Paul Tallett's Web Log
Communicate across multiple Silverlight 2 instances in c-sharp
I recently was writing a video player in Silverlight 2 beta 2 and there was a requrement that when...
Date: 07/05/2008
Silverlight 2 Beta 2 ClientAccessPolicy.xml
Thanks to Simon Middlemiss, you need a new ClientAccessPolicy.xml file with Silverlight 2 Beta 2 if...
Date: 06/07/2008
XBox 360 How to tell 65 nanometer (falcon) from older boxes
I just bought a new XBox 360 Premium yesterday (15-March-2008) and when I got it home I thought I'd...
Date: 03/16/2008
Parrot Bluetooth Sound System Speakers
I recently bought a Parrot Bluetooth Sound System which is a pair of speakers with their own...
Date: 12/08/2007
Silverlight production site T5M goes live!
Our team has been busy building a new website www.t5m.com that went live last week! I think it is...
Date: 12/08/2007
This copy of Windows must be activated with Microsoft before you can proceed
There seems to be a bug in Windows Server 2003 R2 that if you try to repair your system after...
Date: 01/27/2007
Ultimate Vista Laptop/Ultimate WPF Laptop
Hi! Only 6 months between blog posts! Sorry, I've been pretty maxxed. I've been hunting around for...
Date: 01/24/2007
Microsoft Da Vinci Code
Recently had this very funny Microsoft take on the Da Vinci code forwarded to me. It is quite long...
Date: 06/17/2006
Insufficient System Resources to complete the requested API
If you get this error when you try and hibernate your laptop, chances are you have 2GB of RAM or...
Date: 05/18/2006
Printing in WPF (XPS)
I wanted to print a visual out to an XPS file on a recent project, and couldn't find the code to do...
Date: 05/11/2006
New CodeProject article
I just finished an article on dragging and dropping files into Windows Explorer that I've posted on...
Date: 05/11/2006
BBC iMP at MIX 06
Got involved with building a WPF application to show off the BBC's Integrated Media Player (iMP)....
Date: 04/08/2006
HMV Music download
I've just finished a project to do a music download service (a bit like iTunes) for HMV. HMV are one...
Date: 03/05/2006
MediaElement not displaying video
I've been working with WPF (Avalon) recently and found some strangeness with the MediaElement...
Date: 03/02/2006
30" Dell Screen
I lashed out on a 30" Dell screen the other day. It is just great, and absolutely enormous! I still...
Date: 03/02/2006
Hello world!
Hi! I'm Paul Tallett, and I work in Microsoft Consulting Services (MCS) in the UK. I specialise in...
Date: 03/02/2006