Silverlight Cream for May 15, 2009 -- #594

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Silverlight Cream for May 15, 2009 -- #594

In this Issue: James Bacon, SmartyP, Peter Gerritsen(2), Vasanthakumar D, Peter Bromberg, and John Papa(2).

Shoutout:

Pete Brown elaborates on the Pixel Shader Effects available for Silverlight in the WPF effects library on Codeplex that I discussed yesterday, and shows some screenshots too: More Pixel Shader Effects for Silverlight

From SilverlightCream.com:

How to add Silverlight version detection to Google Analytics: James Bacon shows how to add Silverlight version info to your Google Analytics reports.
Initial Code Drop of Matchingo Now Available: SmartyP is the guy that did the circular text button on Silverzine on Sunday (in case you didn't recognize the name)... he also posted this article to me today which announces the initial drop of his game Matchingo ... very nicely done, and addicting as most of these things are!
Creating a 3D tagcloud in Silverlight (part 1): Peter Gerritsen sent me a link to his very nice Silverlight Tag Cloud... think that's a hint about using it at Silverlight Cream ?? :) ... it's a two-parter article and part 2 is here: Creating a 3D tagcloud in Silverlight (part 2) Thanks Peter ... I'm watching your blog now!
File Upload Control Using Silverlight: Vasanthakumar D has a nice post up at egghead cafe on uploading files with Silverlight using a webservice and he provides all the source code as well.
Silverlight: Handling Cross-Domain Images and Gifs: Peter Bromberg continues with his discussion of the app he was working on with David Silverlight and Wally McClure and how he got around the cross domain issues surrounding images and specifically what to do about displaying gifs.
Tips: Silverlight and ADO.NET Data Services: John Papa has two posts up today. This first one is about his article in April's MSDN Magazine. He discusses common problems you may have dealing with cross domain issues or sensitive data.
WCF Binary Bindings in Silverlight 3: John Papa's second post addresses the common complaint of lack of binding options in Silverlight 2 and 3. He discusses Custom binding and has links out to a couple great articles.