Pete Brown's Blog (POKE 53280,0)
Pete Brown writes on a variety of topics from XAML with the Windows Runtime (WinRT), .NET programming using C#, WPF, Microcontroller programming with .NET Microframework, .NET Gadgeteer, Windows on Devices, and even plain old C, to raising two children in the suburbs of Maryland, woodworking, CNC and generally "making physical stuff". Oh, and Pete loves retro technology, especially Commodore (C64 and C128). If the content interests you, please subscribe using the subscription link to the right of every page.
Archive for tag:
Fun
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This is my home office. I took this photo today, not 25 years
ago. What nerdy, retro, or geek things can you find in this
pictures of my recently cleaned desk? (Click for larger
versions)
Post your finds in the comments, or better yet, click
the images and select them and comment in
Flickr :)
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Melissa recently purchased an Amazon Kindle 3 (WiFi). After
messing with it for a few minutes, I just had to have one
myself.
My wife and I are both avid readers, mostly of sci-fi, fantasy,
and other fiction. We have so many shelves and boxes of books we've
read, that we bring a box or two of books to the big yard sale
every October. My tech books end up hitting the recycle bin ev...
Published
Thursday, October 7, 2010 |
Tagged:
Fun, Gadgets |
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I code for fun. When I was quite a bit younger, it was pretty early in the era of personal computers, pre-PC revolution. I’ve been pretty clear about how much I loved my Commodore, so I won’t drone on and on about that here (you may breathe a sigh of relief now, but this post reads well with the theme from M.U.L.E. or better yet, a remix of Outrun playing on your headset). Ba...
Published
Saturday, January 23, 2010 |
Tagged:
.NET, Silverlight, Zune, XNA, Fun, win7, Web-Development, WindowsClient, Gadgets |
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Windows 7 introduced the Sensor and Location API. I’ve previously blogged about the sensor API, but couldn’t wait to get into the Location side of it. Location API OverviewThe location API is a specialized part of the overall sensor API. Many portable devices, laptops and tablets are starting to include GPS and WIFI equipment, both of which can be used to idenfity your current locat...
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I subscribe to maybe a hundred blogs, most of which are related to programming or design. To keep it mixed up, I do have a bunch that I read every day just for fun. Here they are, in alphabetical order. Take a peak through, and if you find some you like, go ahead and subscribe. If there are some you sub to now that I don’t have listed here, let me know in the comments – I’m always looking for n...
Published
Saturday, January 16, 2010 |
Tagged:
Fun, geek |
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For as long as I can remember, I would always wake up tired. I don’t drink caffeine in the afternoon/evening, so I always figured I would wake a lot during the night due to apnea or something. My wife had recommended that I go visit a sleep clinic. Never one to go see a human when a piece of electronics could tell me almost as much, and leave my medically untrained self to interpret the resul...
Published
Wednesday, December 30, 2009 |
Tagged:
Fun, Gadgets |
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It has been many years since I rolled a d10, but this is fun :) D&D Home Page - What Class Are You? - Build A Character - D&D Compendium "I am in the arcane, and the arcane is in me." The sorcerer is the arcane antithesis of the wizard. Wielding raw, barely contained magical power, sorcerers channel bursts and blasts of arcane energy through their bodies. They gain thei...
Published
Saturday, June 20, 2009 |
Tagged:
Fun |
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From OWA spell-check dialog:
Published
Thursday, November 13, 2008 |
Tagged:
Fun |
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Just for grins, I thought it would be fun to put together a list
of the games I found most enjoyable or memorable. It should be 20,
but at the end count, it was only 19. :)
I haven't had a chance to play any games in a few years
(coincidentally around the time we started renovating the house and
then the birth of our first child), so there's no Halo or anything
else recent on this lis...
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When I was in high school a million years ago, I made a red light-up middle finger out of a box, some red cellophane, two long wires and the bulb from the cabin light in my car. I attached the wires to the overhead light in my seafoam green 1980 Honda Accord and had the finder in the back window. I used the switch to turn it on or off. It seemed cool at the time… ;) Now there’s a much less off...
Published
Wednesday, October 22, 2008 |
Tagged:
Fun |
