Author Archives: Dave

Just found something potentially very useful – how to pass parameters to one of my Silverlight demos so it can start up in a different state, or with a different preset loaded, depending on how it is called. Turns out … Continue reading →

Well, from the silence, it appears that no-one is there. Either no-one has any interest is what I’m doing, or no-one knows about it. To prevent an existential crisis of purpose I’ll assume the latter. Perhaps I need to be … Continue reading →

Thankfully my shoulder is a lot better, and I can type again. I’ll get on with adding the new demos. There’s also a new version of the DANSE simulator almost ready to be released, this one has the interactive feature. … Continue reading →

There won’t be any more posts for a little while. I’ve done something to my shoulder and have to type with my left hand only at the moment, so everything is going very slowly. The biggest problem is the capitals; … Continue reading →

I just figured out how to embed the Silverlight demos into Powerpoint presentations. This is quite cool – as well as making the transition from presentation to demo smoother (often an awkward moment) and keeping the audience awake (they’ll never … Continue reading →

…which is why there is so much badly-documented code out there, I suppose. As well as explaining why I seem to be spending time writing demos that no-one will probably ever use, rather than writing book chapters that no-one will … Continue reading →

The good news is that I now have a logo, I just have to find out how to get it into the rest of the site and the demos. The silverlight demos should be easy; the VB stuff it’ll just … Continue reading →

Why no new demo for a while? Well, I’ve been convinced that before I try and publicise this site, I should have a strong visual identity. Replace the default picture that comes with this WordPress theme, and get a logo … Continue reading →

After a request, there’s a cool new feature coming soon in DANSE: you can pause the simulation, change an entry in a routeing table, or a timer in the MAC protocol, or anything else the protocol designer has provided the … Continue reading →

This book thing – I’m having some ideas about incorporating the demos into the text of the book itself. Which I think will be a great way to learn things, but it will mean a delay in getting the chapters … Continue reading →