Archive for July, 2010

I Got Code #5: Downloading linked images

There was actually a question that got me thinking – how would I implement a program that downloads pictures from a web page, that are pointed by some links? Here is a sample console application I came up with: using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Net; using System.Threading; using System.IO; using System.Text.RegularExpressions; using System.Drawing; namespace ConsoleApplication [...]

I Got Code #4: WPF TextBox with rounded corners. What and how?

What is the first idea that comes to mind when someone mentions rounded corners and WPF? Probably Border. That is the right thing to think about, but how to apply it to a TextBox control? There are two ways to achieve what you want. Way A: The most obvious thing would be creating a border [...]

WeatherBar SDK – now public

A while ago I decided to make WeatherBar extensible. I know that for some people it could be a bit frustrating when they cannot find a specific location in WeatherBar because Google Weather API cannot locate weather data for it. Therefore, starting with the next release of WeatherBar, the application will no longer be tied [...]

Installing CouchDB on a VM

“The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it.”  – Sydney J. Harris After CouchDB hit its official 1.0 release, I decided to try it out and compare it to existing RDBMS, although this is probably not the right thing to do since CouchDB is based on a completely different paradigm. Anyway, [...]

The high-school part is over

Got my baccalaureate exam grades and my graduation diploma and I am now officially a high-school graduate. Can’t say that I am not happy about it – these were some interesting 12 years. And as it always happens – I met the most awesome people at the end of my senior year (Bee, Alexandrina, Pufa, [...]