Silverlight Cream for November 22, 2011 -- #1172

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Published on Wed, 23 Nov 2011 05:05:56 GMT Indexed on 2011/11/23 9:52 UTC
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In this Issue: XAMLGeek, WindowsPhoneGeek, Nigel Sampson, Jesse Liberty, Sumit Dutta(-2-), Dave Bost, Jared Bienz, Joost van Schaik, and Michael Crump.

Above the Fold:

Silverlight:	"10 Laps around Silverlight 5 (Part 7 of 10)" Michael Crump
WP7:	"Using MVVMLight, ItemsControl, Blend and behaviors to make a ‘heads up compass’" Joost van Schaik
Metro/WinRT/W8:	"“Badevand” for Windows 8" XAMLGeek

Shoutouts:

Michael Palermo's latest Desert Mountain Developers is up

Michael Washington's latest Visual Studio #LightSwitch Daily is up

From SilverlightCream.com:

“Badevand” for Windows 8: XAMLGeek posted a Metro app that shows water and air temperature and rain level for 5 beaches in Copenhagen, Denmark... no source, but good to see people posting apps
Getting Started with Windows Phone Reminders: WindowsPhoneGeek digs into Reminders in this WP7.1 post... the code you need, description, and a project to download
Help my app has been revoked!: Nigel Sampson had a surprise when his latest app was revoked on his device, and then another... read what the solution was
A Dozen Windows Phone Videos… And Counting: Jesse Liberty posted his 12th WP7.1 video on Channel 9 - all about Reminders in Mango
Part 23 - Windows Phone 7 - Detect Operator and Network Information: Sumit Dutta has 2 more parts to his WP7 quest up... this part 23 is about getting mobile operator information and hot to get network capabilities using Microsoft.Phone.Net.DeviceNetworkInformation
Part 24 - Windows Phone 7 - Microphone Repeater: In part 24, Sumit Dutta uses the Microsoft.Xna.Framework Microphone class to record and play back voice.
31 Days of Mango | Day #13: Marketplace Test Kit: Dave Bost is at the helm of Jeff Blankenburg's Day 13 in his 31 day quest, discussing the Marketplace Test Kit and showing how to use it to determine if your app is ready for certification
31 Days of Mango | Day #12; Beta Distribution: Jeff Blankenburg's Day 12 is written by guest author Jared Bienz, and shows how to submit an application for Beta testing
Using MVVMLight, ItemsControl, Blend and behaviors to make a ‘heads up compass’: Joost van Schaik has a tutorial up showing how to make a WP7 Compass app using MVVMLight, Expression Blend, and then shows his thoughts on using the ItemsControl and Behaviors... code, descriptions and a project to download.... and I think I got your name right for the first time, Joost :)
10 Laps around Silverlight 5 (Part 7 of 10): Michael Crump put out part 7 of his Silverlight 5 series at SilverlightShow... this is actually part 2 of OS Integration with Silverlight covering, among other things, 64-bit browser support and Power Awareness