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&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;A href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/coding4fun/inthebox/wallpaper2/"&gt;Arian Kulp's Wallpaper Cycler&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;Create a wallpaper changer for your desktop!&amp;nbsp; Put your favorite images into a folder and this application will automatically cycle through these images each time it starts. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TBODY&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=560371" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/express/archive/tags/Coding+4+Fun/default.aspx">Coding 4 Fun</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/express/archive/tags/Visual+Basic+Express/default.aspx">Visual Basic Express</category></item><item><title>Webcast: Using the My Namespace</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/express/archive/2006/03/21/556869.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Mar 2006 21:50:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:556869</guid><dc:creator>VSExpress</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.msdn.com/express/comments/556869.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.msdn.com/express/commentrss.aspx?PostID=556869</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;FONT face=Verdana size=2&gt;&lt;A href="http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032287476"&gt;Using the My Namespace&amp;nbsp;webcast&lt;/A&gt; explores a new object available to Microsoft Visual Basic developers, the "My" object.&amp;nbsp; For more Visual Basic webcasts, check out the &lt;A href="http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/msdnvb2005.mspx"&gt;Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Webcast Series&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;page.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=556869" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/express/archive/tags/Visual+Basic+Express/default.aspx">Visual Basic Express</category></item><item><title>Calling all Absolute Beginners!</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/express/archive/2006/03/09/548018.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2006 04:47:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:548018</guid><dc:creator>VSExpress</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.msdn.com/express/comments/548018.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.msdn.com/express/commentrss.aspx?PostID=548018</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT face=Verdana size=2&gt;If you're just learning to program, we've got a great set of videos for you!&amp;nbsp; Bob Tabor, our partner at &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.learnvisualstudio.net/"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Verdana size=2&gt;LearnVisualStudio.net&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;FONT face=Verdana size=2&gt;&amp;nbsp;has put together some really wonderful training videos that will guide you through the process of creating your own applications.&amp;nbsp; He'll start by introducing you to the Visual Studio IDE (Integrated Development Environment), show you some basic programming concepts, and finally help you to create your own non-trivial project!&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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