...is entirely an example from Vertigo and pure and simple code downloaded from Codeplex. Is that a bad thing? I don't think so. I'm an example / book learner, so borrowing and improving (or rather, altering to suit my needs) is typically how I become knowledgeable about new technogies, or even just new ways of doing things. That's why this blog is on BlogEngine.Net, by the way. I wanted to see some examples of other people's ideas.
I've used the Slide.Show application to present some simple photos on one of my sites. So far, the only functionality I see in the project is the presentation of images in the desired format. I keep thinking about the main data file, though, and what I could do with it as it applies to my site--perhaps create some functionality to allow me to email pictures to my site, so I don't have to manually upload them? And some code to take the incoming email (from a template, perhaps), parse it into the picture discriptor, create a thumbnail on the fly, and update the data file?
We'll see. That's not so much Silverlight as it is just good old ASP.Net, though. So not too much real "learning" there. But maybe I can use it as the jumping off point for new development.