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Linkage Program

Connector Alignment!

I am adding an alignment feature to the Linkage program. So far, I have three ways to align connectors. Right Angle                         Before and after alignment three connectors to form a right angle. When three connectors are selected, a right angle can be made by moving the third…

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Linkage Program

More New Linkage Features

I was sitting around last night and my boredom led me to implement another new feature in the Linkage program. Download the Windows installation file for the Linkage program to run it on your Windows computer. The editor now supports snapping. Snapping is when an element is being…

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Linkage Program

New Linkage Features

I recently added a new feature to the Linkage program. The new feature allows an input to be manually controlled during an animated simulation. There are currently four types of simulations: Animated Simulation The simulation is run in real time and the animation of the moving mechanism is…

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Linkage Program

Interesting 4-Bar Linkage Simulation Artifact

I found this animation of a simulator on the web. It came from http://gtrebaol.free.fr/doc/flash/four_bar/doc/. The interesting thing about it is the little twist that happens during the simulation. I quickly created a version of this mechanism using my Linkage editor/simulator program and found that I could not make…

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Computers & Programming

Letter Pattern Word Search

This is a JavaScript/PHP implementation of the letter pattern word search program. This takes a series of C and V characters then finds words with matching consonants and vowels with the given pattern. I originally built a C++ version of this to find words with given patterns for…

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Arrow Puzzle

The only hint I can give for this puzzle is to say that it is a puzzle. There is something encoded in the arrows. I will send $50.00 via paypal to the first person to solve it (although no one reads my blog so I’m off the hook!)….

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Computers & Programming

New Blog Style

I was inspired to use a Windows Phone style for my blog. I came up with this: It’s not really the Windows Phone style but it does move towards the simplicity that I see on the phone and on the Windows App Hub site. The choice of color…

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Computers & Programming

MMO Simulation of Real Life

I was thinking earlier today about my railroading/train game ideas. In my train game, you would manage a railroad. The first version of the game would have the player starting with enough money to build a small railroad. The game would take place in an area that had…

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