http://krisselden.com Focused on software development. Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:06:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One of the most annoying parts of the XNA framework is that the GameServiceContainer lacks generics. After working with Castle container, the XNA container seems ugly. If .Net had mixins I would just add it myself but until then please vote for my feature request and here is a workaround. If you ... http://krisselden.com/2007/05/29/gameservicecontainergetservice-please/ The stacktrace says it all. System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80070000): The operation completed successfully. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070000) at MS.Internal.HRESULT.Check(Int32 hr) at System.Windows.Media.SafeProfileHandle.ReleaseHandle() at System.Runtime.InteropServices.SafeHandle.InternalFinalize() at System.Runtime.InteropServices.SafeHandle.Dispose(Boolean disposing) at System.Runtime.InteropServices.SafeHandle.Finalize() We made this go away by calling GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers() but this can cause deadlocks in WPF ... http://krisselden.com/2007/05/10/the-operation-completed-successfully/ My first xbap (works in IE only with .Net 3.0). public static Rect GetSquareInscribedOnWedge(double a, double r, Point center) { double t = Math.Tan(a/2); double x = Math.Sqrt(r*r/(1/(t*t) + 4/t + 5)); return new Rect(center.X - x, center.Y - x/t - 2*x, 2*x, ... http://krisselden.com/2007/03/01/square-inscribed-on-a-wedge/ I've been meaning to learn capistrano, but I have a tendency to avoid server configuration, setup and deployment related tasks. Until now, I've been running my rails app with svn checkout and script/server -d on production. To my surprise, there was no headache and it was actually pretty straightforward. At least ... http://krisselden.com/2007/02/25/rails-deployment/ One of the things that attracted me to playing Final Fantasy XI (a MMORPG) was the opportunity to play on the same server with Japanese players. I’ve been a fan of anime since I was a kid and always curious about Japanese culture. I noticed that when a Japanese player says ... http://krisselden.com/2007/02/19/validating-fullwidth-alphanumeric-input-in-net/