July 2015

I’m writing a Windows Store app, as many previous posts have made obvious, and I’ve got a new need that might not be fulfilled by any Microsoft tools. I need a StackPanel that hides any children that can’t be shown in their requested size. My plan is to…

I was reading an old blog post http://www.kalzumeus.com/2011/10/28/dont-call-yourself-a-programmer/ and came across this line: “Anyone describing themselves as either a Java programmer or .NET programmer has already lost.” The point he was making, and continued to make after this line, is that programming languages don’t matter. It’s an old…

I had a project that required key codes. These are codes sort of like the key codes used by software companies to activate your software. For my situation, the most effective way to pass around these codes is as long integers. Otherwise, math on these values, like to…