A tip for dealing with T-Mobile problems
As Lady Stronico (Staci) continues her struggle with T-Mobile a valuable lesson was learned. The T-mobile (so far, 100% unhelpful) staff will try to shuffle you off into a convenient side room to call headquarters, with the assurance that calling headquarters via their phone and a special number will expedite solving the problem. This is […]
How to fix customer service problems with T-Mobile
I’m not sure that this really qualifies as a technical problem, but it was a problem I had. The Problem: Any one of the many you are likely to have with T-Mobile -in my case it was a non-working phone, and no good options of upgrading. The Cause: T-Mobile customer service sucks. The Solution: Insist […]
How to fix dropdown boxes in asp.net datagrids
OK, this problem isn’t silverlight, but I did encounter it in my day job. In fact, I’ve encountered it several times, so I thought I would write it up so I can find it again. The Problem: You write a web page that contains an updatable datagrid, which, when in EditMode, contains a dropdown list […]
SEO Tip – Set your domain to expire in several years
I was recently looking into more Search Engine Optimization techniques and came across several experts (such as they are) saying that Google ranks sites with domain names that expire in a year or less lower than sites who’s domain names expire after that. While that doesn’t seem very fair, it does make sense. Many PR […]
Google Desktop is now available for Vista Ultimate 64 bit
It wasn’t before. Hallelujah! Just after Windows 7 comes out too. This post originally appeared on the Stronico blog – with the absorption of Stronico into Digital Tool Factory this post has been moved to the Digital Tool Factory blog
How to fix margins in silverlight
The Problem: You try to set margins the same way in xaml as in xhtml/css. The Cause: The margin property in xaml is different than the margin in xhtml/css The Solution: Use this bit of info: the margins in xaml go left,top,right,bottom, or clockwise from 9:00. This was hardly the most significant problem I had […]
How to fix “Value does not fall within the expected range” error in Silverlight
The Problem: Your code goes about it’s merry way, adding children to parents and so forth when you get the error Value does not fall within the expected range The Cause: The problem is caused by two objects having the same name in the same parent. If your canvas has two StackPanels named “spOverlap” then […]
The Strength of Weak Ties
One of the principal theories of the Stronico application is known as “The Strength of Weak Ties“. The link is a nice explanation of that, “Never Eat Alone” by Keith Ferrazzi is a book-length treatise on the theory and the application of that. As it’s one of the fundamental theories, I thought I would link […]
How to solve Unhandled Error in Silverlight Application Code: 2104
I’ve found that I get this error every time I upload a Silverlight application to a new webserver. IIS does not have the correct settings by default. The Problem: You ftp a Silverlight App to an IIS website, go to the website in a browser, and get the following error: Message: Unhandled Error in Silverlight […]
Silverlight Data validation problems
So – I spent today making one last ditch effort to get the built-in Silverlight data validation to work in my project, all to no avail. I even posted a question on Stack Overflow, and have yet to receive an answer, which is a first for me. I downloaded several of the samples, from Wildermuth, […]