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Visual Studio 2014 CTP and the $119 Windows 8.1 Toshiba computer
For some reason I got motivated to try the least Windows 8.1 computer available, which as far as I...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 09/27/2014
Game Design: Introduction to C++ and DirectX Game Development Jump Start
Although I am not sure that the Introduction to C++ and DirectX Game Development Jump Start is...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 09/24/2014
Game Design: XAML/DirectX/C++ Game Design Links that I have reviewed
Yeah, I know that I need to be focused on one thing, but I see the linkage between game design and...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 09/23/2014
IOT: Security
Well, I question the place that the Intel Galileo resides in the IOT environment, with a higher...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 09/22/2014
IOT: Thinking about the Hardware for the Pumpkinduino, part 3
Previous: IOT: Pumpkinduino UML, part 2 Next: IOT Pumpkinduino Part 4 So what embedded device should...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 09/10/2014
IOT: Pumpkinduino UML, part 2
Previous: IOT: Halloween Fun! Pumpkinduino! Part 1 Next: Pumpkinduino Part 3, thinking about the...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 09/09/2014
BLE: Review of development kits from Texas Instruments and Nordic Semiconductors
I “desk” tested the following two development kits to start my exploration of the BLE...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 09/09/2014
IOT: Halloween Fun! Pumpkinduino! Part 1
next: IOT: Pumpkinduino UML, part 2 I just got back from the Lowe’s Home Improvement Store, which...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 09/08/2014
IOT: Intel’s Galileo, got it working, how does it compare to other processors
Yippee, I got my Windows Embedded working on my Galileo. Make sure to see Bret Stateham’s blog...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 09/03/2014
Free ebook: Building Cloud Apps with Microsoft Azure
Hey, if you are building sensors you have to store the data somewhere. Azure is one of those...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 08/19/2014
6 Links to Internet of Things, Tools, Source Control and testing
As with most things software, source control is critically important. First of all, do you...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 08/19/2014
Computer Science Degree? Or could you just do some shorter process?
Yep, you could do the shorter process according to a recent Wall Street Journal. After all if...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 08/04/2014
Microsoft //Hackathon: Surface Pro 3 i5 4 gig ram and 128 SSD
Well I can’t talk about the AMAZING thing I built with a team made up of people from Microsoft...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 08/04/2014
C# Specifications: Using Visual Studio 2013 to compile a DLL and EXE
To see how to use Raspberry Pi with C#, go to the link at:...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 07/14/2014
C# Language Specifications: Building DLLs and Consuming them, yum!
In C# you get relief from using #include and header files, although I don’t really have a problem...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 07/12/2014
Free eBook on Model View View Model design pattern
Well, I give up for now on trying to explain MVVM to myself, I am just going to read the Free eBook...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 07/11/2014
Why are specifications important for software and design?
If you are in a rapidly evolving small company and the main concern is to make payroll, writing...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 07/10/2014
No “Hello World” but there is an “Eh?” example in the C ISO/IEC 9899:2011
Eh? You say. No “Hello World” example in the C specification? Yes, Surf4Fun says you are...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 07/10/2014
Hello World in the C++ standard ISO/IEC 14882:2011(E)
In a previous post, I talked about the “Hello World” example in the C# standard. The C++...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 07/09/2014
Unit Testing: Some videos I just watched
Unit testing. I admit it, I am a lazy guy when it comes to test, and some would say in...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 07/08/2014
C++: Compiling your C++ app source and header file without using the VS IDE
Just like in an earlier blog where I showed you how to compile C# without using the VS IDE, you can...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 07/03/2014
Surface Pro 3: Just bought one on my own nickel, and IT’s AWESOME
Holey Moley! I just purchased a Surface Pro 3 i5, and it is amazing. I did not buy the...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 07/03/2014
C#: The C# Language Specification and Hello World
If you download and install Visual Studio Professional or Ultimate you get the specification...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 07/02/2014
Arduino Netduino Spark.IO: Building a Win 8 app that consumes Spark.IO output part 2: Model View Controller sort of
These blog entries will jump about as I write them, if you are a regular reader then you understand,...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/24/2014
Arduino Netduino Spark.IO: Building a Win 8 app that consumes Spark.IO output part 1: Class Diagram
Note to Cordana: Find out how to extend the Main title before the punctuation symbol colon… Building...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/24/2014
Arduino Netduino: Spark.IO Windows 8 App
Thanks to Jerry Nixon for his assistance in turning an otherwise awful app into one that shines, as...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/24/2014
FREE! Office 365 API Tools – Preview, DOWNLOAD NOW!
Oh my gosh, FINALLY, you can download the Office 365 API Tools from this link Office 365 API Tools –...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/23/2014
Arduino Netduino: Oscilloscope and Logic Analyzer
I have been thinking about buying a nice Oscilloscope/Logic Analyzer ever since I bought that little...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/19/2014
Arduino Netduino: Spark.io back in play
Well the $39 Spark.io is back in play, and frankly just buy the Spark device, maybe the little kit:...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/18/2014
Arduino Netduino: Hall Effect Switches, Keyes 003 Magnetic Sensor
In the Sunfounder sensor treasure chest of 37 sensors, there are a number of simple switches, relays...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/17/2014
Arduino Netduino: Hall Effect, Keyes 003 Magnetic sensor and the General Theory of Electromagnetism
Hall Effect or Magnetic ring, in my blogs I have discussed both, and both of these devices detect...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/17/2014
Arduino Netduino: Keyes KY003 Hall Effect Transistor in Sunfounder kit, the real deal
Well it has always been tricky to get circuits to work, but the information can be difficult to...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/16/2014
Arduino Netduino: Keyes Key Switch Module
All right this is an easy one, it is just a switch, with a resistor, just like the previous sensor...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/16/2014
Arduino Netduino: Consider the Spark.IO, lots of low cost configurations
Got to love the Spark.IO device, which I have been ignoring while I worked with the UNO and Netduino...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/16/2014
Arduino Netduino: Still investigating the TI CC2541 and BLE
Ok, granted the TI CC2541 is basically an updated 8051, which first appeared in the early...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/13/2014
Arduino Netduino now the TI CC2541?
When you kind of get technology, and I like to think that I do, sometimes you fall for one of the...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/12/2014
Arduino Netduino: What does it cost to use the Microsoft Cloud/Azure Service Bus?
If you have an MSDN (not MSDNAA or DreamSpark) subscription, then you get the level of support...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/12/2014
Arduino Netduino: What happened yesterday with the voltage divider & Netduino
I don’t get it, what happened. The code should have worked, although a newer book or something...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/10/2014
Arduino Netduino: Use USB or Bluetooth to get this sensor lab moving?
Geez. Need to figure out how to get this sensor lab started for the Windows 8.1 and Windows...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/09/2014
Coding For Fun: No really, not the Coding4Fun, coding for fun= CodeHunt
Get over to https://www.codehunt.com and check out how good you are at programming. If you need...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/06/2014
Arduino Netduino: Bluetooth test findings
I could NOT get that Bluetooth JY-MCU to work, until I used the 5 volts not the 3.3 volts. Got...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/06/2014
Insteon for Hub: Thoughts about building Arduino creations that work with the Insteon for Hub
Check it out! You could get in on the positive momentum with the Insteon on Hub app in Windows 8....
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/05/2014
Home Automation: Insteon on Hub, an example of a company with a plan
Insteon is a company I really respect. Home Automation has long been a dream of science...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/04/2014
Arduino/Netduino: Transformers and connecting to the internet using Ethernet
So what do you use the Ethernet for? To catch an Ether Bunny… Get it, huh? Get it? ...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/02/2014
Science and Big Data: Mercury at Perihelion
Science or Science Fiction? Actually not a bad title for a Science Fiction book, but unfortunately...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 05/30/2014