I’m writing a Windows Store app, as many previous posts have made obvious, and I’ve got a new need that might not be fulfilled by any Microsoft tools. I need a StackPanel that hides any children that can’t be shown in their requested size. My plan is to…
Continue readingI was reading an old blog post http://www.kalzumeus.com/2011/10/28/dont-call-yourself-a-programmer/ and came across this line: “Anyone describing themselves as either a Java programmer or .NET programmer has already lost.” The point he was making, and continued to make after this line, is that programming languages don’t matter. It’s an old…
Continue readingI had a project that required key codes. These are codes sort of like the key codes used by software companies to activate your software. For my situation, the most effective way to pass around these codes is as long integers. Otherwise, math on these values, like to…
Continue readingThe second version of the Trials Fusion Xbox One hoverbike track worked out well and is a lot of fun to play. Some people can’t manage to make it work or just don’t like what they found when they played it. So this skill game is never going…
Continue readingI built a fairly complex skill game for Trials Fusion on the Xbox One. Jet Hoverbike Challenge was created by me, rectorsquid, as a sort of Lunar Lander style game. Jet Hoverbike Challenge Gameplay Trials Fusion, and earlier versions of the game like Trials Evolution, have a track…
Continue readingThe most recent game that we tried, my family and I, was Castle Panic. I must admit that I’ve been buying games that I’ve seen on TableTop. There are many of the games on the show that I have not bought and are not appealing to me. But…
Continue readingI’m going to write a post about the Alpha Color Mixer that I wrote and published in the Windows ‘App’ Store (http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/app/alpha-color-mixer/63825206-eb36-4ab7-a223-42d52410ffa9). But I am working a little on the code and I want to clean it up before I publish it for mass review. The Alpha Color…
Continue readingSince I reviewed Spy Alley yesterday, I will write another game review today. This is a new thing for me. If you’re looking for posts about programming issues or the Linkage program, you’ll have to skip over these reviews. Tokaido is a beautiful looking game. It has an…
Continue readingMy daughter and I have been trying a variety of board games recently in a quest to find the absolute best game EVER! I decided that I should review some of these games here on my seldom-seen blog. As always, I write blog posts as a sort of…
Continue readingA long time ago, I added some AJAX code to my blog so that the Lake Tahoe water temperature is displayed on my blog pages. It’s in the right navigation column down at the bottom. It doesn’t appear immediately and sometimes not at all if the temperature server…
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