Robert A. Wlodarczyk's Blog (MSFT)
adventures with the Windows Imaging Component
It's been a long time...
Well, well... It's been a really long time since I've last blogged. Some might say I even fell off...
Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 08/04/2005
My next Avalon Imaging sample...
I just posted my next Avalon Imaging sample. This one is an entire one devoted to ImageEffectGlow....
Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 01/16/2004
Avalon Imaging Samples
Recently I've been playing around with the PDC build of Longhorn at home along with the PDC build of...
Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 01/15/2004
More details on space plan
A few weeks ago I put up some posts about Bush's new space plan... Just following up more on this...
Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 01/14/2004
Atom .NET
I was just talking to Lawrence (who also worked on the RSS.NET implemention with George and myself)...
Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 01/10/2004
Bold Space Initiative
A few weeks ago I posted an article about the possibility of new missions to the moon. Here's...
Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 01/07/2004
Interesting prospects
Duncan writes that he will be focusing on the development side of Windows XP Media Center Edition in...
Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 01/06/2004
New Mission to the Moon
President Bush reportedly wants to send a mission to the moon to hopefully leave a more permanent...
Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 12/04/2003
Longhorn Blogs
I may be silent here for a while, but I'll be active on my Longhorn Blogs blog.
Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 10/27/2003
Networking
Chris Sells talks about some good methods for networking :)
Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 10/15/2003
Interesting read...
DonXML discusses some interesting viewpoints on SVG and Avalon... SVG is definitely a very hot...
Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 10/15/2003
Rules for life
Stephen Forte talks of his life lessons from Mt. Everest. Definitely 100% true, rules to live by.
Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 10/06/2003
Half Life 2 Source Code Leaked
Man, this is a disaster. Half Life 2 forums is reporting (and as been confirmed by a PM at Valve)...
Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 10/02/2003
Everett... no Everest tails
Stephen Forte talks of his amazing experience at the top of the world. Dude, You ROCK!!! When you're...
Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 10/01/2003
Longhorn Blogs!
Scoble points to his new Longhorn specific blog... I've got one too courtesy of Robert McLaws....
Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 09/30/2003
Want to backup your XBOX?
Here's a .NET project on SourceForge that will let you back up your XBOX to a remote location. Very...
Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 09/28/2003
Stephen Forte speaks...
Looks like Stephen Forte is back around sea-level... he blogs again!
Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 09/23/2003
Lunch with Steve from FurryGoat
Today I met up with Steve from www.furrygoat.com. We had a great lunch on campus and chatted about a...
Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 09/23/2003
No email for you!
A company based in the UK, Phones4U, is banning all email sent within the company amongst its 2500...
Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 09/19/2003
Intel ROCKS!
I've always liked Intel over AMD, and I think today I see yet another reason why this is the case. I...
Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 09/17/2003
Longhorn, MSBuild...
Two things to watch out for: Longhorn Developer Center MSBuild talks at PDC
Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 09/16/2003
SmartPhone in the US!!!!
Check this out... SmartPhone in the US on AT&T Wireless! Thankfully I have AT&T! :P
Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 09/15/2003
Developers 37 times!!!
Don Box points to this very funny PDC spoof video. Go check it out.
Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 09/13/2003
New Books I'm Looking Forward To
From aPress (links and text copied from aPress' Forthcoming Titles list): Developing on Linux with...
Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 09/11/2003
WS's and Longhorn
Charles Cooper of CNET has an interesting take on Longhorn and Web Services. Ok, so he says that big...
Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 09/07/2003
VS.net woes?
Trying to compile in VS.net, but can't because of some mysterious problem since a file cannot be...
Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 09/03/2003
A view from the [dark] side...
Scoble points out a recent interview with Jonathan Swartz of Sun Microsystems. It's interesting to...
Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 09/02/2003
Fry's eXPerience
I apologize for the non-.NET post, but it's about Fry's... a geek's heaven. Today I decided to see...
Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 08/31/2003
Ever wonder why you can't...
click on the map to change your time zone in Windows anymore... Raymond Chen has a great...
Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 08/24/2003
CF.NET Development vs. Java/Symbian/etc...
Brian Jepson points to a great link talking about how much development for the Compact .NET...
Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 08/24/2003
Account Permissions...
...take a while for them to propogate throughout Active Directory, especially quite a large one at...
Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 08/20/2003
The famous disclaimer
I should of posted this first probably... Need to do my rendition of the standard disclaimer. This...
Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 08/18/2003
.NET 18K Checkup
Software Development Times has a check-up article about .NET.
Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 08/17/2003
Jedi Kid: Revisited
Ok, a while ago Steve posted a link to the Jedi Kid. Tonight over dinner one of my friends, Chris,...
Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 08/11/2003
iPod Alternatives
I must admit, Apple got one thing right... the iPods. It's an elegant piece of technology, albiet a...
Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 08/11/2003
MSN 6 Error!!!
Ok, I just went to add Erik Porter to my MSN Messenger list and I got this error: What's up with...
Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 08/11/2003
Newsgroups & RSS --> why not?
Chris Sells made an excellent point last week when he said he doesn't read anything that doesn't...
Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 08/10/2003
First SmartPhone 2003 Devices Announced
Oh, this is sweet!!! SmartPhone Thoughts talks about this company Dopod who announced the first...
Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 08/09/2003
Night Out On The Town
Man, last night was a blast. Went out drinking with Stephen Forte and a few of his friends. Zum...
Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 08/09/2003
Left Computerless & Carless
Ok, well, as of an hour ago, I have been left carless. Completely reliant on other people to drive...
Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 08/08/2003
Linux Reconsidered
Alan writes a rebuttal to an earlier article posted on CNET about “Reconsidering Linux”... I think...
Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 08/07/2003
Blogger Meet Up Next Wednesday
Scoble writes: "Sam Gentile is gonna be in Redmond next week. He wants to get a weblogger dinner...
Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 08/06/2003
On Novell & Mono
Richard Tallent writes some thoughts about today's aquisition of Ximian by Novell, and specifically...
Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 08/04/2003
Novell Snaps Up Ximian
Novell acquires Ximian... wonder how this will affect the Mono Project.
Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 08/04/2003