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Pete Brown writes on a number of topics including Silverlight, WPF, .NET, woodworking and working as a consultant in the DC area. On most forums, Pete goes by the name Psychlist1972. Pete has worked at Applied Information Sciences (AIS) since 1996 where he currently performs as a lead architect and project manager.

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August 2008 - Posts

Awesome 3d Spatial Navigation in Silverlight 2
I love this UI. The navigation with the video cloud is just sweet. Move your mouse around, and use the mousewheel to zoom in and out. http://www.mojaveexperiment.com/ The previous version of this site was in another technology, and had pretty neat 3d Read More...
I’m in it for the Technology
My annual review is coming up. This is the time when you’re encouraged to reflect on what you’ve done over the past year, and what you want to be when you grow up. While thinking through mine yesterday, and thinking about the ones from the past twelve Read More...
Commodore 128 FTW!
Just yesterday, I found and scanned an old photo of my first computer. Prior to the C128, I used C64s, apples etc. in school, but this one was at home, and saw a ton of use for programming, games , and word processing (GEOS 128). Read More...
Other Places I Hang Out Online
There are a number of other places I hang out where we can have two-way conversations rather than just a publish-subscribe relationship. Follow me on Twitter . Twitter is a fun place to hang out and get the news before folks have time to blog about it. Read More...
Podcasters : Enable One-Click Zune Podcast Subscriptions
Podcasters, did you know you can make subscribing via the Zune as simple as a single click on your website? This works using the zune://subscribe format. An example might be: zune://subscribe?TimCast=http://feeds.feedburner.com/timcast-wmv Here’s the Read More...
CAPTCHA Fail
I’m glad there’s an option to get a different challenge Read More...
It’s the Little Things – UI Nit in Vista
I like Windows Vista. I’ve been running it since the beta period, and it has been my primary operating system since it was released. Despite some of the common hearsay, Vista is very stable. I typically leave my machine on for weeks on end, rebooting Read More...
Silverlight/.NET vs Flash/Flex (or not) and My Silverlight Wishlist
I was going to present an analogy using different types of cars, but more often than not, the analogy breaks down on some key point or carries some baggage that just doesn’, and folks start picking apart the analogy and assuming it still applies to the Read More...