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Facebook .NET Programmers Group XNA Session Posted
June 25 2009
The recordings for the session I gave on XNA Game Studio 3.0 and the XNA Framework to the Facebook .NET Programmers Group have now been posted. In this session, I give an overview of XNA Game Studio 3.0 and the XNA Framework while building a simple Space Invaders clone… read moreStatus of Wii MotionPlus Support for WiimoteLib
June 19 2009
Ok, I get about 10 emails a day on this, so I figure a status update is in order. The Wii MotionPlus extension for the Wiimote was released last week. Since then, I and others have been working to figure out how the device works. Unfortunately, it does NOT… read moreThe Coding4Fun Show – Ep 1 with Andy Beaulieu
June 09 2009
The very first episode of my new Coding4Fun Show is now up on Channel 9. This is a show I plan on doing monthly, interviewing developers creating fun and interesting projects, and showcasing what they’re doing. In this first episode, I interview Andy Beaulieu and we discuss his Physics… read moreFacebook .NET Programmers Group Session on XNA 3.0
May 29 2009
I will be giving a session on Tuesday, June 2nd at 6pm EST to the Facebook .NET Programmers group on XNA 3.0. This is an online session and everyone is welcome to attend. Topic: Building a Video Game with XNA Game Studio 3.0 Abstract: This session will demonstrate how… read moreInstall the Surface SDK SP1 Workstation Edition on x64
May 14 2009
The Surface SDK SP1 Workstation Edition was released this week and while it will install (but is still unsupported) on Windows 7, it will not install on a 64-bit machine. The installer has changed a bit, so my previous instructions will not work with this installer, but I have managed… read moreWindows Virtual PC and the Microsoft Device Emulator
May 02 2009
Windows 7 (as of RC1) now supports a pretty spiffy new feature known as Virtual Windows XP or Windows XP Mode based on what article you read. At its core, it is a new version of the Virtual PC product, now named Windows Virtual PC, installed closer to the OS,… read moreApril 01 2009
Welcome to the revolution in cloud storage…TwitterDrive! Learn more at Coding4Fun: Author Interview Technical Article :) read moreMarch 24 2009
After finally finding a Community Server 2008.5 SP1 compatible theme I liked, I was able to upgrade my site to the latest Community Server version. This theme is provided by Andrew Belon, who has several fantastic CS themes available on his site. I’ve tweaked his basic Bliss theme (which he… read moreInstall the Surface SDK on Windows 7 and/or x64
March 10 2009
The Microsoft Surface SDK was given out to some folks at PDC 2008. I know SDK is not out to the masses yet, however one of the questions/requests posted most frequently in the Surface forums is the ability to install the SDK on a 64-bit machine, and/or on Windows… read moreCoding4Fun Book Contest Winner!
March 02 2009
It’s time to announce the winner of my contest to win a copy of our Coding4Fun book! 15 people entered the contest via my forum. I assigned each of them a 0-based index in the order in which they submitted their entry. The final list was: leif902 = 0 jcauble… read moreFebruary 26 2009
At the very last minute, I was lucky enough to receive a free ticket to Mix09 (thanks Jay!) and have decided to attend to attend. After posting about it on Twitter, Matthias Shapiro suggested that since both Johnny Lee and I will be there (Johnny’s giving a session on the… read moreWin a Free Copy of Our Coding4Fun Book!
February 19 2009
I’ve decided to setup a simple contest to give away a free copy of our book, Coding4Fun: 10 .NET Programming Projects for Wiimote, YouTube, World of Warcraft, and More. Entering is simple. Post a message to the forum entry located at: http://www.brianpeek.com/forums/p/1012/3258.aspx And to make it a bit more… read moreFebruary 06 2009
This week, Dan Fernandez and I had the opportunity to be on the .NET Rocks! show with Richard and Carl. We spent some time chatting about our Coding4Fun book (available at fine booksellers everywhere!) and several extremely interesting projects Richard and Carl have created in the past, including an… read moreVirtual Earth 3D Beta Documentation Released
January 26 2009
If you’ve followed any of my Virtual Earth 3D projects, you know that the managed API has been undocumented and unsupported for a while. All the work that has been done so far has been possible due to a few VE3D team members posting information on their blogs and… read moreJanuary 19 2009
I have just put up the latest version of WiimoteLib at CodePlex. The changes for this release are: v1.7.0.0 Writing registers is now properly waiting for the Wiimote to reply before continuing...this removes all of the Thread.Sleep() calls and should *greatly* improve performance when setting LEDs and rumble (Serial… read moreAlso find Brian on:
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