I think I speak for everyone when I say “Home automation is awesome,”. While doing my casual search through the web I noticed a device that caught my attention with the name of Twine. I though it sounded a bit like twitter so I decided to check it out. Searches brought me to their kick starter page. It is a simple device that allows for simple home automation. From $100 … Continue reading
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Tonight I wanted to make something I could use with some old computer parts. After 5 minutes of gathering up what I could find; scrap wise. I was able to conger up this old computer fan and a USB cable. Putting them together was easy until I couldn’t find a lighter to melt the insulation off of the wires. Ended up getting my father to go get me one, then … Continue reading
Today I ran into a website I really wanted to view however the site was being blocked by their hosting provider because apparently to many people, other than me, had wanted to view the site as well in the past month. So they decided to show me a page advertising the hosting provider and their prices.. and the way I see it is that by showing that page it is … Continue reading
Take a look around your room and where you desk is located in all the clutter. It’s always a good idea for us geeks to take a few minutes out of the day to clean up our areas because lets get real. If it weren’t for our mothers while growing up we still wouldn’t put those chips back where we found them… Know what’s in your desk. You may seem … Continue reading
Labor Day! An awesome day until you actually have to show effort and work. Then, it’s just like any other day in life, however this labor day I had a strange problem I had to fix. My older sister is currently in college and uses her laptop for all her projects, papers, and games. That’s right, you heard me! GAMES! The pointless way of slowly compressing your life into one … Continue reading
Binary might sound like a foreign language to you, and you’ve probably never had to use it, the fact, is that it’s not commonly used even among computer geeks and nerds. Don’t let the name scare you. Binary may stimulate your mind into thinking it’s going to be really complex, but it isn’t hard to learn. In fact, it is EASY! Lets start right into it. First, you need to … Continue reading
Alright in my last post I pointed out how you could simply use Zoom.It by Live Labs inside of your windows phone 7 project. Where just a few moments ago @LocalJoost on twitter wrote a very good tutorial on his blog about using WP7’s multi-touch pan/zoom behaviors with the MSI control. You might want to check it out and apply it to your application for better results rather than using … Continue reading
Alright after looking around on the internet last night I remembered how I still needed some security software. Not wanting to pay for it and wanting something that was hopefully already made for Windows 7. I finally decided on Windows Defender instead of AVG because of speed and issues with AVG working on 64 bit. First off click on the start menu and type “Defender” into the search box. Click … Continue reading
Here is a simple video I made on how to use WP7 isolated storage settings to your applications advantage. Make sure you watch it in HD else you won’t be able to see any of the code… Another good idea is to make it full screen also. WP7 ISO project 0001
