Tag Archives: Internet

Reference: my previous post about how to use the "LighterFuel" plug-in. In its first version, the LighterFuel plug-in would setup the size attributes of the iframe as follows: IFRAME src="http://silverlight.services.live.com/invoke/14898/Butterfly/iframe.html" frameBorder=0 scrolling=no width=320 height=240 It turns out that when publishing … Continue reading →

I have mentioned it in my post a week or so ago, but it is worth emphasizing. While SkyDrive is in beta and it still shows (in particular the server is down quite frequently), it is a very cool service … Continue reading →

This is sweeeeet. Here is a pure breed Silverlight application running from Silverlight Streaming. It has a video, lots of still images, lots of text, XAML, JavaScripts, the works. While video is a very popular and obvious scenario for Silverlight … Continue reading →

Oops, they did it again! New trailers are available in HD for your greatest viewing pleasure on http://halo3.msn.com/videoshd.aspx. On Friday 9/21 they added to the previous batch of videos the Enemy Weapon and Museum short films, not my preferred ones, … Continue reading →

For the first time there’s a single installer to pick and choose which rich clients you want to install for Windows Live. Go get it at http://get.live.com/wl/all. You will get: The ubiquitous and ever more powerful Messenger. The rich Mail client … Continue reading →

  Hey folks, this is me talking about the service I work on since March 2007 on Channel 9: http://channel9.msdn.com/showpost.aspx?postid=341123 It describes what the service is about in plain English, and of its latest real world application with the Halo … Continue reading →

Being the Dilbert fan that I am, I can only welcome a new comic strip on the block of the corporate world funnies. Here is the very first Nectarine comic strip for your convenience, go check them out on http://www.nectarine.com.au/nectarineblog/ … Continue reading →

  Just wanted to reference some other blog posts about the famed Halo 3 video trailers:   Danny – http://blogs.msdn.com/dthorpe/archive/2007/09/04/halo-3-promo-videos-running-on-silverlight-streaming.aspx Angus – http://blogs.msdn.com/angus_logan/archive/2007/08/30/3-of-my-favorite-things-halo-silverlight-windows-live.aspx James – http://www.clarkezone.net/default.aspx?id=ddb2cd3a-438f-4ce6-b055-99f281feb575  

(Just click on the video playing below to start/stop it at will.) http://silverlight.services.live.com/invoke/10/SilverlightBrandVideo/iframe.html This is another superb example of Software + Services working hand-in-hand to deliver very rich and compelling end-user functionality. 1/ Create a video Silverlight application and publish … Continue reading →

  Rated M (Mature) Mild Language, Violence, Blood and Gore. This image is used with the explicit permission of Microsoft Corporation © 2007 All Rights Reserved. Yes!!! This is a big debut for Halo 3 and it is using Silverlight technology in all … Continue reading →