June 2009 - Posts

Coding4Fun on the move
30 June 09 10:27 AM | Coding4Fun | 1 Comments   

Coding4Fun will be moving to Channel9 on MSDN!  This has been in the planning for a bit but giving you guys the heads up.  Jeff Sandquist and Dan Fernandez talk about some of the reasons why on the latest episode of This Week on Channel 9 (This Read More...

Filed under: c4fnews, State of the Union, Coding4Fun TV

Creating audio signals in .Net
28 June 09 08:19 AM | Coding4Fun | 0 Comments   

Dan Waters has created a 4 part series on audio programming with .Net.   Some point in the future, he’ll be posting a full article with WPF on Coding4Fun as well! How Audio Data is Represented Demystifying the WAV Format Synthesizing Simple Read More...

Filed under: c4fnews, Audio

Shutdown/Restart/Logoff your PC using TweetMyPC
23 June 09 12:01 PM | Coding4Fun | 6 Comments   

In this article I will show you how you can use Twitter API to Shutdown/Restart/Logoff your PC remotely using VB.net. Compiled version: CodePlex.com Source Code: Codeplex.com Difficulty: Beginner Time Required: 2 hours Cost: Free Software Needed: Visual Read More...

Filed under: utility, home automation, windows

Box Selections and Multi-Edit in Visual Studio 2010
21 June 09 11:12 PM | Coding4Fun | 8 Comments   

I wasn’t aware of box selection which has been in Visual Studio for some time now until I viewed this video for what is coming up with Visual Studio 2010.  The video shows off some additional multiline editing functions added in 2010. All I have Read More...

Filed under: c4fnews, Visual Studio

XNA Game Studio 3.1
11 June 09 12:14 PM | Coding4Fun | 1 Comments   

XNA Game Studio 3.1 has just been released!  Download XNA GS 3.1 and check out the walkthrough for upgrading your old projects to v3.1 !  For a more in-depth overview of what is new in 3.1, head to http://creators.xna.com/en-us/article/xnags3.1whatsnew Read More...

Filed under: c4fnews, gaming, XNA

Adding Sidetone to Skype
09 June 09 02:44 PM | Coding4Fun | 0 Comments   

Ever use a headset with Skype – and were frustrated that it was too quiet? This article shows how to add the sound of your own voice to the headset and not feel exhausted from shouting to be heard. Compiled version: Download Source Code: Download C# Difficulty: Read More...

Filed under: utility, web miscellaneous, windows, Audio

Computer, Hello Computer, I need some transparent aluminum
08 June 09 10:53 AM | Coding4Fun | 2 Comments   

Kim Major is working on a rather neat item for Visual Studio.  He is working on using speech recognition to program with Visual Studio! They are looking for some feedback and if you want to, please post some over here . Read More...

Filed under: c4fnews, utility, Audio, Speech to Text

Robozzle
02 June 09 06:02 PM | Coding4Fun | 0 Comments   

Robozzle is a Silverlight game that helps teach players the art of programming logic through a series of fun and challenging community-created puzzles.  What's more, the game is "community sourced" meaning not only can you contribute new Read More...

Filed under: c4fnews, gaming, Silverlight