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more ...Peter Provost has proposed that Microsoft react to the group of MVPs who are petitioning Microsoft to re-establish development and support of VB6, by releasing the source code. Microsoft doesn’t want VB6, there’s a vocal fanbase of programmers… why not? It would be epic.
As Peter points …
I love Musicmatch Radio combined with OnDemand. I was just listening to “My Station” and what should come up but a band I loved when I was young but haven't heard since... Well, in the case of the Damned, not since my turntable broke in about '94. I now have …
more ...Wow. I'd tried World Wind in an earlier incarnation and had been frustrated by downloading problems. They've cleared those up. World Wind is the best use of computation I've seen in a long time.
It appears to set itself up as a MIME handler, because when you enter a worldwind …
more ...Apress has decided to make some of their back catalog available as free downloadable e-books. [Via]{style="FONT-STYLE: italic"} [Eric Gunnerson's C# Compendium]
Andrew Troelsen’s “COM and .NET Interoperability” is the cream of the crop. Other texts are “Programming VB.NET: A Guide for Experienced Programmers,” by Cornell and …
more ...::: {.Section1} Oh, man! These guys have figured out how to tap into the accelerometers inside their Apples! And here, my M200 sits with its accelerometers locked away behind undocumented device drivers…
more ...Apple's PowerBook laptops now have a little accelerometer inside that's used to protect the hard drive if you drop …
Eric Gunnerson links to a video of “tree-skijumping” in which Norwegians, um, skijump into a tree. Oh, what fond memories of “shrub-skateboardstopping” and “bush-swingleaping” this brings back. When I was a kid, I relied on the gentle stopping power of foliage in all my favorite sports. And I have the …
more ...So I says to myself “You know what would rock?”:
::: {.Section1} Rory picks up on the fact that Python isn’t really object-oriented and wonders if it’s overrated. (But, for Rory, he does so in a very tentative manner. He hardly uses the words “sucks” at all.) Python gets a lot of buzz, but Rory’s criticisms are right …
more ...My latest column for SD Times praises Indigo's programming model and teachability, but questions some of the areas, such as typing and visibility, where it conflicts with .NET. Did you know that you can expose private methods as public Indigo services? Can that be a good idea?
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