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