Szymon Kobalczyk

This is first in series of articles about project I've been building in my spare time since last Summer. Actually it all began when I was researching a…

.NET Micro Framework includes reach graphics capabilities with WPF-like libraries, and quite a few high end development boards (Tahoe II, ChipworkX, or…

For my next project I decided to try to upgrade my SERB robot that I showed here last year to use Netduino. This robot was designed by great inventors…

Netduino Some time ago I wrote about FEZ Mini and FEZ Domino – first affordable development boards for.NET Micro Framework. Today I’m excited to tell you…

Yesterday I picked up a nice package from TinyCLR.com. Yes, it is yet another robot (third in fact), but this time it runs.NET! How freaking cool is that!

Just after finishing my multicolor RGB controller shield for Arduino, I came across Fritzing, a program that lets you convert your breadboard prototypes…

Last Friday I’ve received new Futaba S3001 servos. Turns out they are more easier to modify to Hitec’s, and at the same seem more reliable. I’ve simply…

Short while after I wrote…

Last week I've been looking for a better RSS Reader (err... Aggregator). You see after certain number of feeds MS Outlook no longer works for me and I…

Two months ago, after listening to .NET Rocks! show with Daniel Simmons, I was really curious to learn more about ADO.NET Entity Framework (EF). As part…

After working with WPF for a while I must say that it is wonderful platform for building complex user interfaces but sometimes it falls short in very…

Almost a year ago I've published first two articles titled "Drawing Custom Borders in Windows Forms" and they turned out to be the most successful part of…

Moleskine Pocket Notebook After listening to recent HanselMinutes show on Life Hacks I've got myself a Moleskine Pocket Notebook today. If you never heard…

If you've been using the SQL Server Management Studio that comes with SQL Server 2005 for a while, you might noticed this nice message box that shows all…

There seams to be some confusion around WorkItem's State. I've seen few posts on CAB message boards with questions if it's OK to put certain data into it.…

It's been over a week since my last post on Composite UI App Block, but don't start thinking I have given up on it already. I still want to finish the…

In most applications certain user interface areas are shared among various modules. Examples are all kinds of menus, tool bars, status bars, Outlook style…

XmlLogger for MSBuild Download XmlLogger files from ProjectDistributor.net To use additional logger with MSBuild you use the /logger switch. It requires…

Download XmlLogger files from MSDN Code Galery To use additional logger with MSBuild you use the /logger switch. It requires the fully qualified class…

Yesterday I was reading CAB message boards and came across number of threads with questions about implementing MVP patter in CAB. Indeed, among provided…

I spent last two days trying to learn the Composite UI Application Block (CAB) recently published by Microsoft's patterns&practices group. This…

First lets see what are the basic elements of CAB and then lets try to discover them in the PetShop application. I will start with the parts that are…

"Uuencode is a set of algorithms for converting files into a series of 7-bit ASCII characters that can be transmitted over the Internet. Originally,…

Mike Roberts, author of CruiseControl.NET, was in one of the trains attacked in London Metro and survived. He shares his experiences in his. I write about…

I just found via Michael Flanakin's Web Log that you can use the tool, a GUI based log viewer from Log4J project, with the Log4Net enabled applications.…

Download source code from ProjectDistributor.net Figure 1. Sample form with custom drawn border. I have split the code into two primary classes. First…

Beta 1 allowed to sign your ClickOnce manifests simply by using a string name key file (.snk). Beta 2 no longer support this, and you are required to…

Yesterday I've been installing SQL Express on a VirtualPC with Polish Windows XP. When setup reached the point when it tried to start the service I got…