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Making Gravity do your biddingAug 07, 2008 at 3:02 PM| 22 views
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The nice fellows at BoneSoft have created a neat little program at CodeProject that shows off how to do some pretty physics simulations in c#. They talk about how they did the calculations. Here is how he does a full calculation loop: foreach (Particle p in particles) { ... if… -
undo, wait, nah, I liked it better before, redo itOct 22, 2008 at 8:25 PM| 21 views 0
If you're like me, you're constantly running into walls and doing things you shouldn't be. Due to this, I need the undo command on almost everything I do. Marc Clifton has a nice, basic undo /redo framework on implementing this functionality which pretty much requires only three…
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Create your own frosted glass in VistaMay 03, 2007 at 5:18 AM| 21 views 0
If you're like me, you tend to be impressed by the small things. Mac OS X has Expose and live updates in the dock, Vista has the Flip and live updates too in the start menu and alt-tab. Vista's ability to do this is build into the Desktop Window Manager and actually can be accessed… -
Death by ten thousand paper cuts.Jan 05, 2007 at 1:37 PM| 21 views 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… -
Can you hear me? Because my computer can!Dec 08, 2006 at 7:33 AM| 20 views 2
Meng Wang shows how to have your computer make calls with your GSM cell phone in VB.Net. If you're interested in how this works, he has 3 articles on Code Project. Part I - Retrieve Phone Settings Part II - Send SMS (link dead 7/8/2008) Part III - Dial, Answer, Reject (link dead…
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A car with a driver's license?Jun 15, 2007 at 6:35 AM| 20 views 0
Finally a car that can drive better than my brother! The DARPA driving challenge is now gearing up for urban driving. The Stanford University car, Junior, just got it's learning permit for basic driving. What does "basic driving" entail? Navigating a 4 way… -
LEGO, they do actually have real world applicationsApr 23, 2007 at 5:42 PM| 20 views 0
Matthias Wandel, an engineer over at Research in Motion, came up with a clever way to test Blackberries under multiple angles and orientations by using LEGO. The device will rotate on an axis by the battery in a circle along with rotate the pager. Is there a single thing LEGO can't… -
Rapid Application XNA: now with more orange flavor.Jul 09, 2007 at 1:08 PM| 19 views 0
If you're a premium member of the XNA's Creator's Club, you now have access to Garage Game's Torque X and Torque X Builder for free! Previously, this cost $100! What is Torque X? It is c# based game engine that allows 2D drag and drop game creation! It allows you to make use… -
Visual Basic 9 Hidden Gems.Dec 17, 2007 at 9:50 AM| 19 views 0
For those who make fun of Visual Basic, Amanda Silver may have something to show off to you. Over at the VB Team blog on MSDN, Amanda shows off 10 new features in Visual Basic. Two of my favorite are Syntax tool-tips (picture on the right, imagine that with LINQ!) and the improved… -
XNA Creator Club? How do I launch it?Jan 18, 2007 at 6:29 PM| 19 views 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…
