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  • Outlook Webmail Add-in for Windows Home Server

    My latest article is posted to Coding4Fun . This time, I wrote an add-in for Windows Home Server that allows one to view their email stored in Outlook via the web. Perhaps I'm the only one, but I have 6 or 7 email accounts all of which POP into Outlook. Hardly any of them support IMAP or have a webmail...

  • Head Banger

    Back in May, I posted about my involvement in Maker Faire 2007. For one of my projects, myself and several friends, collectively known as Ganksoft Entertainment , created a game from scratch using the Microsoft XNA Framework and Game Studio Express called Head Banger . It's a rhythm-based music game...
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  • Microsoft Robotics Studio and Lego Mindstorms NXT

    I have published my latest article on MSDN's Coding4Fun titled " Microsoft Robotics Studio and Lego Mindstorms NXT ". This article will demonstrate how to use Microsoft Robotics Studio v1.5 to drive a robot built using Lego Mindstorms NXTwith an Xbox 360 Controller in C#, VB.NET and MSRS'...
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  • Even More .NET-based Wiimote Applications

    I've received a few more emails from folks using my Managed Wiimote Library to do some cool things with the Nintendo Wiimote in Windows. Here are a few more: PowerPoint + Wiimote = Wii Key by Chad Hower A Wii Flock of Boids by Robert Burke Vibration Recorder by Brian Uphoff Amazingly fantastic stuff...

  • C# MVP

    Woo hoo! I was notified earlier today that I've been awarded the 2007 Microsoft MVP Award for Visual Developer - Visual C# ! A gigantic thank you goes out to John Papa for nominating me for the award, and to the entire Microsoft MVP team for selecting me. Cross-posted from BrianPeek.com .

  • New Wiimote Goodness

    My latest article has been posted at MSDN's Coding4Fun site . This article explains how to create a Wiimote Controlled Car using my Managed Library for Nintendo's Wiimote . At the end of the article, you will have a remote controlled car that can be driven with a standard Nintendo Wiimote. Also...
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  • Microsoft Surface Computing

    I'm typically not one to link to other sites in my blog, but if you haven't watched the Microsoft Surface Computing video at on10.net , please go watch it now. Absolutely incredible. I want a coffee table like this. Update: The official Microsoft Surface website. Update 2: Popular Mechanics video...
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  • XNA Timing Bug

    While working on my game for Maker Faire (which you'll be able to download in about a month), I came across a timing bug on the Xbox 360 using XNA . For an application that requires very accurate timing (millisecond precision), one can use the StopWatch object in .NET 2.0. This was working quite...
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  • Wiimote Applications

    I've received a couple emails in the past week of people using my Managed Wiimote Library to do some spiffy things. Brent Rossen's project is described as: This project was primarily created to allow the Wiimote to be used as a novel interface for a virtual environment. The goals were to create...
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  • Maker Faire 2007

    I will be attending this year's Maker Faire with the Coding4Fun gang. We will have a variety of spiffy projects to play around with, including two I have done: several "Wiimote-controlled" cars using my Managed Wiimote Library and Microsoft Robotics Studio , and a game written with my Ganksoft...

  • Mix 07

    Anyone heading out to Mix this year? I'll be there once again, but this time I'll be (partly) working the Coding4Fun booth. We should have a few interesting toys to entertain the masses between sessions. Stop by and throw a Wiimote at my head or something. Cross-posted from BrianPeek.com .
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  • NYC .NET Developer's Group Presentation Posted

    I have posted the slide deck and all sample code shown during my " Interfacing External Hardware Using Managed Code and Microsoft Robotics Studio " session. Thanks to everyone who attended. Questions and comments on all are welcome! Cross-posted from BrianPeek.com .

  • NYC .NET Developer's Group Event

    I will be presenting Interfacing External Hardware Using Managed Code and Microsoft Robotics Studio on Thursday, April 19th at the NYC .NET Developer's Group monthly meeting, which begins at 6pm. I'll be showing off some cool toys from the Phidgets people (an RFID reader, interface kits, sensors...
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  • XNA and 3D Model Exporting

    Here's an important safety tip that I wish I knew before the 4 hours I wasted on figuring it out. When building a model in 3D Studio Max (or likely every other modeling package in the universe), and then exporting it to a DirectX .X file via the Pandasoft X file exporter or kilowatt X file exporter...
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  • Hello. How are you? Nice to see you.

    Well, if you're reading this, that means everything is working swimmingly with my new blog here at CodeBetter.com! My intent is to cross-post technical content from my personal blog here to reach a much wider and varied audience. Like the rest of the folks here at CodeBetter, I'm a .NET guy but I tend...