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HTC Mozart and Windows Phone 7 Social Review
For the last week I have had the pleasure of completing a Social Review for Telstra on the HTC Mozart and the Windows Phone 7 Operating System. I would say now that I would recommend anyone to give … more
HTC Mozart a Week in with Windows Phone 7
Over this last week I have been using the HTC Mozart as my main phone, but have also been carrying around a Samsung Omnia 7, both are running the Windows Phone 7 Operating System. Hardware With … more
LightSwitch Request Management System Part 1
Today I posted about Foreign Keys and LightSwitch and created a simple little application to work with, but thinking about it now, I have decided to continue with it and expand on what i have. I do … more
HTC Mozart and Windows Phone 7 first Impressions
On Friday I was announced as one of the 25 Telstra Social Reviews for the new HTC and Windows Phone 7 systems, it was a great experience to see a room full of people trying the phones for the first … more
Creating multiple Foreign keys to the Same Table in LightSwitch
I was going through the forums this morning and came across a post where a user was asking about using multiple foreign keys in LightSwitch that come from the same table. To assist with this I have … more
LightSwitch Links and Resources
Microsoft LightSwitch Home (Link) LightSwitch Developer Center (Link) Microsoft Downloads Visual Studio LightSwitch Beta 1 Training Kit (Link) 3rd Party Entity Framework Providers … more
Connecting Windows Phone 7 to Small Business Server
Over the last few weeks I have had a good chance to play around with a Windows Phone 7 Device, earlier this month I had the chance to purchase my Own Samsung Omnia 7 device. One of the main issues I … more
Powershell Backing up a Single SQL Server Database with SMO
Here is a small Powershell script that will backup a single database running on SQL Server 2005, 2008 using either the full or express editions. The script could be set up and scheduled through the … more
TFS 2010 Basic Edition on Windows 7
Today I spent a lot of time going through some documentation for Team Foundation Server 2010, the basic idea is that we are planning on migrating our server at work from one domain to another. At the … more
Life Changes and Going back to School
Over the last few months I have had several changes in my career and also lifestyle, the main one is that this week is going to be the 12 month anniversary since I had a major life changing event. … more
3D Studio Max - Speed Modelling
Here are a couple of good examples of some simple Poly Modelling that could be used in our games. Being sick over the last week has given me some time to catch up on some online videos I have been … more
Battlefield Bad Company 2 Vietnam
The original Battlefield Bad Company2 has been a regular in my Xbox 360 since it’s release, It has even gotten to the point where my son will meet me at the door with the game in one hand and the … more
WP7 - Boss Launch 2 Zombie Attack
Going through my normal Saturday morning searches and found a link to a really good idea for a game. I am looking forward to seeing this on the phone as it could be fun. On another note it is a good … more
Xbox360 - Kinect small sample of the New Games
For a while now we have been seeing the same games for the Natal system, now here is a small video of some of the new games that are being shown at this years E3 Event. more
Xbox360 - Kinect Video from the Premier Event
Looks like the videos from the E3 Event have started to roll in, here is a small section from the premier event. I am sure the complete event will be online soon. more
ReMIXAU 2010 Photos from the Second XNA Hands On Lab
ReMIXAU 10 Photos from the Keynote
XNA - WP7 Game Bunny Bash
I have had some fun today putting together a small simple XNA Game for the Windows Phone 7, at the moment it is at least playable but it needs a lot of work. I am planning on spending some more … more
Drawing Bubbles for my Game
With the current project that I am starting to play around with I found that I needed to draw some bubbles on the screen. To aid in this I have been playing around with a very simple particle system … more
Cleaning up a Windows Phone 7 Tools install
Over the last couple of days I have helped a couple of people get the Windows Phone 7 Tools uninstalled and reinstalled. One thing that I did find is that you really need to make sure that the old … more
Windows Phone 7 Tools Refreshed
For a while now I have been running the RC of Visual Studio 2010 so that I could continue to play around with the Windows Phone 7 Tools. The good thing is that the tools have now been refreshed so … more
XNA 4.0 Game Framework
For a while I have been using the game state and network state samples for the base for my games. Over the weekend I decided to spend some time with the XNA 4.0 system, but to start I had to convert … more
XNA Dream Build Play 4 Aussies in the Top 20
I have been doing a bit of a catch up over today and found the list of the Top 20 entrants in the Dream Build Play 2010 Challenge. The part that I really liked was that we have 4 entries from … more
WPF Timer with Progress Bars
I had a little bit of time this afternoon so I have started to build a little project to help with my sons education. As a result of this I have been playing around with some WPF and some Timer … more
XNA and Windows Phone 7 Touch Sample
While I have been up early this morning I thought that it was about time to publish the code for the XNA Touch Sample I put together a few days ago. The main reason for doing the sample is to help … more
Autodesk Show Reel 2010
I love watching what people can do with the tools that I use. Here is the latest show reel from Autodesk. This Autodesk Show Reel illustrates the company's leadership in 2D and 3D design … more
Installing the Windows Phone Developer Tools CTP
With the release of the Windows Phone Development Tools and XNA 4.0 CTP I thought it was about time that I installed the system and started to play with it. To start with I will go through the steps … more
Windows Phone 7 Twitter Application using Silverlight
Scott Guthrie has posted the step by step guides to make a simple Hello world application, as well as a simple twitter application using the new Windows Phone Developer Tools CTP. These 2 apps are … more
XNA Piano on the Windows Phone
Rob Miles has put together a small application that will allow you to play the piano on you Windows 7 Mobile he even takes advantage of the Multi-Touch system. Included in the post is the source code … more
SQL Server and Powershell Setting up the User Profile
With the bad weather hitting Melbourne and my current situation I thought it was time to get some practice in on some of my SQL Server skills. Over the past few years I have started to use Powershell … more
Blender 2.5 Alpha 1 Released
The latest release of the Blender 2.5 product has finally hit the web. Here is the link to the Official Announcement. Blender 2.5 Alpha 1 The Blender Foundation and online developer community … more
Working on some Artwork
This week end worked out to be a quite one, but in during the several down hours I decided to pick up the Tablet again and see what I could do. The main focus was to start top convert some of the … more
XNA Rotated PerPixel Collision
Yesterday I posted a quick post on a small project I was playing with (Link), and today I saw a post on the XNA Forums where a user was having problems with rotated rectangles and collision. So to … more
Playing with Sprites and Collision Detection
While on the XNA Game Camp I was playing with a simple 2d collision sample that did per pixel detection on translated sprites. Over this weekend and today I have picked the code back up and have … more