Monday, November 7, 2011

It Came From the Blue Lagoon

It Came From the Blue Lagoon


It Came From the Blue Lagoon

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 08:52 AM PST

As I mentioned in my last post , I have an overnight stopover in Reykjavik Iceland. After checking into my hotel at an ungodly early hour (which ended up being really late for me Seattle time), my first order of business was to head over to the Blue Lagoon . No, not that Blue Lagoon ! This one! Look at that steam coming off the water! The Blue Lagoon is a geothermal spa with a 5000 square meter lagoon. The water comes from a nearby geothermal plant and is renewed every two days. According to Wikipedia , Superheated water is vented from the ground near a lava flow and used to run turbines that generate electricity. After going through the turbines, the steam and hot water passes through a heat exchanger to provide heat for a municipal hot water...(read more)

Working with Prism 4 Part 1: Getting Started

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 12:15 AM PST

This is Part 1 in the series Working with Prism 4. Introduction Prism is a toolkit produced by Microsoft patterns & practices to aid you in building Silverlight and WPF composite applications . More resources... Upcoming SilverlightShow Webinars Recordings...( read more )...(read more)

Silverlight Cream for November 06, 2011 -- #1163

Posted: 06 Nov 2011 08:28 PM PST

In this Issue: Jay Kimble , Charles Petzold , Peter Kuhn , Adam Kinney , Ollie Riches , Abhinaba Basu , Mike Taulty , Erik Mork , Kunal Chowdhury , Cheryl Simmons , Beth Massi , Joost van Schaik , Timmy Kokke , David Catuhe , Igor , and Dhananjay Kumar...( read more )...(read more)

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