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May 2007 - Posts

Creating An IP Geolocation Popfly Block

There is a new shared block on Popfly called Locust IP Locator courtesy of mois. I thought I'd detail how I built it. First of all, download the block SDK, read the Building Blocks guide, and look at the samples once you start going. It's really helpful Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 24, 2007 12:18 AM by dawate | 1 Comments
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Creating A Really Simple Web Service For Popfly Consumption

I created a really basic web service that performs an IP geolocation based on the database at http://www.hostip.info . All it does is construct and hydrate a serializable object with string properties based on the IP you pass to it. Be careful because Read More...
Posted Wednesday, May 23, 2007 11:37 PM by dawate | 0 Comments
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Popfly, You're "Out"

Microsoft is announcing a new tool called Popfly today. It will be a lot of fun to try out this weekend. Popfly provides pre-built, net-connected modules that you can use to create mash-ups, gadgets and web pages. It's fun and easy, and there is a slew Read More...
Posted Friday, May 18, 2007 7:44 PM by dawate | 0 Comments

Let's Write a 2D Game in XNA

I just finished up an article documenting a game I just finished . Check it out if you're interested in getting into XNA! Read More...
Posted Friday, May 18, 2007 7:35 PM by dawate | 0 Comments
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Welcome, .NET 3.0 Training, and XNA is Great

Hey, Internet. How are you guys? I wanted to open up my first MSDN blog post with a bang; I wanted something more impactful than the requisite line I see on most other blogs: "This is my blog. I will write here some other time." Posted by Bob, 10/21/1994. Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 17, 2007 10:45 PM by dawate | 0 Comments
 
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