Archive for September, 2005

Burned by Canon’s Dirty E18 Secret

If you, like many others, have been burned by Canon’s E18 error, there are some class action investigations going on that you might be interested in:

I found the following embedded within an Amazon.com review: “If you would like to join the Lawsuit against Canon for “Memory card error” OR “E18″ error CALL ATTORNEY JIM SMITH […]

What Happened to NavigationApplication?

I’m not sure how many of you at PDC have already installed “The Goods” CD that you received. When you do, and you start porting your WPF apps to this build, you’ll notice that the NavigationApplication class no longer exists. Don’t panic! All of the navigation features that you know and love are still around, […]

Logistical Details for My PDC Session

I posted the abstract for my talk about a month ago, but now we actually have all the logistical information available too:
PRS314 - Windows Presentation Foundation (”Avalon”): Using Application Services
September 14, 5:00 PM - 6:15 PM
150/151 (Hall E)
Lauren Lavoie
Learn how to use Windows Presentation Foundation (formerly codename “Avalon”) application-level services for data […]

PDC Bloggers

A great place to check out all the PDC action (whether you’ll be at the Convention Center with us or not) is PDCBloggers.net. They have aggregated feeds from speakers, staff, attendees, and community members. I expect that you’ll see tons of good WPF content over there during the coming week.

Welcome Home, Shawnie

My little brother has returned from his summer in Yellowstone, and has rejoined civilization. Apparently one of the first things he did when he got back was post all of his photos from the summer. Good stuff there — check it out if you are curious about what Old Faithful and the Grand Tetons look […]

Why Doesn’t WPF Support MDI?

A few people have asked me why the WPF builds that we’ve released don’t include support for MDI. On one hand, I still want to do this for V1. On the other, I can’t imagine making people wait any longer before we ship this thing, on account of adding “just one more feature.”
I do want […]

PDC Panel: What’s Next for Microsoft’s Web Platform

I’ll be participating in the following panel at the PDC next week:
PNL06 - What’s Next for Microsoft’s Web Platform
September 16, 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
152/153 (Hall F)
Eric Deily, Eric Feagler, Lauren Lavoie, Mike Volodarsky, Nikhil Kothari, Omar Khan, Shanku Niyogi
Will emerging technologies such as Atlas and IIS7 create an environment for new types of […]

Dispatches from Slidell, Louisiana

Kenny’s dad lives in Slidell, LA, one of the cities that was hit the hardest by Hurricane Katrina. Gary actually stayed in Slidell during the hurricane because he was on call at the hospital (he is a general surgeon there). His wife, Lynn, went to stay with her family in another part of the state.
As […]