is the name of my (relatively) new project which involves emulating Sega’s last console…the Dreamcast. As of this writing, I think I’ve put in about 2 months of development…all by myself I might add. What originally started off as a managed C# project, has morphed into an ambitious C++ application that uses a cross bewteen a Dynamic Recompiler…and Just-In-Time Compiler for Hitachi’s SuperH 4. Even though I’ve yet to make any significant progress…such as emulating a demo…or…anything for that matter — I’m extremely proud of the work that I’ve done so far…and by the many new things I’ve learned.

How to make a basic AutoComplete Textbox using WPF

EDIT: I’ve moved this page to my website.

WPF Expander Control – Cool Things Part 1 (animation)

Hmm…this is by no means a tutorial. There – that’s my disclaimer. So now that I’ve absolved myself from all WPF-sin, we can get started. WPF…that’s Windows Presentation Foundation for the layman…has been around for over a year now in multitude of incarnations (Avalon, WinFX, etc.) , and is the backbone Microsoft’s new OS “Vista”. If you didn’t already know, WPF uses a customized XML language called XAML for creating/rendering all of its controls. XAML (rhymes with camel) stands for Extensible Application Markup Language…and quite honestly…is the coolest thing since sliced bread.

My first post…

Here’s my first post. Yay! Ok…now that that’s out of the way…we can get started on the real stuff. Hmm…it’s been about 4 months since I closed my website…and I figured that it was about time for me to get back to writing about the things I’ve learned…and…of course…those things that frustrate the hell out of me. But anyways, at least my first post is done…so now…I can rant.