7 Lessons from Einstein
We often associate certain names to the virtue of excellence. Tiger Woods to the game of golf, Michael Jordan to the game of basketball and Pablo Picasso to painting. What if you had to name the genius of the 20th century? Without a doubt, Albert Einstein gets the nod. Arguably, the smartest man ever born, […]
Of Nessun Dorma
Although I have heard Pavarotti’s amazing rendering of Nessun Dorma over a hundred times, I have always wondered what the exact lyrics and meaning is. Several words from the aria do give major hints about the deeper meaning – dorma, d’amore, stanza, principessa, silenzio, morir, vincero…… I couldn’t put my finger on the complete act […]
Avoiding flicker in winforms
Winforms applications flicker quite a bit when you have TableLayoutPanels, Panels, etc especially when the forms/controls are resized and/or have background images. The cause for the the flicker is simple – excessive repainting, both at design-time as well as the runtime. The solution – double-buffering; when repainting the graphics on a control, .net uses a […]