Pete Brown's Blog (POKE 53280,0)
Pete Brown writes on a variety of topics from .NET programming using WPF, Silverlight, XNA, and Windows Phone, to raising two children in the suburbs of Maryland, to woodworking, CNC and generally "making real 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:
Gadgets
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I like gadgets. Some of the coolest gadgets are add-on boards
like the Freescale board that works with the Win7 Sensor
and Location API. Recently, Arduino and Netduino caught my eye.
Arduino is an open source hardware platform / microcontroller with
a long history. The specification for the board is completely open,
allowing anyone to build one themselves, or purchase a pre-built
one. Coding i...
Published
Thursday, September 02, 2010 |
Tagged:
.NET, Gadgets |
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Primary PC
Over the next month or three, I'll be building a new ultimate developer PC, with some
pretty hefty specs. One thing I managed to do before that, however,
was snag a great used Dell 30" display on eBay.
I was pretty nervous about buying used, but lucked out in the
end. Not a dead pixel as far as I can tell, and the display is in
great shape. Considering the 3007 WFP-HC goe...
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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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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 |
