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Feeling the Earth MoveWant to know if the earth is shaking? How about if someone is moving your laptop? Create a utility to detect movement so you'll know right away when something is happening!
The Windows 7 sensors platform exposes a standard way of communicating with hardware for determining location, light,...
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Changing time zonesIn this article, I'll demonstrate how to use your current location to figure out and set the time zone. It turns out that this isn't nearly as easy as I thought it would be, so read on to learn what went into this seemingly straight-forward idea.
This code requires Windows 7 due to the use of the...
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Coding4Fun - Photos Near YouIn this article, I'll demonstrate how to use the new Windows 7 location feature to download photos taken in your vicinity from Flickr and use them to update your desktop wallpaper. The utility is written as an addin for my previous Utility Runner project (the MEF application).
Wallpaper changers are...
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Coding4Fun - Never miss a message againDo people visit your desk when you're at meetings? Do they leave you messages for when you get back? If you're like me, you end up losing those messages half the time. Here's a fun screensaver program that let's people leave messages for you right on your desktop.
Introduction
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Windows 7: Federated SearchIn this article, you'll learn how to use federated search in Windows 7 to easily locate items from various public and private sources directly from Windows Explorer.
Introduction
In this article, I've created a class file to encapsulate a federated search provider. This lets you use the new federated...
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Creating An Application With Full Plug-in SupportIn this article, you'll learn how to create an application with full plug-in support.
Introduction
It's been a number of months since I released the first version of my Utility Runner application. Utility Runner makes it possible to run system utilities with as little overhead as possible: Instead...
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Coding 4 Fun - Windows 7 TaskbarLooking to take advantage of some new Windows 7 goodness? Learn how to work with some of the great new taskbar features to create a more streamlined user interface.
Introduction
Windows 7 brings with it a large number of new features that will be available to developers from day one. These...
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Creating a Utility FrameworkIn this article I demonstrate how you can take advantage of a light application framework when creating simple utilities. Instead of working on lower-level plumbing, just create the code for whatever tool you need, and this framework can get you working faster.
Introduction
When you write small...
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Mango + Apollo = The Mangopollo Windows Phone Library
Mar 19, 2013 at 9:56 AMVery nice. Much needed and well done!
Visual Studio 2012 RTM!!
Aug 13, 2012 at 9:03 PMGreat news! Now if we could just get even a beta build of Phone 8 tools I'd really be happy!