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Websites that rock to 11Jan 24, 2007 at 6:28 PM
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Stephen Walther explains how to make your websites have sound through JavaScript. You could go for the nice option of using small noises to help guide a user through their experience on your website or the dancing hamster approach. Choose wisely webmaster. -
Who's outside?Jan 23, 2007 at 12:17 PM 1
With Vista only a matter of days away, it was only a matter of time before someone finally created a webcam gadget for Vista. Scott Hanselman gives the source code (at the bottom of the article) along with six links to other sites to help build gadgets. If you have more questions,… -
Is that a monster under my bed? Wait, those are just my keys.Jan 22, 2007 at 3:42 PM 0
No worry about those bed monsters. Brian Peek created a computer-controlled R/C car with camera. He used Microsoft Robotics Studios along with some Phidgets to create this mobile camera platform. There is example code for using a Microsoft Xbox 360 controller too! Brian also… -
XNA Creator Club? How do I launch it?Jan 18, 2007 at 6:29 PM 0
Thinking about getting started with building some xbox 360 games with XNA Game Studio? Phil Waymouth, an XNA software developer, shows how with a online video. It covers downloading and install the XNA Game Studio Express, setting up the XNA Creator Club, running the XNA Game… -
A USB hazard waiting for trouble.Jan 17, 2007 at 8:33 AM 3
We've posted in the past about turret guns and motion tracking, however Inventgeek.com actually shows you how to create one. They have a quad barrell version and a single barrel. Using a phidget servo or the Make controller to pull the trigger and you have a fairly easy,… -
How do I do SQL in a hosted environment without toys?Jan 16, 2007 at 1:09 PM 0
If you're like me, I can't have my power tools with me at all times. Scott Guthrie posted about a free database publishing wizard a bit ago, however he goes on to show how to do run a SQL script without an administrative tool. -
ASP.net Ajax samplesJan 14, 2007 at 11:08 AM 2
ASP.Net Ajax (formally known as Atlas) has a list samples that show off some pretty neat things such as rounded corners, an accordion navigation system, drop downs, and dragable panels. For more samples, Code Project has a ton of free examples also.
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A baseball Linq-erJan 08, 2007 at 8:01 AM 0
Derek Slager wrote an example to show off LINQ, language integrated query, using baseball. For those who don't really follow sports, baseball has a state for literally everything. While in Wrigley Field, I've heard people rattle off "He can bat a .405 against a left handed …
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Death by ten thousand paper cuts.Jan 05, 2007 at 1:37 PM 0
So your website is becoming popular. That is really great but have you checked your utilization logs lately? Scott Hanselman noticed that his favicon.ico was taking up a 27 Gigs of bandwidth a month! That was about 11% of his total bandwidth usage. What is the FavIcon? It… -
Mr. Roboto needs a brainJan 05, 2007 at 8:31 AM 0
Johnny 5 wasn't built without a tutorials here and there. So Microsoft Robotics Studio just released ton of new tutorials. MSRS has multiple tutoritals on setting up services, simulations, Visual Programming Language, and more so you can hit the ground running.
