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Citizen Scientist
Working with the Pathfinder example for the Windows Phone 7
Just how real is Artificial Intelligence? Ha Ha. Gotcha. Artificial Intelligence...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 11/19/2010
Windows Phone 7 and Artificial Intelligence
<<Fake AI: Movie Reality <<Real AI: PathFinder A real AI with a reputation:...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 11/18/2010
X90B: Bing Map Win Phone 7 Push Pins, fast and easy
Ok, got the poop from the pros in Redmond on how to work with pushpins, it’s easy. But wait, I...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 11/15/2010
Secret Communications X30M: Is it really that hard to put some Bing Map pushpins on Windows Phone 7?
Doing a search for information on Bing Maps results in information noise, whether you use...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 11/12/2010
Secret Communications X025P: Popfly code on Windows Phone 7?
Wow, Popfly code on Windows Phone 7? Take a look? If you want, but it’s the same Crayon...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 11/10/2010
Secret Communications X017Z: Adding buttons on your Bing Map
Writing this quickly to get it in under deadline at the Daily Planet, have a date with Lois...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 11/09/2010
Secret Communications X016Y: Connecting MS Access to a Bing Map
Wouldn’t it be cool to be able to connect MS Access or other database to a Bing Map and use some of...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 11/08/2010
Secret Communications X017Y: Error: "Visual Studio 2010 Could Not Create Connection"
Nice error statement. You are working feverishly on your Imagine Cup project, and you add an MS...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 11/08/2010
Secret Communications X020Y: I had this entry tee’d up about EBay
EBay big wig Meg Whitman loses the California election after spending about 45 dollars per...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 11/08/2010
Secret Communications X015Y: Bing Map App SDK, game design using Bing Maps? Really?
Keep this really secret, don’t tell anyone, you can make games using the Bing Map App SDK. Not...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 11/07/2010
Secret Communications X014Y: Creating Bing Map Apps, working with Lat, Long
Does it seem like there is some sort of secret about Microsoft technology? Mainly about things...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 11/06/2010
Secret Communications X012Y: Using the Bing Map API in the Mobile Map Example
It’s secret, how to get started using an the Bing Map API? in your Mobile App Soooo,...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 11/05/2010
Secret Communications X010Y: Get the no cost eBook on programming Windows Phone 7
If the price of this book was $55 I would pay for it, but it is a free download from Microsoft Press...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 11/04/2010
Super Secret Communications X008Y: Oh crud, I got to catch up on reporting…
Darn it, I have to get caught up on reporting. Management is excellent at Microsoft, as you...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 11/02/2010
Super Secret Communications X007Y: Using Sprite Sheet Images
This Super Secret Communications is oriented to game design. WARNING: If you are using sprite sheets...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 11/01/2010
Secret Communications X005Y: SharePoint versions
Big Thanks to Scott Case at Microsoft, he pointed out there are different version of SharePoint:...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 10/29/2010
Super Secret Communications X004Y: Game design considerations
Super Secret Communications for Game Designers: AppHub https://creators.xna.com is “under...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 10/28/2010
Super Secret Communications, X002Y: Imagine Cup Games
For games: Design, design and then code code code, also determine how playable your game is, a good...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 10/27/2010
Super Secret Communications X003Y: SharePoint Links
Secret Communications for the Software Designers. (Click on the picture to find out about...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 10/27/2010
Super Secret Communications to Imagine Cup Teams, X001Y: SharePoint Workflows
My blog is most likely one of the better places to keep a secret. Make sure you DO NOT Share...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 10/26/2010
Internet Explorer 9: Passes the Acid test! Check it out
Looks like the IE9 crew kicked some serious posterior in this release, it’s fast. How fast?...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 09/15/2010
Being Abstract: Abstract Classes
To begin thinking about Object Oriented Programming, let’s start with the definition of a...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 08/24/2010
Imagine Cup 2011: Creating a project plan, part 5 of a few
Now that everyone on the team has made their commitment, there will be variations, but this...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 08/19/2010
Imagine Cup 2011: Creating a project plan, part 3 of a few
In my previous blog about creating an Imagine Cup project, Imagine Cup 2011: Creating a...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 07/19/2010
Imagine Cup 2011: Creating a project plan part 2 of a few
From my previous post: Imagine Cup 2011: Creating a project plan part 1 of a few, we started...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 07/14/2010
Imagine Cup 2011: Creating a project plan part 1 of a few
In a previous blog, “Imagine Cup 2010: Cool Projects, how do you get started on Imagine Cup...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 07/10/2010
Imagine Cup: The First Lady Speaks at the Final Ceremony
Wow, the First Lady of the US, Michele Obama, gave a four minute talk to the students, and...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 07/09/2010
Imagine Cup 2010: Cool Projects, how do you get started on Imagine Cup 2011
Wow, the Imagine Cup 2010 finalists built impressive projects, I liked the games best, but the...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 07/08/2010
Imagine Cup 2010: Saturday Morning, Remembering the Poland Ghetto
This morning I woke up to work out in the Novotel gym and it was locked. (It’s on floor 31!)...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 07/03/2010
Imagine Cup in Poland day 1
Ok, it is really day two for me in Warsaw, Poland and last night I went out to dinner with some...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 07/02/2010
Simply Using Matrixes in your projects
Let’s take a look at how to manipulate matrixes. Multiply two 3X3 matrixes would look like the...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/22/2010
Slightly different: C-language programming in Visual Studio 2010
Up to now, I have been focused on programming using the VS Express for Windows Phone. But for...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/18/2010
Video on how to build your first phone app/game
In a follow on to the previous blogs about the Win Phone, I have included a video that shows how to:...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/16/2010
XNA 4.0: Planet Boy responds to multi-touch on the Win Phone emulator
In my past few posts, I have shown how to create a really, really simple game, it isn’t all that...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/09/2010
XNA 4.0 & Win Phone: Fixing that mouse start up state
In my previous posts, PinkGirl hides at the top of the screen upon start-up. That’s weird, but...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/08/2010
XNA 4.0: Moving PinkGirl around using the mouse
Share this post, pretty please! : You might be thinking: “How do I move my game characters...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/07/2010
BoundingBox.Intersects versus rectangle.Intersect
BoundingBox.Intersects versus rectangle.Intersect: In 2D the use of rectangle is very simple to use,...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/03/2010
Random thoughts on Randomness
Attempting to be very random, I have been thinking about what a Random number is. One way to...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/03/2010
Character Pink Girl? XNA 4.0? This could be your first Windows Phone Program
I have put together a really simple example of using XNA 4.0 in the Microsoft Visual Studio 2010...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 05/10/2010
Consuming a hosted Web Service using Visual Studio, specifically VWD 2010
In this blog we will examine the process to “Consume” a web service located on the web. Starting the...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 01/01/2010
Web Services: Posted and views a Web Service from a hosted web site
I have been discussing simple “game” design for the Xbox 360, now I have to talk about what I have...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 12/31/2009
Taking it up a notch: Saying Thank You for that XBox you got for Christmas
Or for whatever reason you got that wonderful XBox. Now make an Avatar say thank you, this...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 12/24/2009
Saying thank you for getting your XBox
Well now you got the XBox, and you want to really impress the gift giver with your technology...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 12/23/2009
You got the XBox, and now you want to put a simple game on it!
You got the new XBox, you signed up for the Silver version of XBox Live and you get your free one...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 12/22/2009
Back to building games: Creating models, 2D assets using free software (at least for non-commercial academic purposes)
I am exploring a way to gather models, sprites, and tools to build more of these kinds of...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 12/13/2009
Lua and Love: A match made with Visual Studio and the CLR
I checked out the files used by the Love game tool and it appears to have been built using VS 2005,...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 12/12/2009
Games, games, games: Methods
Well, I am still working through the idea of what the best curriculum would be for a CS1...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 12/01/2009
Using Functions in C#
In the video that I have embedded in this blog post, I am restarting my blog and will work out the...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 10/21/2009
Brain Freeze: Thinking about beginning programming classes
So far in my previous blog posts, I talked about the following items: Use of C, which is a...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 08/20/2009