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2009
GraffitiCMS - Setting up Development Environment
Now that the GraffitiCMS Engine has gone Open Source, I now have the need to set up the development environment for the system. The first stage here is to download all that is needed and then get it … more
GraffitiCMS Goes Open Source
For a long while I have been using the GraffitiCMS Engine to run my Blog and my Website, now that the GraffitiCMS has finally been released to Open Source I think it is time that I started to look at … more
Random Test Data for Applications
I have been working on a couple of datasets over the last few weeks, as well as a couple of small LOB Applications for my own purposes. While developing these I have had to play with the data so that … more
Blender Tutorials - BlenderCourse.com
BlenderCourse.com has a good selection of Blender tutorials for the beginner. All of the course material is in downloadable format and is easy to follow. The site also includes a small selection of … more
Australian XNA Game Camp
Last week end I had the absolute pleasure of spending a couple of days with a large group made up of mainly University Students and a few others who all had the common goal of learning a little bit … more
Turn your Webcam into a 3D Scanner
I came across this interesting article on BlenderNation where there is information about a project that will allow you to construct a 3D Model from your Webcams video. The Video shows an example … more
Sgt Conker - Multi-threading your XNA
Catalin Zima has posted a really good article on Sgt Conker that will take you through the ins and outs of Multi-Threading you XNA Application. In this tutorial you will learn how to use … more
First Steps with Softimage Mod Tool and XNA
For those who have chosen to use the Softimage Mod Tool with XNA, here is a good Video that will take you through the basic process. more
Blender 2.5 Alpha Set for Release
The Blender Teams have been hard at work, and it now looks like we can expect an alpha release of the 2.5 version in the next day or so. Here is some information from the official Blender Web Site. … more
Microsoft Multipoint SDK Download
Over the past few years I have been playing with games and applications for Disabled children. Yesterday I had a day off and started to play with some new technology. When doing this I also started … more
XNA old school 2d Shooter
I saw this video Yesterday and to me it looked good, I know there are some things that could be added to it, but the base looks good and is going strong. The game is an Old School Shooter developed … more
Modern Warfare2 Launch Trailer
I have a feeling that it is going to be a long week next week with several late nights. Teamxbox.com have just posted the Modern Warfare 2 Launch Trailer, this is one I am looking forward to and yes … more
Expression Encoder - Enhancing Audio
I was preparing some videos ready for our holiday this week and found that some of the videos where in a format that would not load onto the Zune, also some of the audio was all over the place. Now … more
XNA 7 Day Challenge - Dual
Got a quiet evening planned and I thought I might try and get some code dropped for my entry in the XNA 7 Day Challenge. While doing this I jumped in and had a look at some of the YouTube videos for … more
Upgrade from Vista to Windows 7
For a while I have been thinking of upgrading my desktops hardware, but have never gotten around to actually doing it. The problem is that over the last week my Vista install on the desktop has … more
New Kissy Poo release for XNA
The Kissy Poo team have released another version of their XNA game for play test, If you would like to give the game a go drop on over to the Creators Site, or follow the directions on this post. … more
Dysnomia - Demo of an XNA Game
While spending some time getting ready for an upgrade to my Desktop I came across this demo of a new XNA game. A video showing the third area in the game, the Medical Labs. As always, the … more
Code Project - ZuneHD Level Application
Over on Code Project, Joel Ivory Johnson has released a new article that will introduce you to the world of XNA Development and the ZuneHD with a simple Level Application. I received a ZuneHD the … more
Integrating OpenId in an ASP.Net MVC Application
Over the last few weeks I have been playing around with ASP.Net MVC applications, this morning I found a great article on Integrating OpenId into an ASP.Net MVC Application. OpenId is a single … more
Blender Tutorial - Modelling a Smooth T-Joint
The guys over at Blender Newbies have produced another great video tutorial, this one takes you through the process of creating a smooth T-joint using Blender 3D. In this Blender tutorial, we'll … more
Network State Management - Starter Kit
I had a quiet afternoon this week end and started working on a couple of small XNA Projects, but as with all of my smaller projects I seem to always start with one of the State Samples provided to us … more
Australian Powershell User Group
I have been a Powershell user for a while now, and have found that I am doing almost all of my scripting and several of my daily maintenance tasks inside of Powershell. Now that I am back from the … more
Resending Failed Emails
With one of the projects that I am currently on I am planning on using a lot of email integration, this morning I came across the following article. If at first you don’t succeed – Retrying Mail … more
2009 XNA Dream Build Play Winners Announced
It looks like the Winners for this years Dream Build Play have been announced, I just wanted to congratulate the winners of this years competition. 1st Place Dean Dodrill of the United States … more
Bioshock 2 Multiplayer Trailer
It has been a little while since I have picked up Bioshock, but after seeing this new Multiplayer footage I think I might have to pick it up again to get used to the world of Rapture again. Direct … more
Blender 3D 2.49b Released
The Blender 3D teams have released another update to the application, at the moment the guys are working hard on Version 2.50… but they have not left the old version in the dark. This release has … more
Blender 3D and the GPL
The guys over at Blender.org have put together a really good page that explains the GPL and Blender for Artists. I would highly suggest that any artists or game developers go on over to the site and … more
Game "Still Thinking" Pictures
I have been playing around with a new xna game idea and thought I would post some pictures so that others could see what I have. The game is being designed for Kids (young) and has a simple style … more
Starting to Plan a new Game
Ok it has been a while since I started to put together a plan for a game, most of my work lately has been around building some skills. But in the last few days I have been spending a bit of time … more
Windows 7 and a new Map Pack for CoD WaW
Looks like I am going to have a big weekend of Geeking it out. As I am still not allowed to do much the latest releases give me a good reason to stay at home all weekend. While I am rebuilding my … more
Upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 7
Scott Hanselman has put together a small article on the steps he did to upgrade a Windows XP System to Windows 7. You've likely heard that you can't straight upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 7. … more
Expression Encoder 3 and XNA
This week I have been looking at the latest release of the Expression Studio, and today there was a post made about prototyping WPF and Expression Sketchflow. It got me to thinking about the Encoder … more
Productive Day with SBS 2008 and also some XNA
Today I thought I would start to catch up with some projects that I have let drag. Small Business Server 2008 Migration. The first is my Small Business 2008 Server, I have been trying to migrate to … more
XNA Community Game: Racing Car Game
Gustav Olsson has been working on a 3D Racing car game and engine for a while now, after talking to the guys on the IRC Channel (#XNA on the Efnet Servers) I thought I would post some information and … more
Expression Studio 3
I had a bit of time today so I thought I would give the new Expression Studio a go. Now I do not think you need to but I did remove the Expression 2 system from me machine before I started. I … more
Same Company not Talking
Today I had to assist someone with a printer problem, in doing this I needed to download the drivers for the printer and take them with me. This is a good example of the one company not talking … more
A little shake up to life
A couple of people have been asking so I thought I would post about the last few weeks of my life as it may explain a couple of things to some, but on the other hand it will allow me to get it out in … more
Modern Warfare 2 Multiplayer footage
I am a big fan of the Call of Duty series of games, and have been spending a lot of time online with CoD:WaW this week. Here is a quick look at some of the Multiplayer Action in the up coming title. … more
Simple Star
I have been playing around with Blender 3D and drawing some simple Models, These models are there for me to practice some skills and keep them in line. This Model is a Simple Star that could be used … more
Small Business Server 2008
Over the last few weeks I have slowly been going through the process of upgrading my Small Business Server 2003 to Small Business Server 2008. Currently I still have some work to do but it looks like … more
Upgrading XNA 3.0 Projects to XNA 3.1
i have some time on my hands this weekend, so I thought I would dig into some coding. But as most of my code is still running under XNA 3.0 I thought I would start by doing a small article on … more
Reversi Sample Artwork
Here is a small Collection of some of the Artwork for a Reversi Game that I am putting together, Over time I will be adding to the collection. more
Project Natel - Now this could be fun
I could really see my autistic son having fun with this device. more
Call of Duty - Modern Warfare 2 actual Game play footage
This is a game I am hanging out for. "> Video Games | Modern Warfare 2 | E3 09: Press Conference Gameplay XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii more
XNA Game - Ceres Dawn
I came across these two videos on Ceres Dawn, to me this is an interesting idea, and I would like to see some more of it. more
Mass Effect 2 E3 Teaser
">I enjoyed playing the first, and this looks like it is going to be just as much fun. "> "> Video Games | Mass Effect 2 | E3 09: Exclusive Teaser HD XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | … more
Blender 2.49 Released
I know that we are all sitting around waiting for the release of Blender 2.50, but while you are waiting you can start to use the latest release 2.49. Here is a list of some of the features in this … more
Softimage Mod Tool 7.5 Pro updated on Creators Site
The Microsoft Creators team have updated the Partners page and released the Softimage Mod Tool 7.5 Pro Edition, I would suggest that all Premium Members drop on Over and Download the latest version. … more
Tutorial - Low Poly Prop in 3DS Max
Here is a really good tutorial that takes you through the steps to create a Low Poly Propeller using the 3d Studio Max 9 Application. During the tutorial the author uses some reference images to … more
WPF DockPanel Menu and Status Panel
Going through the forums today I found a small post where a user was having trouble with the DockPanel, Menu, and a StatusBar. The Developer was trying to add a Menu to the top of the application and … more
Windows 7 RC Update
Reading through the Blogs this morning I see that the Windows Team Blog has posted an Update about the Windows 7 RC. I’m pleased to share that the RC is on track for April 30th for download by … more
Blender 3D 2.49 RC1
It has been a little while but the Blender 3D Teams have released the first Release Candidate for the latest Version of the Blender 3D Application. For More information Please drop over to the … more
What's New in Softimage Mod Tool 7.5
Autodesk has released the Softimage Mod Tool 7.5 Application, from the list of new features you will see that a lot of time has been spent on the product to allow it to be used as a good support … more
Installing Softimage Mod Tool 7.5
Before installing I would make sure that you have uninstalled the previous versions of the Mod Tool, just to make sure that you are starting with a clean slate. Download the Autodesk Softimage … more
Playing Around with the Mod Tool
Over the last few weeks I have had a chance to play around with the Autodesk’s Softimage Mod Tool. During this time I have had a good chance to get to know the product, and it’s Limitations. When … more
WPF Interface Design - GridSplitter
Over the last few days I have been playing around with a few ideas for some applications, most of them are LOB Applications. During this time I have been toying with the idea of using different … more
XNA VB.Net Game Engine
Alan Phipps has been playing around in XNA and VB.Net for a long time now, going through my blog posts and trying to catch up after the MVP Summit I have found that Alan has put together a simple … more
XNA Platformer - Falling Apples
Eirik Hoem has put together a simple modification the the XNA Platformer Starter Kit. This modification will add some falling apples to the project. “XNA Platformer Starter Kit - Falling Apples. … more
Create the Blender 3D Logo
Here is a simple tutorial that shows you how to create the Blender 3D logo using the Blender Application. This is a video on making a blender logo in blender. This uses bezier curves so you need … more
XNA and Nvidias PhysX
Here is a good example of using Nvidia’s PhysX system with the XNA framework. This example uses the .Net wrapper found on Codeplex and the PhysX system Software from Nvidia. PhysX system … more
XNA Multitouch
Here is a small video of another use for the XNA System, I know that I could find several uses for this application. Having an Autistic child I can see several uses for this type off … more
Small Collection of Free Blender 3D Models
Here is a link to a small collection of free models for Blender 3D, the collection is free to use for both commercial and non-commercial projects as long as you credit the author. Direct Link to the … more
A Couple of Questions for Sharky
For a while now I have been helping to Promote Sharky’s Air Legends and showing the progress of the game. Now that the game is finally on Xbox Live and available for all of the allowed regions to … more
Hot Day No Cooling
Well today was the first of a few good days planned to go over 40c. At the moment it is 21:22 and it is still 43c outside. Looks like it is going to be a long night. The worst part is that for … more
Free FBX Converter
For those of us who prefer to use the fbx file format for our XNA Games or applications, the Autodesk has a small utility that can be downloaded from their site to assist with this. This small … more
Blender 3D Low Poly Shotgun
Here is a link to an Old Blender 3D tutorial, this tutorial shows you how to make a Low poly Shotgun. I know that it is an Old link, but with a lot of new people starting up Blender 3D for their … more
Blender 3D Making Materials Glow
I was going through a couple of the forums this afternoon and came across this interesting post on the CG Society Forums for Blender 3D. The user was asking… I know that you can make whole … more
Blender 3d Texturing a Simple Box
I came across a good tutorial today, the tutorial goes through the process of texturing a simple box in the Blender 3D application. In reading it I would almost considered it a 2 part tutorial. In … more
Blender 3D and WPF
Over on Channel9.msdn.com there is a good series of Video Tutorials being released that take you though the process of Creating a Model in Blender 3D and transferring that into a WPF Application. … more
Blender 3D Emblem Tutorial
Here is a little video tutorial using Blender 3D, it goes through the process of putting together a small Logo or Emblem. You could use this little tutorial to help design those splash screen logos … more
XNA 2D Racing Tutorial
I came across this little video of a 2D Racing game on Youtube.com this morning. The author talks about it as if it is a Tutorial Game. I would be interested in seeing this Tutorial as I am … more
Difference Between CPU and GPU
Now I know that this is old, but I still love it and today at work someone was asking my what is the difference between an CPU and GPU in relation to Graphics. I thought this was the best this to … more
XNA RC Flight Simulator
Here is a great little demo of a Remote Controller Flight Simulator. And it looks like it was developed Using the XNA Framework. more
XNA ZuneBlade New Version
Tiptup has been hard at work on his ZuneBlade Product, this is a product that Tiptup has been working on for a while and it looks like it is shaping up nicely. This version includes a refined … more
Blender 3D Interface and Introduction
I came across this really good Video for beginners to Blender 3D. The video goes through the basics of the interface. Included in the video are some basic light changes, saving your files as well as … more
An Overview of Subdivision Surfaces
Here is a good introduction to Subdivisions, it will help you to better understand what is happening to your model and how it will effect your final render. This overview has been developed using … more
Blender 3D and XNA Articles
Over the last few days some people have been asking me about using Blender 3D to develop their art and visual resources for their XNA Applications. I thought that this would be a good chance to … more
Game Connect 08 - A Preview of Xbox LIVE Community Games
The Xbox LIVE community games gives the opportunity to share, peer review, download and play games created by the community, for the community. XNA Creators Club subscribers will be able to submit … more
Sharky’s Air Legends
Sharky has released his game on the Xbox 360 Live Arcade Community Games ‘Air Legends’. We have seen this game grow over the years from when he first started working on it in the days of XNA 1.0 to … more
XNA and the Microsoft Surface
Microsoft have published a small video showing what can be done with XNA and the new Microsoft Surface device. Eric Havir with the Microsoft Surface team visited InterKnowlogy recently to see … more
Looking for some Game Textures
If you are in the process of looking for some game textures for your next project, I would suggest dropping over to www.tutorialsforblender3d.com. The author has released a selection of free textures … more
Blender 3D - creating a Low Poly Character
Here is a very good Video tutorial that uses Blender 3D to create a low poly character for use in our XNA Game Projects.Modelling a lowpoly character from Jonathan Williamson on Vimeo. TOPICS … more
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Blender 2.50 Demo Video
For those who do not like running beta or alpha code, there is now a demo video of the new Blender 3D 2.5 Engine that will take you through the new build and interface. Link to the Demo Video. … more
Blender 2.50 Early Build 18150
The guys over at GraphicAll.org have released an Early build of the new Blender 2.50. With this build there is not much to do, but you do get a quick glance at how the new interface looks and feels. … more
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Played Defiance (PC) in the last 24 hours. http://t.co/8ZS8L6PF8S
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With the work I have been doing... Time to set up a Project Server lab at home. Good weekend project, #projectserver.
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Played Battlefield 3 (PC) in the last 24 hours. http://t.co/8ZS8L6PF8S
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The Law Of The Jungle -- Destiny Official Trailer: http://t.co/iJvsOux9nj
via @youtube
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Played Battlefield 3 (PC) in the last 24 hours. http://t.co/8ZS8L6PF8S