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Please update your bookmarks, because the new url of this blog is http://khason.net/ (you have not update RSS feeds, it will be done automatically). Why I did it? Why I decided to go to “stand-alone”… Well. there are some reasons. Generally, I do not want to explain all those here, but trust me, there are some. The main reason is, that there is no responsible person in charge for this blog platform in Microsoft Israel. This why, if your blog is popular and you have a respect to your blog visitors...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/the-original-tetris-on-windows-vista/ ] For last days I’m very busy with Bidi support for Silverlight development . Working a lot of hours in order to finish it until TechEd . So, I’m very tired and need relaxation. What can be better, then Tetris? But, there are millions of Tetrises. What to choose? What’s the question? The original one . This genius game was developed by Vadim Gerasimov...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/phone-history-or-why-i-throw-my-tytn-ii/ ] I decided to throw out my HTC TYTN II (Actually AT&T Tilt) and get old Nokia E61 back. Why I’m doing it? Tytn is much better, then old Nokia? It’s 3.75G/HSUPA mobile phone, running latest Windows Mobile 6.1 OS. It also has full QUERTY keyboard, 2.8” LCD monitor, 3MP camera and even very good integrated GPS. Nokia has neither. It’s processor...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/gas-price-windows-vista-sidebar-gadget-%e2%80%93-new-version-is-available-for-download/ ] This post is dedicated to some people in Microsoft and it’s subsidiaries. It begun about year ago, when I developed Gas Price information gadget (do not download it there). Before I started, I sent some personal email to those in MSN, who maintains it’s Auto section. I wait two days and got no response...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/why-good-programmer-never-write-good-programs/ ] Here , one of visitors, begun a discussion about good and bad programmers. Here , I wrote about absolutely unnecessary and not relevant questions to good programmers. Someone things, that good programmers should write good programs. However, I want to interpose my objections to the statement. And this why. Let's start with the term...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/dell-story-part-ii/ ] Today sales manager from the distributor store called me to notice, that I can come there and get my upgrade to Windows Vista , arrived from Dell. The only thing he mentioned in our conversation is fee of $45. I asked him what I'm paying for, and he told me that is's for shipping and handling. The same sentence, I found in Dell Vista Upgrade FAQ web site...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/vs2005-sp1-update-for-vista-is-rather-pity/ ] I was rather disappointed by the new patch for Visual Studio 2005 SP1 for Windows Vista . WTF, the most significant problems such as re-rendering, JIT and elevated account requirement were addressed, but not solved. So what the patch is really for ?