July 2007 - Posts

How to recreate the Internet.
30 July 07 04:05 PM | Coding4Fun | 0 Comments   
At Maker's Faire 2007, Trossen Robotics had some cool toys at their booth. One system was the Magic Air Tubes . They have a video along with a list of the hardware they used for the project. Trossen Robotics used IR sensors to detect how far your hand Read More...
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Visual Studio 2008 Express Beta 2!
27 July 07 04:01 PM | Coding4Fun | 4 Comments   
Today Microsoft has released Visual Studio 2008 Express Editions Beta 2. This release continues the Microsoft tradition of offering simple, fun and easy to learn tool suite for causal developer, hobbyist, gamer and students for free. Get started by downloading Read More...
JavaScript Reflection
26 July 07 06:36 PM | Coding4Fun | 3 Comments   
I was writing an application for creating a manifest for JavaScript. I was unable to do it using DOM; instead I wrote my own application for parsing JavaScript files. It is little tough to peek into JavaScript objects, initial I could only get the members Read More...
WPF in a red ruby flavor
25 July 07 07:37 AM | Coding4Fun | 0 Comments   
If you like WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) and programming in Ruby, check out an example Scott Hanselman did with IronRuby . Scott uses Notepad2 with Ruby support to do his coding for this example. Scott talks about some of the issues coding with Read More...
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Getting your game development on
23 July 07 06:59 PM | Coding4Fun | 2 Comments   
Someone really needs to create the next Tetris since there are only so many variants I can play. DigiPen has an 8-part webcast series on creating a video game to help aid in just doing that. Their game doesn't use XNA but uses DirectX 9.0. Their series Read More...
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Wallpaper Changer App & Gadget
20 July 07 09:49 AM | Coding4Fun | 1 Comments   
Like many of you, I’ve got galleries of photographs on my PC. I’d like my desktop background to rotate through them automatically as I go through my daily activities. Being too lazy to open control panel, change my background by hand, and then go back Read More...
Home Server has shipped!
17 July 07 07:10 PM | Coding4Fun | 1 Comments   
The final version of Windows Home Server (WHS) has shipped! There are already multiple add-in's for WHS and there is the Code2Fame contest out there too. The Code2Fame contest must be postmarked by August 25th to count too. So what is so cool about WHS? Read More...
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So that's where it is on my cell
16 July 07 08:10 PM | Coding4Fun | 0 Comments   
John Kennedy has created a very nice diagram for aiding in Windows Mobile development . You want GPS , VOIP , device emulators , the Home screen , Telephone API , ... list goes on and on. If you're making a Windows Mobile application, I highly suggest Read More...
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Building a Ray-Tracing 3D Renderer
16 July 07 12:00 PM | Coding4Fun | 24 Comments   
A little about ray-tracing... Ray-tracing works sort of like a camera in real life, but in reverse. With a camera (or your eyes, for that matter), rays of light from the environment enter the lens and hit the film/digital chip/meaty eye cells. Something Read More...
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Microsoft Robotics Studio and Lego Mindstorms NXT
16 July 07 12:00 PM | Coding4Fun | 45 Comments   
In this article, Brian Peek will demonstrate how to use Microsoft Robotics Studio to control the Lego Mindstorms NXT kit. A simple remote-controlled robot will be built and controlled using C# and the MSRS Visual Programming Language (VPL). Brian Peek Read More...
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Using Optimus Mini Three with .net
13 July 07 12:00 PM | Coding4Fun | 2 Comments   
Even though the device is connected to an usb port the communication is done through a (virtual) serial port. The protocol specification is available in the developer section on Art.Lebedev Studio's website . There's also some c sample code available Read More...
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Leopard Programming
10 July 07 12:06 PM | Coding4Fun | 3 Comments   
Like most people, you've probably thought that the skills that are required to build your own computer software are so advanced that you could never hope to become a programmer by trade or by hobby, but I'm here to tell you that it doesn't have to be Read More...
Synthesized Podcasts for your Zune and iPod using SAPI
09 July 07 08:18 PM | Coding4Fun | 5 Comments   
The guide takes you on your new speech-enabled adventure, as you'll learn to mix text with speech into a simple program that synthesizes XHTML transitional blog posts into the Wave format - for your iPod - using SAPI 5.3 and encodes them into the Windows Read More...
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Rapid Application XNA: now with more orange flavor.
09 July 07 04:08 PM | Coding4Fun | 0 Comments   
If you're a premium member of the XNA's Creator's Club, you now have access to Garage Game's Torque X and Torque X Builder for free ! Previously, this cost $100! What is Torque X ? It is c# based game engine that allows 2D drag and drop game creation! Read More...
Pixels should be circles, not squares.
08 July 07 09:51 AM | Coding4Fun | 1 Comments   
If you like your photos with a unique flare to it, check out Rasterbator . Matias Arje also has a .Net port of Rasterbator complete with source code . So what exactly is Rasterbator? It is a program that more or less pixilate your photos but uses circles Read More...
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WiiPresentations
02 July 07 07:56 AM | Coding4Fun | 1 Comments   
Chad Hower over at Indy Project has built a tool that will give any presentation that extra bang. A PowerPoint presentation tool. Well, it isn't just any presentation tool, it is a WiiMote. Grab the source or just the binaries. WiiKey is powered by the Read More...
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