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Keeping It Fun

Coding is creation, coding is a game.

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDN_EYUvUq0

Grok

PodCasts

PodCasts are an incredible resource for sharpening the saw.  For those, like myself, who have a chunk of drive time, podcasts are definately the answer.  A key attribute is the cost all this information -- fee. 

• http://www.project-management-podcast.com/
• http://www.se-radio.net/
• http://www.waywordradio.org/index-v-indice-minicast/
• http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/index.cfm

Color Palette

The color palette was a little tricky, when using the Forms.ColorDiaplog control and custom colors.  The custom color list must be integer, but you can't use the color.toargb.  The work around is

dim intColor = Microsoft.VisualBasic.RGB(color.R, color.G,color.B).ToString 

for each color in the custom list.  I'm not sure if the list is fixed at 16 colors, but when I assign custom color to a list of 50 colors the dialog only displays 16 custom color.  In addition, the return color list is only 16 colors.

It helps to read up a bit on the Windows Color Model.

Another pitfall was attempting to turn the custom color integer list back into windows colors.  You will be tempted to use the obvious

c = Color.FromArgb(intarr(idx))
routine, but no, you must use

c = System.Drawing.ColorTranslator.FromOle(intarr(idx))

Keynote from Scott Gutherie

Scott Gutherie's Keynote

You say Persimmon, I say Diospyros

Just Say Diospyros

Beginning to move my various blogs and writing over to Huckleberry.