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Thursday, September 17, 2009 1:30 PM

Developing for the ZuneHD with XNA

So, I've been playing with the ZuneHD for a while now and I thought I'd pass on to all of you how to utilize the Accelerameter and Touch APIs from the new XNA 3.1 ZuneHD Extensions . I'd love to get your feed back on this "pilot" episode of a tutorial
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Attachment(s): http://www.joyofflight.com/XNAZuneHDDemoBlog.wmv
Wednesday, August 05, 2009 8:33 PM

Upcoming MSDN Events

Ok, folks. For some reason we're not getting our upcoming MSDN events published on the MSDN Events website. So... here's a rundown of all the events in the area that you might be interested in. City Date Columbus 18-Aug-09 Downers Grove 19-Aug-09 Mason
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009 6:48 PM

The thrill of a lifetime... I flew a P-51!!!

Ok, so I have to gloat for a bit. This weekend, I got the chance of a lifetime to fly a P-51 Mustang . If you're a pilot, you know what the Mustang is. If not, the P-51 is the finest fighter produced in WWII. It was built by North American Aviation and,
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Wednesday, March 18, 2009 7:56 AM

The Terrafugia flies!!!

My congratulations go out to my buddy, Carl Detrich, of Terrafugia . On March 5th, their new "roadable aircraft," the "Transition" flew for the first time. As you can see, the Transition isn't your average everyday airplane. It is, in fact, an aircraft
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Tuesday, March 03, 2009 10:30 AM

Older "Soup to Nuts" Webcasts are expired.

Well, it seems that the webcasts that I did a while back, the VB Soup To Nuts, ASP.NET Soup To Nuts and C# Soup To Nuts webcasts have expired. Some of these webcasts were 4 years old!!! What that means is that they've been in our webcast engine so long
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Sunday, February 08, 2009 11:11 AM

VirtualHUD announced at the Light Sport Plane expo

Well, I know a lot of you have been wondering what my little avionics project has been up to lately, so here's the scoop. On January 22nd, in Sebring, Florida, I attended the Light Sport Plane Expo for our first public showing of my "VirtualHUD" Heads
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Thursday, November 13, 2008 3:25 PM

Unfortunate Times for Eclipse Aviation

Eclipse Aviation suffered a serious blow earlier today. They were apparently unable to meet payroll and notified their employees... some of whom apparently left rather abruptly this morning. I've always been a fan of Eclipse Aviation , makers of the Eclipse
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Tuesday, September 30, 2008 4:37 PM

MSDN Demo Code

Here is my demo code for the MSDN Unleashed event! Enjoy! Bill
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Attachment(s): mydemos.zip
Friday, August 15, 2008 10:11 AM

Come see the new MSDN Unleashed events!

We're trying something new this year... MSDN Events at the local Microsoft offices. Starting on September 10th, in Franklin, TN, I will be putting on additional MSDN events at the local Microsoft offices. Same great content as the "real" big MSDN Events,
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Wednesday, August 13, 2008 1:07 PM

MSDN Events for Q1

Well, folks, I'm back and ready to start presenting our new content for the next quarter. My first event is next Tuesday in Chicago. You can register for it right here: http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032383949
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Monday, May 05, 2008 12:02 PM

5 Minutes of Innovation in C# - Episode #1 - Generics

It's been a long time in the works, but I have finally started my new Screencast series, 5 Minutes of Innovation in C#. This is the very first episode, Generics. In this episode, I show you how to define an object and create a generic list of those objects.
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Attachment(s): 5Min_CS_Episode1.zip
Sunday, May 04, 2008 3:17 PM

God Speed Rob.

Robert W. Westover, III (Robbie): father, husband, brother, son, uncle, friend. Robbie will be remembered as loyal and true to all of these important roles throughout his life and will be missed by everyone who knew him. He was always there for us all.
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Wednesday, March 26, 2008 10:01 AM

Update on Bill's Avionics development

Ok, folks. I know several of you have been waiting anxiously for me to post an update to my development of the experimental "glass cockpit" that I've been working on for years. So, here's the beef. First, the bad news... on Thanksgiving day in 2006, I
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Thursday, February 28, 2008 11:43 AM

Are you attending Mix 2008?

If so, look me up. I will be around. I know most of you haven't seen me in a while... let's just say, it's been a busy few months. Anyway, I have been working on a major new project. Check out http://www.5minutesofinnovation.com . Phil Wheat and I have
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Wednesday, December 19, 2007 2:59 PM

What's new in Visual Studio 2008: Office Development

As promised, attached is the demo code for my last webcast on What's new in Visual Studio 2008. Happy holidays! Bill
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Attachment(s): VS2008OfficeDemoCode.zip
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