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Linux, Apple or Windows: Security-Linux Loses the 3 month vulnerabilities listing

Rule one of security: Don’t assume that your software is safe.  Apple users (not Apple...

Author: Surf4Fun Date: 01/18/2011

Programming iPhone Apps or Programming Windows Phone 7 Apps, WinPhone7 Wins!

Objective-C, so named to hide the fact that Objective-C is an old style programming language, it...

Author: Surf4Fun Date: 01/17/2011

WebMatrix, Visual Web Developer 2010, or Expression Web

I just downloaded WebMatrix and build a web site uploaded it to a new domain all in a very short...

Author: Surf4Fun Date: 01/14/2011

What I decided to do about blogging about exam 70-511, Kinect, XBox, Imagine Cup and USC

As a matter of principle, I will do two blogs on days that I write about Code Security or about the...

Author: Surf4Fun Date: 01/14/2011

Exam 70-511: Interoperability with legacy Code Access Security in Windows Presentation Foundation 4.0

Objective: Implement security features of an application. This objective may include but is not...

Author: Surf4Fun Date: 01/13/2011

Exam 70-511: Implement security features in a WPF app: Software Restriction Policy (SRP)

Subtitle: Free 70-511 Windows Presentation Foundation exam prep: Security Feature Part of the...

Author: Surf4Fun Date: 01/12/2011

Free Exam Guide 70-511, WPF: ContextMenu as a Static Resource

Ok, back to studying for the 70-511 exam.  So much to do. In the last blog post about Windows...

Author: Surf4Fun Date: 01/11/2011

XAML in the Windows Phone 7 default application

  My manager, bought lunch: a gut busting burrito.  Over the burrito, we were discussing...

Author: Surf4Fun Date: 01/09/2011

Quantum Computing at University of California, Santa Barbara

What if the Feynman concept of the quantum computing could be utilized in solving a large world...

Author: Surf4Fun Date: 01/05/2011

Windows Phone Games: Exploring the State Management project, “Go To Definition”

  When you design games, especially for the phone, you will need to manage state, for...

Author: Surf4Fun Date: 01/03/2011

Win Phone Apps: Role-Playing Game for Phone!

The popular role playing game has been added to the phone application samples on the AppHub. ...

Author: Surf4Fun Date: 01/02/2011

Phone Apps: Making Money

Ok, I admit it, I am bored with the Exam Prep, so to take a break I headed over to the AppHub,...

Author: Surf4Fun Date: 01/01/2011

Free Exam Prep: 70-511: Using the SetResourceReference

The SetResourceReference is one of the three ways you can use Resources in Windows Presentation...

Author: Surf4Fun Date: 12/31/2010

Free Exam Guide 70-511: Resources Programmatically

There are three approaches that can access resources programmatically.  XAML is a mark-up...

Author: Surf4Fun Date: 12/30/2010

Video for the previous post on Static Resources

That’s weird, Live Writer won’t allow me to add my youtube video to the last post and I am unable to...

Author: Surf4Fun Date: 12/29/2010

Free Study Guide for Exam 70-511: Defining Static resources

For the 70-511 exam you will need an understanding of resources. Resources is a way to reuse...

Author: Surf4Fun Date: 12/29/2010

Free Study Guide for the Windows Presentation Framework exam 70-511: Items Control

For this blog entry, I did a bunch of links, scroll down to see the code and short video If you are...

Author: Surf4Fun Date: 12/28/2010

Orchard a free, open source, community-focused project for ASP.NET modules

  Everyone! Orchard is a free, open source, community-focused project aimed at delivering...

Author: Surf4Fun Date: 12/28/2010

Free Study Guide for the Windows Presentation Framework exam 70-511: Headered Content Control

Headered controls are similar to other controls, but the headered control is a specific...

Author: Surf4Fun Date: 12/27/2010

“Web Designers and Developers are one group least complained about” Angie’s List

Hey good news, according to Angie’s List Web Designers and Developers are among the least...

Author: Surf4Fun Date: 12/27/2010

Happy Holidays: Peace on Earth and Goodwill to all!

  It’s that day of the year when families come together in the US so that we can talk about our...

Author: Surf4Fun Date: 12/25/2010

Free Study Guide for the Windows Presentation Framework exam 70-511: Grid, one of the derived Panel Classes

The Grid is one of the derived classes from the Panel base classs allows the developer to build in...

Author: Surf4Fun Date: 12/24/2010

Free Study Guide for the Windows Presentation Framework exam 70-511: StackPanel, one of the derived Panel Classes

StackPanels are one of the derived Panel Classes, and is commonly used in many examples and sample...

Author: Surf4Fun Date: 12/23/2010

Free Bitly Tweeter: A great idea from Dan Waters

Check out, download and then run the Bitly Tweeter from Dan Waters!  It can be found at:...

Author: Surf4Fun Date: 12/22/2010

Free Study Guide for the Windows Presentation Framework exam 70-511: Canvas, one of the derived Panel Classes

The canvas derived Panel class, this class defines an area in which you can position child elements...

Author: Surf4Fun Date: 12/21/2010

Study Guide for the Windows Presentation Framework exam 70-511

Well, my manager has made a reasonable request that I study for and take the Windows Presentation...

Author: Surf4Fun Date: 12/20/2010

Free for all: Comma Delimited files, Excel Transpose, Programmer Calculator with a Hex thrown in

In this blog you will find out about what happens when you create a comma delimited file from Excel,...

Author: Surf4Fun Date: 12/20/2010

Free information on how secure your code: Prism and Windows Phone 7

With WikiLeaks, and Christmas, I am certain that you may be thinking about what you should be...

Author: Surf4Fun Date: 12/19/2010

Data Structures: Creating Isolated Storage Files and Directories

  In how to use an isolated storage to store a list that can then be used when your project...

Author: Surf4Fun Date: 12/16/2010

Free Tools: Getting started with XNA and Windows Phone 7 Game Design

  You may be wondering where to get started with designing XBox Games and Windows Phone 7...

Author: Surf4Fun Date: 12/15/2010

New Features in C# 2010: Covariance and Contravariance and List

  Why should you upgrade to C# 2010? After all you get most of the stuff you need done with C#...

Author: Surf4Fun Date: 12/15/2010

Part 6, More on List: Removing an item from Windows Phone 7

List<T> can be used for many things, think about exploding subatomic particles in the CERN...

Author: Surf4Fun Date: 12/14/2010

Free Kinect Information: Microsoft Diversity versus Apple stores Sterility

Made you look. :) It appears that the Kinect is a sellout and if you want to buy one you might want...

Author: Surf4Fun Date: 12/13/2010

Part 5-Data Structures and PathFinder app: List, structs and AI

As a reader, I want to share with you my view of a blog as a type of practice writing.  That...

Author: Surf4Fun Date: 12/12/2010

Data Structure: Part 4, Even More on List, WRT Generics

In the code example in my previous blogs, I discussed how to use a List<T> to store data...

Author: Surf4Fun Date: 12/11/2010

Free Books From Microsoft: Moving to Microsoft Visual Studio 2010

If you are using Visual Studio 2003/2005/2008 then this is the book for you!  I am impressed by...

Author: Surf4Fun Date: 12/10/2010

Data Structure: Part 3, More on List, let’s shoot for Windows Phone 7

  Keeping it simple and stupid on the Windows Phone 7, how do you use a list to log information...

Author: Surf4Fun Date: 12/10/2010

Data Structures in Game Design: Part 2, List or Arrays

In the previous blog, I wrote about the List<T>, which was harder to write about then I...

Author: Surf4Fun Date: 12/08/2010

Phone Applications: Databound applications and how to use them

For information on how to create the Databound applications using Expression 4 go to:...

Author: Surf4Fun Date: 12/04/2010

Silverlight: Using the learning from the Phone From Scratch tutorial, AppHub

  Do something: After reading Jesse Liberty’s first blog, now you need to do something. ...

Author: Surf4Fun Date: 12/03/2010

Silverlight: Windows Phone From Scratch, good tutorial for all

  Learning how to develop on the phone, I have found a tutorial you may want to take a look at,...

Author: Surf4Fun Date: 12/02/2010

Game Design: Net Rumble in an academic paper?

  Check out this article, AWESOME!  Yes, Net Rumble is used to demonstrate a neural...

Author: Surf4Fun Date: 12/01/2010

Artificial Intelligence: BEER! XNA 4.0! Windows Phone 7! Bing Maps!

  Artificial Intelligence is a program that learns from experience.  In the Pathfinder...

Author: Surf4Fun Date: 11/30/2010

Artificial Intelligence: Language selection

In the Pathfinder project, you can find it on AppHub:...

Author: Surf4Fun Date: 11/29/2010

Artificial Intelligence appears to be a poor choice for Windows Phone 7 design blogs

Wow, I just checked my numbers on blogging, and it appears that Artificial Intelligence is not an...

Author: Surf4Fun Date: 11/22/2010

Artificial Intelligence: Graphs, PathFinder and the Windows Phone 7

How is the BestFirst search for a path in PathFinder work?  How does the A* algorithm...

Author: Surf4Fun Date: 11/20/2010

Windows Phone 7: AI, Pathfinding and working with the images

, I like to play games against game artificial intelligence, mainly because I hate getting my...

Author: Surf4Fun Date: 11/20/2010

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