WTF 3.12

Android Developer Challenge

2009-11-06T19:26:21Z

Going through the submissions to the new Android Developer Challenge and I have to say some of the applications are really cool. I am really like the depth and breadth of the applications and the functionality that the Android platform provides. I need to work on the many ideas I have for Android applications and get something out there…

Back with the Best Phone!

2009-10-31T13:55:00Z

Been a while, but I need to get back into the swing of things and work on all the little projects that I have started. Need to pick one or two and focus on them until they reach a good level of completion.

Posted from my new Android G-1 phone. It is by far the best smart phone I have ever used.

Life is Messy

2009-09-10T12:01:20Z

Still alive. The title of this post says it all. I need to get back on track. Obviously, I did not do the polyphasic sleep stuff. I did a couple of days, but not on purpose .

My Polyphasic Sleep Experiment

2009-07-05T09:22:28Z

I was intrigued when Steve Pavlina talked about Polyphasic Sleep before and I recently came across PureDoxyk who has been Polyphasic for a long time now. I am working from home for the next couple of months with only a couple of trips to the client, so I have unprecedented control of my daily schedule and have decided to try to adjust my sleep patterns.

I have taken some of the notes that I have gleaned off of PureDoxyk’s site and come up with the following sleep and adjustment schedule:

If all goes well, I should be fully Polyphasic by July 21st. I will log my progress, results and and adjustments that I make to my plan. I have a lot of things going on in my personal life right now that could affect this experiment, but if I wait until the absolute right time to make the adjustment, I may be at a client site again and then the adjustment would not be easy because of scheduling.

I officially start tomorrow and the adjustment is so minor that I think the hardest part will be the nap in the afternoon. I am not a nap taker, so this may be the hardest part to enforce. I have also arranged my exercise times to after sleep because I was warned that exercising before a nap could cause the nap to run over because of fatigue.

Puppy Math #2

2009-07-05T09:02:18Z

Work in progress…

Volume of Pizza is PiZZ*A

2009-06-18T11:17:38Z

Puppy Probabilities A

2009-06-18T00:26:35Z

Other Sites

2009-05-27T23:12:09Z

Been working on getting my other sites. Got some stuff on WebConundrum.com now. Not much, but it is a start. I put an Anagram Generator that I wrote in SilverLight out there. I actually use it help with solving some of the puzzles on Live Search Club.

DamnYouVodka.com has nothing now, but I will start posting regularly (I hope ;).

Test Post with Picture from Mini

2009-05-27T16:27:44Z

Test Post #1 From Mini

2009-05-27T16:17:23Z

Test post from my mini…

SilverLight Calculator Experiment

2009-04-30T16:13:37Z

I am writing a scientific calculator in SilverLight as an exercise to learn SilverLight and as something to do while watching TV in the hotel at night. Here is the XAML that I have so far:

   1: <UserControl x:Class="CALC_SL.Page"

   2:     xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"

   3:     xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"

   4:     Width="640" Height="480">

   5:     <UserControl.Resources>

   6:         <Style TargetType="Button" x:Key="BlueButtonStyle">

   7:             <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="Blue" />

   8:         </Style>

   9:         <Style TargetType="Button" x:Key="PurpleButtonStyle">

  10:             <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="Purple" />

  11:         </Style>

  12:         <Style TargetType="Button" x:Key="RedButtonStyle">

  13:             <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="Red" />

  14:         </Style>

  15:     </UserControl.Resources>

  16:     <Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="White">

  17:         <Grid.RowDefinitions>

  18:             <RowDefinition Height="4*"/>

  19:             <RowDefinition />

  20:             <RowDefinition />

  21:             <RowDefinition />

  22:             <RowDefinition />

  23:             <RowDefinition />

  24:             <RowDefinition />

  25:             <RowDefinition />

  26:         </Grid.RowDefinitions>

  27:         <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>

  28:             <ColumnDefinition />

  29:             <ColumnDefinition />

  30:             <ColumnDefinition />

  31:             <ColumnDefinition />

  32:             <ColumnDefinition />

  33:             <ColumnDefinition />

  34:             <ColumnDefinition />

  35:             <ColumnDefinition />

  36:             <ColumnDefinition />

  37:             <ColumnDefinition />

  38:             <ColumnDefinition />

  39:         </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>

40:

  41:         <Grid Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" Margin="4" Grid.ColumnSpan="11" >

  42:             <Grid.RowDefinitions>

  43:                 <RowDefinition />

  44:                 <RowDefinition Height="32"/>

  45:             </Grid.RowDefinitions>

  46:             <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>

  47:                 <ColumnDefinition />

  48:             </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>

49:

  50:             <TextBox Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" Margin="4" x:Name="HistoryTextBox" IsReadOnly="True"

  51:                      TextAlignment="Right" Text="History" VerticalContentAlignment="Bottom"

  52:                       VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Visible" FontFamily="Courier New"/>

  53:             <TextBox Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0" Margin="4,4,22,4" x:Name="EntryTextBox" Text="1000.00"

  54:                      TextAlignment="Right" FontFamily="Courier New"/>

  55:         </Grid>

56:

  57:         <Border Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0" Margin="4" Grid.ColumnSpan="5"

  58:                 BorderThickness="1" BorderBrush="Black">

  59:             <Grid VerticalAlignment="Center">

  60:                 <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>

  61:                     <ColumnDefinition />

  62:                     <ColumnDefinition />

  63:                     <ColumnDefinition />

  64:                     <ColumnDefinition />

  65:                 </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>

66:

  67:                 <RadioButton Grid.Column="0" Content="Hex" Margin="4" x:Name="HexRadioButton" Checked="RadioButton_Checked" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>

  68:                 <RadioButton Grid.Column="1" Content="Dec" Margin="4" IsChecked="True" x:Name="DecRadioButton" Checked="RadioButton_Checked" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>

  69:                 <RadioButton Grid.Column="2" Content="Oct" Margin="4" x:Name="OctRadioButton" Checked="RadioButton_Checked" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>

  70:                 <RadioButton Grid.Column="3" Content="Bin" Margin="4" x:Name="BinRadioButton" Checked="RadioButton_Checked" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>

  71:             </Grid>

  72:         </Border>

73:

  74:         <Border Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="5" Margin="4" Grid.ColumnSpan="6"

  75:                 BorderThickness="1" BorderBrush="Black">

  76:             <Grid VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch">

  77:                 <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>

  78:                     <ColumnDefinition />

  79:                     <ColumnDefinition />

  80:                     <ColumnDefinition />

  81:                 </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>

82:

  83:                 <RadioButton Grid.Column="0" Content="Degrees" Margin="4" IsChecked="True" x:Name="DegreesRadioButton" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Center"/>

  84:                 <RadioButton Grid.Column="1" Content="Radians" Margin="4" x:Name="RadiansRadioButton" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Center"/>

  85:                 <RadioButton Grid.Column="2" Content="Grads" Margin="4" x:Name="GradsRadioButton" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Center"/>

  86:             </Grid>

  87:         </Border>

88:

  89:         <Border Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="0" Margin="4" Grid.ColumnSpan="3"

  90:                 BorderThickness="1" BorderBrush="Black">

  91:             <Grid VerticalAlignment="Center">

  92:                 <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>

  93:                     <ColumnDefinition />

  94:                     <ColumnDefinition />

  95:                 </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>

96:

  97:                 <CheckBox Grid.Column="0" Content="Inv" Margin="4" x:Name="InvCheckBox" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>

  98:                 <CheckBox Grid.Column="1" Content="Hyp" Margin="4" x:Name="HypCheckBox" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>

  99:             </Grid>

 100:         </Border>

 101:

 102:         <TextBlock Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="3" Text="X"

 103:                    VerticalAlignment="Center"

 104:                    HorizontalAlignment="Center" x:Name="StatusTextBlock"/>

 105:

 106:         <TextBlock Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="4" Text="M"

 107:                    VerticalAlignment="Center"

 108:                    HorizontalAlignment="Center" x:Name="MemoryIndicatorTextBlock"/>

 109:

 110:         <Button Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="5" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" Margin="4" Content="Backspace" Style="{StaticResource RedButtonStyle}" x:Name="BackspaceButton" Click="Button_Click"/>

 111:         <Button Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="7" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" Margin="4" Content="ClrE" Style="{StaticResource RedButtonStyle}" x:Name="ClrEButton" Click="Button_Click"/>

 112:         <Button Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="9" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" Margin="4" Content="Clr" Style="{StaticResource RedButtonStyle}" x:Name="ClrButton" Click="Button_Click"/>

 113:

 114:         <Button Grid.Row="3" Grid.Column="0" Margin="4" Content="Sta"

 115:

 116:                 Style="{StaticResource BlueButtonStyle}" Click="Button_Click" x:Name="StaButton"/>

 117:         <Button Grid.Row="3" Grid.Column="1" Margin="4" Content="F-E"

 118:                 Style="{StaticResource PurpleButtonStyle}" Click="Button_Click" x:Name="FEButton"/>

 119:         <Button Grid.Row="3" Grid.Column="2" Margin="4" Content="("

 120:                 Style="{StaticResource PurpleButtonStyle}" Click="Button_Click" x:Name="OpenParenButton"/>

 121:         <Button Grid.Row="3" Grid.Column="3" Margin="4" Content=")"

 122:                 Style="{StaticResource PurpleButtonStyle}" Click="Button_Click" x:Name="CloseParenButton"/>

 123:         <Button Grid.Row="3" Grid.Column="4" Margin="4" Content="MC"

 124:                 Style="{StaticResource RedButtonStyle}" Click="Button_Click" x:Name="MCButton"/>

 125:         <Button Grid.Row="3" Grid.Column="5" Margin="4" Content="7" Tag="Hex;Dec;Oct;Bin"

 126:                 Style="{StaticResource BlueButtonStyle}" Click="Button_Click" x:Name="SevenButton"/>

 127:         <Button Grid.Row="3" Grid.Column="6" Margin="4" Content="8" Tag="Hex;Dec;Oct;Bin"

 128:                 Style="{StaticResource BlueButtonStyle}" Click="Button_Click" x:Name="EightButton"/>

 129:         <Button Grid.Row="3" Grid.Column="7" Margin="4" Content="9" Tag="Hex;Dec;Oct;Bin"

 130:                 Style="{StaticResource BlueButtonStyle}" Click="Button_Click" x:Name="NineButton"/>

 131:         <Button Grid.Row="3" Grid.Column="8" Margin="4" Content="/"

 132:                 Style="{StaticResource RedButtonStyle}" Click="Button_Click" x:Name="DivideButton"/>

 133:         <Button Grid.Row="3" Grid.Column="9" Margin="4" Content="Mod"

 134:                 Style="{StaticResource RedButtonStyle}" Click="Button_Click" x:Name="ModButton"/>

 135:         <Button Grid.Row="3" Grid.Column="10" Margin="4" Content="And"

 136:                 Style="{StaticResource RedButtonStyle}" Click="Button_Click" x:Name="AndButton"/>

 137:

 138:         <Button Grid.Row="4" Grid.Column="0" Margin="4" Content="Ave"

 139:                 Click="Button_Click" x:Name="AveButton"/>

 140:         <Button Grid.Row="4" Grid.Column="1" Margin="4" Content="dms"

 141:                 Style="{StaticResource PurpleButtonStyle}" Click="Button_Click" x:Name="DmsButton"/>

 142:         <Button Grid.Row="4" Grid.Column="2" Margin="4" Content="Exp"

 143:                 Style="{StaticResource PurpleButtonStyle}" Click="Button_Click" x:Name="ExpButton"/>

 144:         <Button Grid.Row="4" Grid.Column="3" Margin="4" Content="ln"

 145:                 Style="{StaticResource PurpleButtonStyle}" Click="Button_Click" x:Name="LnButton"/>

 146:         <Button Grid.Row="4" Grid.Column="4" Margin="4" Content="MR"

 147:                 Style="{StaticResource RedButtonStyle}" Click="Button_Click" x:Name="MRButton"/>

 148:         <Button Grid.Row="4" Grid.Column="5" Margin="4" Content="4" Tag="Hex;Dec;Oct;Bin"

 149:                 Style="{StaticResource BlueButtonStyle}" x:Name="FourButton" Click="Button_Click"/>

 150:         <Button Grid.Row="4" Grid.Column="6" Margin="4" Content="5" Tag="Hex;Dec;Oct;Bin"

 151:                 Style="{StaticResource BlueButtonStyle}" x:Name="FiveButton" Click="Button_Click"/>

 152:         <Button Grid.Row="4" Grid.Column="7" Margin="4" Content="6" Tag="Hex;Dec;Oct;Bin"

 153:                 Style="{StaticResource BlueButtonStyle}" x:Name="SixButton" Click="Button_Click"/>

 154:         <Button Grid.Row="4" Grid.Column="8" Margin="4" Content="*"

 155:                 Style="{StaticResource RedButtonStyle}" Click="Button_Click" x:Name="TimesButton" />

 156:         <Button Grid.Row="4" Grid.Column="9" Margin="4" Content="Or"

 157:                 Style="{StaticResource RedButtonStyle}" Click="Button_Click" x:Name="OrButton"/>

 158:         <Button Grid.Row="4" Grid.Column="10" Margin="4" Content="Xor"

 159:                 Style="{StaticResource RedButtonStyle}" Click="Button_Click" x:Name="XorButton"/>

 160:

 161:         <Button Grid.Row="5" Grid.Column="0" Margin="4" Content="Sum"

 162:                 x:Name="SumButton" />

 163:         <Button Grid.Row="5" Grid.Column="1" Margin="4" Content="sin"

 164:                 Style="{StaticResource PurpleButtonStyle}" Click="Button_Click" x:Name="SinButton"/>

 165:         <Button Grid.Row="5" Grid.Column="2" Margin="4" Content="x^y" Style="{StaticResource PurpleButtonStyle}" Click="Button_Click" x:Name="RootButton"/>

 166:         <Button Grid.Row="5" Grid.Column="3" Margin="4" Content="log" Style="{StaticResource PurpleButtonStyle}" Click="Button_Click" x:Name="LogButton"/>

 167:         <Button Grid.Row="5" Grid.Column="4" Margin="4" Content="MS" Style="{StaticResource RedButtonStyle}" Click="Button_Click" x:Name="MSButton"/>

 168:         <Button Grid.Row="5" Grid.Column="5" Margin="4" Content="1" Style="{StaticResource BlueButtonStyle}" x:Name="OneButton" Click="Button_Click"/>

 169:         <Button Grid.Row="5" Grid.Column="6" Margin="4" Content="2" Style="{StaticResource BlueButtonStyle}" x:Name="TwoButton" Click="Button_Click"/>

 170:         <Button Grid.Row="5" Grid.Column="7" Margin="4" Content="3" Style="{StaticResource BlueButtonStyle}" x:Name="ThreeButton" Click="Button_Click"/>

 171:         <Button Grid.Row="5" Grid.Column="8" Margin="4" Content="-" Style="{StaticResource RedButtonStyle}" Click="Button_Click" x:Name="MinusButton"/>

 172:         <Button Grid.Row="5" Grid.Column="9" Margin="4" Content="Lsh" Style="{StaticResource RedButtonStyle}" Click="Button_Click" x:Name="LshButton"/>

 173:         <Button Grid.Row="5" Grid.Column="10" Margin="4" Content="Not" Style="{StaticResource RedButtonStyle}" Click="Button_Click" x:Name="NotButton"/>

 174:

 175:         <Button Grid.Row="6" Grid.Column="0" Margin="4" Content="s" x:Name="SButton" />

 176:         <Button Grid.Row="6" Grid.Column="1" Margin="4" Content="cos" Style="{StaticResource PurpleButtonStyle}" Click="Button_Click" x:Name="CosButton"/>

 177:         <Button Grid.Row="6" Grid.Column="2" Margin="4" Content="x^3" Style="{StaticResource PurpleButtonStyle}" Click="Button_Click" x:Name="CubedButton"/>

 178:         <Button Grid.Row="6" Grid.Column="3" Margin="4" Content="n!" Style="{StaticResource PurpleButtonStyle}" Click="Button_Click" x:Name="FactorialButton"/>

 179:         <Button Grid.Row="6" Grid.Column="4" Margin="4" Content="M+" Style="{StaticResource RedButtonStyle}" Click="Button_Click" x:Name="MPlusButton"/>

 180:         <Button Grid.Row="6" Grid.Column="5" Margin="4" Content="0" Style="{StaticResource BlueButtonStyle}" Click="Button_Click" x:Name="ZeroButton"/>

 181:         <Button Grid.Row="6" Grid.Column="6" Margin="4" Content="+/-" Style="{StaticResource BlueButtonStyle}" Click="Button_Click" x:Name="InverseButton"/>

 182:         <Button Grid.Row="6" Grid.Column="7" Margin="4" Content="." Style="{StaticResource BlueButtonStyle}" Click="Button_Click" x:Name="PeriodButton"/>

 183:         <Button Grid.Row="6" Grid.Column="8" Margin="4" Content="+" Style="{StaticResource RedButtonStyle}" Click="Button_Click" x:Name="PlusButton"/>

 184:         <Button Grid.Row="6" Grid.Column="9" Margin="4" Content="=" Style="{StaticResource RedButtonStyle}" Click="Button_Click" x:Name="EqualButton"/>

 185:         <Button Grid.Row="6" Grid.Column="10" Margin="4" Content="Int" Style="{StaticResource RedButtonStyle}" Click="Button_Click" x:Name="IntButton"/>

 186:

 187:         <Button Grid.Row="7" Grid.Column="0" Margin="4" Content="Dat" Click="Button_Click" x:Name="DatButton"/>

 188:         <Button Grid.Row="7" Grid.Column="1" Margin="4" Content="tan" Style="{StaticResource PurpleButtonStyle}" Click="Button_Click" x:Name="TanButton"/>

 189:         <Button Grid.Row="7" Grid.Column="2" Margin="4" Content="x^2" Style="{StaticResource PurpleButtonStyle}" Click="Button_Click" x:Name="SquareButton"/>

 190:         <Button Grid.Row="7" Grid.Column="3" Margin="4" Content="1/x" Style="{StaticResource PurpleButtonStyle}" Click="Button_Click" x:Name="InvertButton"/>

 191:         <Button Grid.Row="7" Grid.Column="4" Margin="4" Content="pi" Style="{StaticResource BlueButtonStyle}" Click="Button_Click" x:Name="PiButton"/>

 192:         <Button Grid.Row="7" Grid.Column="5" Margin="4" Content="A" Click="Button_Click" x:Name="HexAButton"/>

 193:         <Button Grid.Row="7" Grid.Column="6" Margin="4" Content="B" Click="Button_Click" x:Name="HexBButton"/>

 194:         <Button Grid.Row="7" Grid.Column="7" Margin="4" Content="C" Click="Button_Click" x:Name="HexCButton"/>

 195:         <Button Grid.Row="7" Grid.Column="8" Margin="4" Content="D" Click="Button_Click" x:Name="HexDButton"/>

 196:         <Button Grid.Row="7" Grid.Column="9" Margin="4" Content="E" Click="Button_Click" x:Name="HexEButton"/>

 197:         <Button Grid.Row="7" Grid.Column="10" Margin="4" Content="F" Click="Button_Click" x:Name="HexFButton"/>

 198:

 199:

 200:     </Grid>

 201: </UserControl>

Silverlight Different Start Pages

2009-04-17T21:39:49Z

The startup page for a Silverlight application is determined by the RootVisual that is set in the App.xaml file and I wanted a way to have one XAP file with multiple pages that I want to display on pages. My quick solution is to use the InitParameters to pass in a parameter Page that will specify which page that I want to display.

   1: <asp:Silverlight ID="Xaml1" runat="server" InitParameters="Page=Page2"

   2:                 Source="~/ClientBin/MySilverLightApp.xap"

   3:                 MinimumVersion="2.0.31005.0" Width="100%" Height="100%" />

Then I access the Page parameter to determine which page to create:

   1: private void Application_Startup(object sender, StartupEventArgs e)

   2: {

   3:     if (e.InitParams.ContainsKey("Page"))

   4:     {

   5:         switch(e.InitParams["Page"])

   6:         {

   7:             case "Page2":

   8:                 this.RootVisual = new Page2();

   9:                 break;

  10:             default:

  11:                 this.RootVisual = new Page();

  12:                 break;

  13:         }

  14:     }

  15:     else

  16:         this.RootVisual = new Page();

  17: }

If the Page parameter is not specified or does not match one of the pages that we specify, we will default to the Page.xaml page that is created by default. I know that I could reduce the line count above by removing the default case, but you may want to specify an error page if the parameter is incorrect.

Full Tilt Poker

2009-04-06T12:30:23Z

Play Online Poker

I have been playing poker on Full Tilt Poker again and am enjoying it more this time since I have spent the time to see what the site has to offer.

The 100% Deposit Bonus for your first deposit is free money and right now they are running the Take 2 promotion, where if you play at two ring games at the same time you earn double points and if you do it enough during the promotional period you will earn a cash bonus. There are plenty of other promptions and reasons to play on the site.

What really sets Full Tilt apart from the others is Full Tilt Poker Academy. They have online lessons and tests to help you improve your game. You can even choose challenges that are designed to improve your game as you try and accomplish very specific tasks. I have already corrected some weakness in my play through these challenges.

Look for me on the tables as ‘dgrohs’ and use my referral code of ‘DetlefGrohs’ if you sign up. I have signed up as an affiliate to help promote Full Tilt Poker.

Huh?!?

2009-04-05T19:12:03Z

I am not sure what to make of this banner ad:

First of all the sentence makes absolutely no sense and then formatting of the $1,000,000 is off. Someone spent some time to create this with the fancy graphics and background, but then didn’t notice the inherent problems with the text?

When in Doubt Resort to Bribery

2009-04-04T12:35:56Z

I have decided to run a weekly give away something each week to get a better idea if anyone is really visiting this site.

Raymond Chen runs a great blog The Old New Thing that has great information on how Windows was developed and the stories behind the development. He published a book based on some of the more popular and informative posts from his blog in a book called appropriately The Old New Thing. This week I will be giving away a copy of his book to one person randomly drawn who emails me at detlef {at} detlefgrohs.com with a subject line of ‘The Old New Thing’. I will select someone randomly next Sunday March 12th.