TechDays 2008: Silverlight Samurai Skills

Thanks to everyone who came out to my Silverlight Samurai Skills presentations this morning in Toronto, and to Microsoft Canada for inviting me to present at this event. When the Canadian team does events, they do them really big – and really well! I hope you found the sessions useful and engaging.  They certainly provided… Continue reading TechDays 2008: Silverlight Samurai Skills

Greasepole Achievement List

Congratulations to Sci ’11 for their one-hour, 47-minute conquering of this year’s greasepole! Can we all just take a moment to reflect on the academic year called “Sci ’11”?  Man, I feel old. Just for giggles, here’s the current list of achievements for Legend of the Greasepole.  I wonder how the crowd around this year’s… Continue reading Greasepole Achievement List

Legend of the Greasepole 2007 released for PC and XBox360

I’ve posted Windows and XBox360 versions of Legend of the Greasepole 2007 to the Queen’s EngSoc website! The new version is built with XNA and includes the following new features: Controller support for either the mouse or the XBox360 Controller attached to the PC 3D sound  Modestly enhanced graphics (although we realized it was ultimately a choice… Continue reading Legend of the Greasepole 2007 released for PC and XBox360