Archive for October, 2009
New Canon Powershot g10
Posted by: Steve Johnstone in Photography on October 9th, 2009
Just recently I had a spontanious need for new gadgets in my life, and went out and bought a Canon Powershot g10. My other camera is a Canon 350D, which is absolutly lovely, but a bit hard to lug around everywhere I go. The main reason for buying a new camera, was that the best camera is always the one you have on you. The g10 is certainly alot more compact, but still feels substantial. I’ve started taking it everywhere I go, and snapping away as I get used to it. I like quite alot of the images that I’ve taken already. The only problem I have with the camera so far is that it’s a bit noisy. I’ve got a feeling that it’s mostly my fault for taking photos at night though. You can see my photos at my Flickr account.
C# Lambda Expressions
Posted by: Steve Johnstone in XNA on October 2nd, 2009
I’ve found the Lambda expressions in C# quite hard to wrap my head around. Fortunatly for me, Nick Gravelyn has written a lovely concise explanation of them. The examples are all based on writing XNA based games, but they’re pretty simple to follow without knowing the XNA library. Nick is a Microsoft MVP for DirectX and XNA, and I heartily recommend reading his blog to learn a bit more about C#, even if you don’t develop games.