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by Aaron

Kindling 2

I broke down and decided to pre-order a Kindle 2 today. image Here’s what Amazon had to say about it:

New Features & Enhancements

  • Slim & Lightweight: Just over 1/3 inch and 10.2 ounces
  • Books in under 60 seconds: Get books delivered in less than 60 seconds; no PC required
  • Improved Display: Reads like real paper; now boasts 16 shades of gray for crisp images and text; even reads well in bright sunlight
  • Longer Battery Life: 25% longer battery life; read for days without recharging
  • More Storage: Take your library with you; holds over 1,500 books
  • Faster Page Turns: 20% faster page turns
  • Read-to-Me: Text-to-Speech feature means Kindle can read every book, blog, magazine, and newspaper out loud.
  • No Wireless Bills: No monthly wireless bills, data plans, or commitments. Amazon pays for Kindle’s wireless connectivity so you won’t see a monthly wireless bill.
  • Large Selection: Over 230,000 books, plus U.S. and international newspapers, magazines and blogs available
  • Low Book Prices: New York Times Best Sellers and New Releases $9.99, unless marked otherwise

Here are my reasons (in addition to those above):

You can check your wireless coverage here.

by Aaron

My Mix09 10K entry is now showing …

I entered the Mix09 10K programming contest this year.  The basic premise – code  any Silverlight or WPF click-once application and use less than 10K code/assets total. I struggled to get what I wanted in under 10K (I kept trimming/removing)! I had to change my idea several times to get it to fit into 10K. All my variables had one or two character names, I used var, lambda expressions, every messy-code-squashing trick I could think of to get it to fit!

I’d appreciate your vote here.

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Thanks!

by Aaron

Announcement: SnugUp updated

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I created a medium sized .NET WPF based application a while back which helps keep a series of folders with images synchronized to SmugMug with one click of a button. I just made a few fixes in the past couple of days and uploaded a new version.

Changes:

  • Fixed error where the application would crash after completely scanning and uploading all files. This crash would cause it to do unnecessary scanning (and possibly uploading) the next time it was run.
  • Added support for GIF and PNG files (JPG files are still supported of course).
  • Increased timeout for uploads to 10 minutes. If an upload takes longer than 10 minutes, it will fail.
  • Improved special character handling. File names including characters such as "&" should now be handled properly.
  • Reworded a few of the settings to better explain their function.
  • Added an error display — if the application should have an unexpected problem, it should provide a way to grab the error (so that you can submit to the author).

Download it here.