Today while tinkering around with my jailbroken iPod Touch I decided to see if the WP7 emulator would allow me to send a packed application through the browser and install it directly onto the phone. Apparently this isn’t possible with WP7 because I got the error that Windows Phone doesn’t suppose this file. But apparently it must in marketplace? What does this mean for Microsoft? No open market of applications? … Continue reading
Alright, lets make a simple Hello World application for WP7. Note to self, this is going to be created in Silverlight so no XNA framework being used… least not in this tutorial. To start out we need to create ourselves a new project in VS(visual studio). File>New>Project Now you should see a dialog such as the one below. Dig deep into the nodes on the left tree view till you … Continue reading
First impressions are always the best impressions… So why am I not impressed with Mac to begin with? Well this may be because I had such a hard time getting Mac to run on my PC or because Apple didn’t want me to run it on my PC. Either way I wasn’t happy. I’m not rich, so I don’t have a couple thousand just laying around the house that I … Continue reading
On the web almost no one goes by their real name anymore. This is because of privacy, when a person is online they can be anyone they want to be… Say you have a guy named “Bob” and he wants to criticize a blog post of one of his friends. In this situation, he can either tell his friend about his mistakes and risk his friend getting mad at him, … Continue reading
Today while putting iTunes in my taskbar as a toolbar, I noticed an setting called Address and though I’d try it. What Address does is add’s a simple URL type box to your taskbar. Say you want to go to bing.com just type it into the textbox and press enter and BAM! It opens the webpage in a currently opened broswer or if you don’t have one open it just … Continue reading
Multi-Site, meaning multiple blogs or websites on one install of WordPress. This is one of the many new features in WP 3.0. Over the years people have always wanted this functionality and there was a way to get it but that way was called WPMU. This means “WordPress Multiple Users”. The WP team has done an almost excellent job about connecting all of this together in their latest release. First … Continue reading
There are several places to go and download free icons for all of your web apps and desktop programs. A good and easy to use site that has almost completed icon packs is provided at the link below. Enjoy their site and remember “Power to the People”. http://dryicons.com/free-icons/
I’ve been working on a small project to change my desktops background on demand of clicking the taskbar. Although now that I have the application completed for V.S. 1.0 release. One tinny problem, I’m not sure how to export the application. Do people want an installer or just a simple executable? It can be a portable application! Post your thoughts in the comments below!
Don’t you wish you could simply change the background to your desktop by just clicking on your taskbar and then selecting the image you want off your computer? That would make my life a bit easier instead of having to use Windows built-in “Personalization Options”. I just want it to open up an dialog box asking me what image I want to use as my background and then BAM! Background changed! I … Continue reading
Everyone needs some time to relax right? This year for vacation, me and my family have gone to a Wilderness Resort in Tennessee. So far we’ve only been traveling, driving 2 cars up here to carry the family and everything in. We drove 3 hours at first from our home town to Nashville, TN to pick up our grandparents, cousins, Aunts, and Uncles, then 3 more hours to get down … Continue reading
