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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