c9 bytesErik Porter, Charles, Mike Sampson, Grace Francisco, Brian Keller, Nathan Heskew, dshadle, Dan Fernandez, Duncan Mackenzie, Jeff Sandquisthttp://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.pnghttp://channel9.msdn.com/tags/C9+Bytes/c9 byteshttp://channel9.msdn.com/tags/C9+Bytes/en-usWed, 05 Nov 2008 22:42:28 GMTWed, 05 Nov 2008 22:42:28 GMTEvNet (EvNet, Version=1.0.3599.6114, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)<img src="http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/ch9/0/1/2/1/4/4/SegwaySkateboard_small_ch9.jpg" border="0" /><a href="http://www.betterthaneveryone.com">Clint Rutkas</a>, our <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/coding4fun/">Coding4Fun</a> Content Strategist and Academic Developer Evangelist shows off how he built a self-balancing Segway Skateboard in C#, and with all mad scientist projects, hilarity ensues.<img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/441210/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0" height="1" width="1" alt="" />http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Dan/Coding4Fun-with-Clint-Rutkas-The-Segway-Skateboard/Clint Rutkas, our Coding4Fun Content Strategist and Academic Developer Evangelist shows off how he built a self-balancing Segway Skateboard in C#, and with all mad scientist projects, hilarity ensues.http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Dan/Coding4Fun-with-Clint-Rutkas-The-Segway-Skateboard/Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:54:00 GMThttp://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/ch9/0/1/2/1/4/4/SegwaySkateboard_ch9.mp445131http://channel9.msdn.com/441210/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0Clint Rutkas, our Coding4Fun Content Strategist and Academic Developer Evangelist shows off how he built a self-balancing Segway Skateboard in C#, and with all mad scientist projects, hilarity ensues.Dan FernandezDan Fernandez4http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Dan/Coding4Fun-with-Clint-Rutkas-The-Segway-Skateboard/RSS/http://channel9.msdn.com/441210/Trackback.aspxC9 BytesCoding4Fun<img src="http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/ch9/7/0/9/4/3/4/OsloIn5Mins_small_ch9.jpg" border="0" />In this Channel 9 video, Don Box and Chris Anderson explain exactly what Oslo is and what it's used for.<img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/434907/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0" height="1" width="1" alt="" />http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Dan/C9-Bytes-Don-and-Chris-explain-Oslo-in-5-minutes/In this Channel 9 video, Don Box and Chris Anderson explain exactly what Oslo is and what it's used for.http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Dan/C9-Bytes-Don-and-Chris-explain-Oslo-in-5-minutes/Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:52:00 GMThttp://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/ch9/7/0/9/4/3/4/OsloIn5Mins_ch9.mp444137http://channel9.msdn.com/434907/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0In this Channel 9 video, Don Box and Chris Anderson explain exactly what Oslo is and what it's used for.Dan FernandezDan Fernandez3http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Dan/C9-Bytes-Don-and-Chris-explain-Oslo-in-5-minutes/RSS/http://channel9.msdn.com/434907/Trackback.aspxC9 BytesOslo<img src="http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/ch9/3/2/1/9/0/4/TechEdLisaF_small_ch9.jpg" border="0" />Lisa Feigenbaum demos the new IDE enhancements for Visual Basic including contextual IntelliSense, keyword support, and XML literals which enable you to embed VB expressions in XML.<img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/409123/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0" height="1" width="1" alt="" />http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Dan/C9-Bytes-Lisa-Feigenbaum/Lisa Feigenbaum demos the new IDE enhancements for Visual Basic including contextual IntelliSense, keyword support, and XML literals which enable you to embed VB expressions in XML.http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Dan/C9-Bytes-Lisa-Feigenbaum/Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:55:00 GMThttp://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/ch9/3/2/1/9/0/4/TechEdLisaF_ch9.mp452326http://channel9.msdn.com/409123/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0Lisa Feigenbaum demos the new IDE enhancements for Visual Basic including contextual IntelliSense, keyword support, and XML literals which enable you to embed VB expressions in XML.Dan FernandezDan Fernandez0http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Dan/C9-Bytes-Lisa-Feigenbaum/RSS/http://channel9.msdn.com/409123/Trackback.aspxC9 BytesVisual BasicVisual Studio<img src="http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/ch9/9/1/1/9/0/4/TechEdAlexTurnerUpdated_small_ch9.jpg" border="0" />In this C9 Byte, Alex Turner walks through how the C# language has evolved between version 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0 for working with data structures. If you don't know Alex, he's the guy that got <a href="http://www.microspotting.com/2007/12/anders-hejlsberg-intern">Anders Hejlsberg to pay him $202 when he was an intern</a>.<img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/409119/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0" height="1" width="1" alt="" />http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Dan/C9-Bytes-Alex-Turner-showing-the-evolution-of-C/In this C9 Byte, Alex Turner walks through how the C# language has evolved between version 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0 for working with data structures. If you don't know Alex, he's the guy that got Anders Hejlsberg to pay him $202 when he was an intern.http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Dan/C9-Bytes-Alex-Turner-showing-the-evolution-of-C/Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:50:00 GMThttp://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/ch9/9/1/1/9/0/4/TechEdAlexTurnerUpdated_ch9.mp456696http://channel9.msdn.com/409119/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0In this C9 Byte, Alex Turner walks through how the C# language has evolved between version 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0 for working with data structures. If you don't know Alex, he's the guy that got Anders Hejlsberg to pay him $202 when he was an intern.Dan FernandezDan Fernandez5http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Dan/C9-Bytes-Alex-Turner-showing-the-evolution-of-C/RSS/http://channel9.msdn.com/409119/Trackback.aspxC9 BytesCSharpLINQ<img src="http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/ch9/0/BytesTechEdStephenToubReturns_small_ch9.jpg" border="0" />Stephen Toub shows off two demos, one using the AsParallel statement to dramatically decrease LINQ query times and the second demo is a simple image editing application that enables you to add dynamic coloring/black and white to a photo, similar to effects in movies like Pleasantville or Sin City. <br /> <br /> As this is a CPU-intensive operation, you can see how changing a <strong>for </strong>loop to a <strong>Parallel.For</strong> loop dramatically improves the application's performance.<img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/408362/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0" height="1" width="1" alt="" />http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Dan/C9-Bytes-Amazing-Photo-Colorization-using-Parallel-Fx-with-Stephen-Toub/Stephen Toub shows off two demos, one using the AsParallel statement to dramatically decrease LINQ query times and the second demo is a simple image editing application that enables you to add dynamic coloring/black and white to a photo, similar to effects in movies like Pleasantville or Sin City. As this is a CPU-intensive operation, you can see how changing a for loop to a Parallel.For loop dramatically improves the application's performance.http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Dan/C9-Bytes-Amazing-Photo-Colorization-using-Parallel-Fx-with-Stephen-Toub/Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:02:00 GMThttp://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/ch9/0/BytesTechEdStephenToubReturns_ch9.mp427580http://channel9.msdn.com/408362/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0Stephen Toub shows off two demos, one using the AsParallel statement to dramatically decrease LINQ query times and the second demo is a simple image editing application that enables you to add dynamic coloring/black and white to a photo, similar to effects in movies like Pleasantville or Sin City.&#8230;Dan FernandezDan Fernandez2http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Dan/C9-Bytes-Amazing-Photo-Colorization-using-Parallel-Fx-with-Stephen-Toub/RSS/http://channel9.msdn.com/408362/Trackback.aspxC9 BytesCoolLINQParallel ExtensionsTask Parallel Library<img src="http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/ch9/0/BytesTechEdStephenToub_small_ch9.jpg" border="0" />Stephen Toub, a Program Manager on the Parallel Fx team, demos how to get 400+% performance increase in a CPU intensive Ray Tracing program by switching one line of code from a regular for loop to&nbsp;using the Parallel.For command.<img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/408357/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0" height="1" width="1" alt="" />http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Dan/C9-Bytes-Stephen-Toub-demos-Ray-Tracing-with-Parallel-Fx/Stephen Toub, a Program Manager on the Parallel Fx team, demos how to get 400+% performance increase in a CPU intensive Ray Tracing program by switching one line of code from a regular for loop to&nbsp;using the Parallel.For command.http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Dan/C9-Bytes-Stephen-Toub-demos-Ray-Tracing-with-Parallel-Fx/Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:52:00 GMThttp://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/ch9/0/BytesTechEdStephenToub_ch9.mp425307http://channel9.msdn.com/408357/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0Stephen Toub, a Program Manager on the Parallel Fx team, demos how to get 400+% performance increase in a CPU intensive Ray Tracing program by switching one line of code from a regular for loop to&nbsp;using the Parallel.For command.Dan FernandezDan Fernandez0http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Dan/C9-Bytes-Stephen-Toub-demos-Ray-Tracing-with-Parallel-Fx/RSS/http://channel9.msdn.com/408357/Trackback.aspxC9 BytesParallel ComputingParallel ExtensionsTask Parallel Library<img src="http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/ch9/0/BytesTechEdJohnLam_small_ch9.jpg" border="0" />John Lam demos using IronRuby&nbsp;with Silverlight and how it can be used to build a command-line interpreter for Ruby commands similar to <a href="http://tryruby.hobix.com/">TryRuby's</a>&nbsp;browser interpreter, except running on the client instead of the server. John also shows&nbsp;a beautiful visualization of a Silverlight watch powered by Ruby.<img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/408365/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0" height="1" width="1" alt="" />http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Dan/C9-Bytes-Using-Silverlight-with-IronRuby-with-John-Lam/John Lam demos using IronRuby&nbsp;with Silverlight and how it can be used to build a command-line interpreter for Ruby commands similar to TryRuby's&nbsp;browser interpreter, except running on the client instead of the server. John also shows&nbsp;a beautiful visualization of a Silverlight watch powered by Ruby.http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Dan/C9-Bytes-Using-Silverlight-with-IronRuby-with-John-Lam/Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:44:00 GMThttp://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/ch9/0/BytesTechEdJohnLam_ch9.mp424124http://channel9.msdn.com/408365/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0John Lam demos using IronRuby&nbsp;with Silverlight and how it can be used to build a command-line interpreter for Ruby commands similar to TryRuby's&nbsp;browser interpreter, except running on the client instead of the server. John also shows&nbsp;a beautiful visualization of a Silverlight watch powered by Ruby.Dan FernandezDan Fernandez0http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Dan/C9-Bytes-Using-Silverlight-with-IronRuby-with-John-Lam/RSS/http://channel9.msdn.com/408365/Trackback.aspxC9 BytesIronRubySilverlight<img src="http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/ch9/6/4/8/7/0/4/TechEdStephenForte_small_ch9.jpg" border="0" />Stephen Forte demonstrates the little-known SQL Server Rank() statement and how it can be used to easily display categories and subcategories of Ranking data.<br /><img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/407846/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0" height="1" width="1" alt="" />http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Dan/C9-Bytes-SQL-Server-Rank-with-Stephen-Forte/Stephen Forte demonstrates the little-known SQL Server Rank() statement and how it can be used to easily display categories and subcategories of Ranking data.http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Dan/C9-Bytes-SQL-Server-Rank-with-Stephen-Forte/Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:22:00 GMThttp://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/ch9/6/4/8/7/0/4/TechEdStephenForte_ch9.mp425217http://channel9.msdn.com/407846/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0Stephen Forte demonstrates the little-known SQL Server Rank() statement and how it can be used to easily display categories and subcategories of Ranking data.Dan FernandezDan Fernandez3http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Dan/C9-Bytes-SQL-Server-Rank-with-Stephen-Forte/RSS/http://channel9.msdn.com/407846/Trackback.aspxC9 BytesSQL ServerTech Ed