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Monthly Archives: November 2009

  • Fishbowl: A WPF Front-end for Facebook, with Full Source

    It seems like Twitter clients get all the attention these days, but not too many folks are doing serious work with Facebook. Sure, Tweetdeck has some basic integration, and Sobees more, but they’re still primarily twitter-centric. What about a full client-side application that improves the Facebook experience? Just over a week ago, we announced the latest version of the Facebook SDK for .NET. ...

    Published Sunday, November 22, 2009 | Tagged: , , , , | 6 comments

  • Getting Camtasia to work with the E-MU 1616 Sound Card

    I just got sound working in my C64 emulator and I wanted to record a short WMV of M.U.L.E. to send to a few friends, but couldn’t figure out how to get sound recorded. I just tonight got both M.U.L.E. and sound working, so I just had to let people know :) If you have a usb headset soundcard, you’re generally out of luck. You can’t record that sound as nothing is coming “back” to the PC. Howev...

    Published Saturday, November 7, 2009 | Tagged: , , | 6 comments

  • Creating Custom Easing Functions in WPF 4 (and Silverlight)

    In a previous post and video, I went through how to use the stock easing functions in your WPF 4 applications. Now, let’s look at how to create your own easing functions.Once you know the formula you want to use, the mechanics of creating custom easing functions is pretty simple.Example ProjectWe’ll use something almost identical to what was used in the easing function post and vide...

    Published Wednesday, November 4, 2009 | Tagged: , , , | 4 comments

  • Windows 7 Bootcamp at PDC 09

    There are still a few seats left for the FREE Windows 7 Developer Bootcamp the day before PDC09 officially starts. If you are developing for Windows using C++, WPF, Windows Forms or Silverlight, this is a can’t-miss opportunity. I’ve been playing with a number of the new Windows 7 APIs (especially the sensors and touch). There’s a ton of stuff in there that can be used in applications ranging...

    Published Tuesday, November 3, 2009 | Tagged: , , | Leave comment

  • The Win7 Sensor and Location API Part 2: Accelerometer as a Joystick

    This is part 2 of a series. If you don’t yet have the Freescale board configured and tested with Windows 7, please refer to Part 1.Now that we have the Freescale board working, I thought it would be fun to play with the accelerometer. In this post, I’ll show how to use the accelerometer on the board as a traditional 4 or 8 position joystick.API ChoicesThere are three different ways ...

    Published Sunday, November 1, 2009 | Tagged: , , , | Leave comment