January 2009 - Posts

You can only have one dessert.
31 January 09 12:42 PM | Coding4Fun | 0 Comments   

DevZoo has created a sample on how to make your application single instance only .  DevZoo’s example also includes some neat features like finding the current instance and activating it along with if the instance is in the system tray, to maximize Read More...

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What is in door 21, 80, and 443 on my computer?
22 January 09 09:12 PM | Coding4Fun | 0 Comments   

Chris Pietschmann created a simple port scanner using VB.Net .  The interesting thing with the scanner is it uses ThreadPool class to help queue up work units!  This means is the work is executed asynchronously and in an orderly fashion.  Read More...

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Thinking bigger when using a remote control
20 January 09 01:24 PM | Coding4Fun | 0 Comments   

Mike Hurnaus may have saw “Honey, I shrunk the kids!” when he thought this idea up.  Mike built a what may be the world’s largest Windows Media Center remote control . How Mike created the pad is rather smart, he ordered some Dance Dance revolution Read More...

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Barcodes!
15 January 09 05:00 PM | Coding4Fun | 0 Comments   

Ever get a package with those weird barcodes and wonder why such things exists?  Well, the Quick Response codes (QR Codes) are a 2D barcode system that allows you to store data in them such as binary, numbers and letters with a correction level.  Read More...

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C4F powered holiday lights!
08 January 09 01:29 PM | Coding4Fun | 1 Comments   

CDAWG2 created a computerized lighting display using the Coding4Fun holiday light article by Brian Peek.  They used 8 channels and about 4,500 lights and only cost about $150.  Nice job guys! Wizards in Winter 2008 by Transiberian Orchestra Read More...

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FM Radio in c#
06 January 09 05:10 PM | Coding4Fun | 0 Comments   

Ever wondered to yourself, “If my program had a radio in it, it would make a billion dollars?”  Yeah, I think it is only me BUT Tamir Khason created a FM radio application that shows just how to do this in c#.  Tamir has tested his library with Read More...

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