Jon Galloway

XAML uses a vector graphics markup which is very similar to SVG, but since it's part of a complete application framework the designers decided to use a slightly different format. I'd expect that XAML would be able to load SVG, or that there would at least be plenty of tools to convert SVG to XAML, but it was tougher than I thought. After some background, I'll discuss some solutions I found.

VB.NET gets a hard time from C# developers. For a variety of reasons, the leading .NET programmers seem to be working in C#, and VB.NET developers get really tired of saying, "Hey, VB.NET can do that, too!"

My friend wrote me last week to tell me about the astounding new feature Google Maps had added  - Street View!

One of the coolest things I saw at MIX07 was on a Linux computer. Miguel was showing us something on his laptop when all of a sudden the desktop turned into a cube and started spinning around. Miguel told us it was Compiz, which has been available for X Window System (GNOME, KDE) for over a year now. Sidenote: A lot of people know it by the name of a fork of Compiz named Beryl. It sounds like Beryl is basically Compiz with a neater name and a better website. Anyhow, Beryl has rejoined the Compiz trunk.

We lost the everything but my local source copies for our CropperPlugins when gypsies stole the CodePlex TS02 server, which slowed us down a bit.

I just heard that CodePlex is adding support for TortoiseSVN with an estimated release date of June 5.