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I fixed the one problem that I had with the app where I had allowed it to use landscape orientation. When the user rotated the device, the screen would go blank and the on-screen-keyboard would disappear. Rotating it back didn’t restore the keyboard making the app useless. Now…
Continue readingI love computer games. I try to deny it, but I love them. In a computer game, you can do things that are impossible in real life or even in any non-computer game. In a computer game, you can build an empire, kill lots of bad guys, explore…
Continue readingTo be honest, I am actually stumped. I just don’t know what to write about. Rolling Ball Sculpture I have most of a metal tree built to support the track of the new RBS. But something about it just doesn’t seem right. The tree itself is cool looking,…
Continue readingThe internet has a lot of data about the NVG510 modem/router. Most of it consists of complaints. I will add to that list of complaints by adding one: The router will not let me use all five of my static IP addresses for five different computers. But first,…
Continue readingStart Screen with Charms Bar Over there on the right side of the screen is the Charms Bar. It is an oddity to me because it has system-centric information as well as app-centric information. Compare that to the application bar, a feature that many but not all apps…
Continue readingThe release of SimCity 5 sparked my interest in a new Railroad Tycoon game. Although Electronic Arts seems to have failed to build a SimCity game that works like I want it to work, their failure was mostly in releasing a game that could then not be played….
Continue readingI have worked on various personal and professional computer programming projects over the years. This is a collection of some of those projects. Links are provided when more details are available. Dates are rough estimates for when the program was developed. Art projects can be found here. Show…
Continue readingI was sitting here trying to come up with a topic for a blog post. I could post about how the Windows Phone project is coming along and how cool it was to add a splash screen that says “Microsoft” on it. But having Microsoft use my app…
Continue readingI 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…
Continue readingAlthough I did no real work of any sort and have no new information to share, I do think a post is in order: I’m back from two weeks of vacation. It seemed like more than that for some reason. I plan on working only a little more…
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