June 2007 - Posts

My decoder ring will finally be useful
27 June 07 12:13 PM | Coding4Fun | 1 Comments   
When hiding an object, in plain sight may be the best approach. Steganography accomplishes this task while hiding the "payload". The common form of this encryption is using images as the medium. Alaa Jebran has created a few examples in Visual Basic to Read More...
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Sliverlight meet Moonlight
25 June 07 09:51 PM | Coding4Fun | 4 Comments   
The developers over at Mono group have created Moonlight. What is moonlight? It is an implementation of Silverlight , which is a cross-platform plug-in that allows .Net programming and a host of other things. Miguel de Icaza posted some YouTube videos Read More...
WPF Dartboard scoring application
20 June 07 07:34 AM | Coding4Fun | 13 Comments   
In this article I’ll review the steps to creating a WPF-based touch-screen scoreboard application that we use in our Clarity Cricket recreational dart league. In doing so, I'll show some examples of how to create custom animations in Visual Studio .NET Read More...
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A car with a driver's license?
15 June 07 09:35 AM | Coding4Fun | 3 Comments   
Finally a car that can drive better than my brother! The DARPA driving challenge is now gearing up for urban driving. The Stanford University car, Junior, just got it's learning permit for basic driving . What does "basic driving" entail? Navigating a Read More...
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How to write a plug-in
12 June 07 06:25 PM | Coding4Fun | 2 Comments   
Windows Home Server is running a contest for the ultimate add-in . $50,000 in prizes can be won! Just got a vacation and want to show the world everything? Write a plug-in that works with Flicker. Think your room is too hot, write a plug-in to monitor Read More...
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Wiimote Controlled Car
12 June 07 01:17 AM | Coding4Fun | 9 Comments   
In this article, Brian Peek will demonstrate how to use his Managed Wiimote Library and Microsoft Robotics Studio to create a "Wiimote-Controlled Car". Brian Peek ASPSOFT, Inc. Difficulty: Intermediate Time Required: 2 -3 hours Cost: $50-$100 Software: Read More...
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I'm here but where is the store?
08 June 07 10:50 AM | Coding4Fun | 0 Comments   
Martin Schray informed about a MapPoint web service wrapper . The wrapper helps reduce the learning curve of using the MapPoint Web Services and provides an easy way to get up and working almost instantly. No need to install MapPoint also, you just need Read More...
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I cOde 31337, KTHXBYE!
04 June 07 10:57 AM | Coding4Fun | 4 Comments   
If you actually know what I just said, you know it is Leetspeak . Now if you really want to, Adam Lindsay created LOLCODE. I seriously can't stop laughing at some of the expressions and operators for this "language". Here is an example for getting a file Read More...
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Robot, Sit, good robot
02 June 07 02:43 PM | Coding4Fun | 2 Comments   
If you're like me, you always wonder where's my robot? Well, something tells me I won't get one off the shelf anytime soon so why not just build one. Computers are getting cheap enough also where one could just be part of the chassis too. The guys over Read More...
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