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Community work

Published on 2012-05-24 06:57:06

Just a quick note… I’ll be speaking @ Community Day 2012 ! Together with Bart Lannoeye we will present the Windows 8 metro app “Community Calendar”. We’ll show you how we created the app using XAML with WinRT and touch different technical aspects. Click the image below for the complete agenda… see you there. Location: [...] > read more

Semantic Zoom with MVVMLight – Windows 8 Metro

Published on 2012-04-18 19:25:29

This week I've been trying out some Windows 8 Metro development and by doing so I came across something I think will help out other devs. I wanted to try out one of the key new features that is presented in Windows 8, called Semantic Zoom ( read about/view it here ). But because of [...] > read more

Tweetsharp and AgFx – Windows Phone 7

Published on 2012-04-12 06:12:16

Being a big fan of AgFx for any online data retrieval, I was exited to see Bjorn Kuiper his blog post about using Tweetsharp together with AgFx in a WP7 app. You can read all about it here… it shows you how to display tweets from a specific users’ timeline. But like many blog posts, [...] > read more

Resize images to be used on Live Tile – Windows Phone 7

Published on 2012-01-09 15:34:08

Recently I added a live tile feature to one of my WP7 applications. The app tile would show an image of a person, retrieved from a RSS feed. Now because of the fact that the image is of a person, it's not squared, but portrait. Meaning that the width of the image is shorter then [...] > read more

LongListSelector – Windows Phone 7 development

Published on 2011-10-24 15:09:16

If you are using a Windows Phone 7, you'll have noticed that when you want to go through your People list they are all 'grouped' by one character. And when you press one of those characters, you'll get a nice overview of all available groups, again shown by a character. Example Now if you are [...] > read more

Windows Phone 7 development

Published on 2011-05-09 03:32:22

Currently I released 2 Windows Phone 7 apps to the Microsoft Marktplace. The creation of both apps was not that difficult, because when you want to develop for wp7, there are several good reusable libraries out there! Let me zoom in on one in particu > read more

Use Bing Maps SetView method with MVVM – Windows Phone 7

Published on 2011-03-16 16:52:17

Well when you are developing on the Windows Phone and are trying to use MVVM, you’ll notice not everything is ‘real’ MVVMable You’ll notice it mostly when you are using controls that don’t have much bindable items… > read more

Telenet telemeter for Windows Phone 7

Published on 2011-03-13 17:19:57

Well, maybe you noticed when reading my last post… I’ve been busy developing for my Windows Phone 7! The best way for me to learn a new environment is to try out some real scenario. This way I have a good focus on what I’m trying to > read more

Windows Phone 7 development

Published on 2011-03-02 17:19:20

Well my current cellphone is a new HTC smartphone with the Window Phone 7 OS! It’s the HTC Trophy and I have to say the OS and the device are just brilliant. But to be honest, the fact that you can just code .Net apps for it, made it a winner i > read more

QR Code generation

Published on 2010-10-26 16:22:26

For some time now, most people here in Belgium are beginning to notice the new bar code thing that is popping up all over the place… I’m talking about QR codes! They are not difficult to spot, because of there special resemblance. But it& > read more

Our Katalungan Guro Jan Van den Borne showing some Kali techniques

Published on 2010-09-14 04:12:28

Kali Belgium from Einchun on Vimeo. Bookmark It > read more

HTPC: Part 2 – The software

Published on 2010-09-01 15:36:29

Let me show you what I’ve done to get my HTPC up and running, through some blogposts. The drilldown Part 1: The hardware Part 2: The software Part 3: The overall conclusion and some pictures This part will be about the software that is used on my H > read more

HTPC: Part 1 – The hardware

Published on 2010-05-20 10:23:47

Well I finally got around buying a HTPC for my home entertainment needs It took me a while, but now that it’s here I’m very content!! Let me show you what I’ve done to get my HTPC up and running, through some blogposts. The drilldo > read more

Linq to Objects – join or intersect

Published on 2009-12-16 09:19:48

Thanks to Linq to objects we can have a more sql like coding style in c#. For somebody that has actual sql knowledge, this comes in very handy. But it seems that several coding methods perform the same task and gives the same result. So what codin > read more

Charts with Asp.net MVC and jQuery through jqPlot

Published on 2009-08-31 06:43:23

Asp.Net MVC is a great way to get dynamic data presented inside a web browser and thanks to the great integration of jQuery now in Visual Studio, we have many programming tools right at hand! To show of the possibilities, I’ll give an example > read more

Polar ProTrainer 5 – Average speed readout

Published on 2009-08-20 06:56:20

Now that I’m using my Polar RS800cx during my cycling tours, I’m of course am using the Polar ProTrainer 5 software to get nice overviews on the registered data! It’s a great tool to keep track of your trainings. But also with this > read more

Polar RS800cx PTE – IrDA problem

Published on 2009-08-18 02:20:19

Only after a few usages ( I only have my Polar RS800cx for a few months ) my Polar IrDA usb device just stopped working. Well actually, it didn’t stop… when I plugged it in the usb port, Windows detected it and the IrDA device started fla > read more

Polar RS800cx PTE settings – part 2 – Using temperature

Published on 2009-07-17 04:40:17

Second post on how to use the Polar RS800cx PTE concerns the temperature! One of the nice features of the watch, is the ability to register the environment temperature during your exercise! Best way to get a good readout is not to wear the watch on y > read more

Polar RS800cx PTE settings – part 1 – Using a speed or cadence sensor

Published on 2009-07-15 04:39:08

Like I stated before, I currently own a Polar hrm that works great! But the first time use can be a bit daunting! Even looking at the support forum of Polar, it seems that I’m not the only one with some first time usage problems… So for b > read more