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February 18

Applying Silverlight IsololatedStorage

using System.IO.IsolatedStorage;

***

internal

IsolatedStorageSettings isap = IsolatedStorageSettings.ApplicationSettings;

string StartDatePick = string.Empty;

string EndDatePick = string.Empty;

const string STARTDATEKEY = "StartDatePick";

const string ENDDATEKEY = "EndDatePick";

 

private void GetInitialDateRange(out DateTime StartDate, out DateTime EndDate)

{

StartDate =

DateTime.UtcNow.AddDays(-1);

EndDate =

DateTime.UtcNow;

try

{

StartDatePick = (

string)isap[STARTDATEKEY];

if (!DateTime.TryParse(StartDatePick, out StartDate))

{

StartDate =

DateTime.UtcNow.AddDays(-1);

StartDatePick = StartDate.ToShortDateString();

isap[STARTDATEKEY] = (

string)StartDatePick;

}

}

catch (System.Collections.Generic.KeyNotFoundException)

{

StartDate =

DateTime.UtcNow.AddDays(-1);

StartDatePick = StartDate.ToShortDateString();

isap.Add(STARTDATEKEY, StartDatePick);

}

try

{

EndDatePick = (

string)isap[ENDDATEKEY];

if (!DateTime.TryParse(EndDatePick, out EndDate))

{

EndDate =

DateTime.UtcNow.AddDays(-1);

EndDatePick = EndDate.ToShortDateString();

isap[ENDDATEKEY] = (

string)EndDatePick;

}

}

catch (System.Collections.Generic.KeyNotFoundException)

{

EndDate =

DateTime.UtcNow;

EndDatePick = EndDate.ToShortDateString();

isap.Add(ENDDATEKEY, EndDatePick);

}

}

private void SaveDateRange(DateTime StartDate, DateTime EndDate)

{

StartDatePick = StartDate.ToShortDateString();

EndDatePick = EndDate.ToShortDateString();

try

{

isap[STARTDATEKEY] = (

string)StartDatePick;

}

catch (System.Collections.Generic.KeyNotFoundException)

{

isap.Add(STARTDATEKEY, StartDatePick);

}

try

{

isap[ENDDATEKEY] = (

string)EndDatePick;

}

catch (System.Collections.Generic.KeyNotFoundException)

{

isap.Add(ENDDATEKEY, EndDatePick);

}

}

January 30

a pack of Kool cigarettes

EXETER, Calif., Jan. 25 Ending a 10½-hour standoff, SWAT officers stormed a bank early Thursday and seized a robber who had taken eight hostages with what turned out to be a pellet gun, authorities said.

 

"The officers moved in after using a pack of Kool cigarettes to trick him into letting go of his last hostage"

* * *

Funny is that the dude was duped over a pack of cigarettes. Almost as funny is that AP felt the need to reveal the brand of the cigarettes.

-ed.

 

http://famulus.msnbc.com/famulusgen/ap01-25-203234.asp?t=apnew&vts=12620061232
October 12

Wolfenstein ported to Flash

It is a great time to be alive. Time to waste some:
 
 
I can't pick up any ammo packs from the dead guys -- they disappear. So I run out of ammo fast.
May 31

Back to the Grind

I, and most of my workmates, just finished a four day weekend. So, in the interest of saving time as we get back into our work routines, I figured I would report my weekend activities in the blog here. If all of us do this, we can simply refer eveybody to our blogs, instead of wasting time telling the same stories over and over.

With the weather being great or decent for all four days, there was plenty of room to recreate. I cooked dinner on my mini charcoal grill about three times. I enjoy the smokey flavor it imparts, and there is always the primal satisfaction of making fire.

I went fishing twice: one morning sitting on a dock at Green Lake, and another in a friend's boat on Lake Washington. Caught two trout on Green Lake, but got skunked on the big lake. Saw a big cutthroat trout caught on Lake Washington, which was inspiring as it was a darn big fish. I had heard and read about catching these cutthroats on this lake, but I did not know they were quite that big. I have a new goal to catch one.

Celebrated my oldest brother's birthday, at my childhood home near the Boulevard Park neighborhood in south Seattle, where my mom still lives. It is always a little stange to head back to the hood as an adult.

Watched an intesting DVD movie at home, "Sideways".  Made me glad I no longer even pretend to be a wine snob. And I enjoyed all of the uncomfortable social situations, feeling fortunate to be free of such daily drama.

We also celebrated my wife finally landing a job after taking seven years off to be a full time mother, and job hunting for about a year. We are excited for her return to the corporate world, in the medical records field, at Pacific Medical Center.

Blog on!

December 12

hello world

Just a test

 
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