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How a simple algorithm for generating a random output can be biased may be a very difficult analysis, and unless every step is carefully analyzed, randomness can be easily lost. In this post I'll go through some basics of probabilities, using an ideal...

One of the key components of any Silverlight (or WPF) application is XAML, as it serves as the definition for every visual element. Being a markup language intended to replace a bunch of UI-creating-code (remember WinForms?), it can quickly get out...

For many, programming nowadays means writing some code in an object oriented programming language such as C#, Java or C++ at a lower level. Well, those are the mainstream languages nowadays and the reigning paradigm is the object oriented one. What...

(Since this post is about a Silverlight Tutorial Video published in Spanish for Microsoft Latin America and Universo Bit, I will write it in Spanish as well.) El diciembre pasado tuve la oportunidad de grabar un video introductorio de Silverlight para...

In my last post, I blogged about non-first normal form, SimpleDb in particular, and the problems that arose in the query language when dealing with multiple attributes, such as "a != b" not being the same as "not a = b". The SimpleDb team has now...