http://blog.monstuff.com/ Julien Couvreur's programming blog and more en-us 2012-01-06T15:22:53-08:00 http://blog.monstuff.com/archives/000372.html This may surprise you given all the recent animosity towards patent trolls, in particular in the tech and software fields. What I love about patent trolls is that they reveal the brittleness of the concept of "intellectual property". The trolls' abuses should make it obvious that any patenting is trolling. I hope this will bring people to realize that IP laws are illegitimate and should be repealed (both copyrights and patents, but I'll focus on patents for now), and that there can be no right to own an idea or invention.... Economics Julien 2012-01-06T15:22:53-08:00 http://blog.monstuff.com/archives/000371.html I've been watching the HMD scene for many years now, yearning for decent devices. We may have now reached a tipping point, with multiple hi-def products announced or released in the last couple months. The first of the bunch was the Sony HMZ-T1. It was followed by the SiliconMicroDisplay ST1080 (no sales price announced yet), and Epson's Moverio BT-100. I'm also excited by Apple's rumored interest in that field. Some features that differentiate those products: Resolution and image quality,Mobility and battery life,Price,Opacity/transparency,3D. One feature that is not yet offered is head tracking. Based on my experience with the HMZ-T1,... Julien 2011-11-21T11:52:30-08:00 http://blog.monstuff.com/archives/000370.html MyMethodAsync() {   SomeResult result = ...   try {     foreach (...) {       var data = await SomeAsyncMethod();       result.Add(data);     }   } catch (...)   return result; } Task<Data> SomeAsyncMethod() {...} This seems a very elegant solution, as the code reflects the desired execution sequence without unnatural callback methods. In particular, it greatly simplifies exception handling and...]]> Programming tricks Julien 2010-10-28T23:18:12-08:00