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No code! Yep, no code in today's post. Instead I'm going to highlight a very handy resource, one that anyone building a game will find handy... OpenGameArt.org This is the Open Game Art FAQ. If you've got a question that you think should be here, head over to our Contact form and drop us a line.…

Last Monday I highlighted a cool Bing related project, BabylonJS + WebGL + Bing + Maps + 3D = BabylonBing, today I'm going to highlight another cool Bing related app... How to Extend Your App with Talking MapsIn a previous blog post we had a lap around the new support for Custom…

Today's Hardware Friday's post is all about a new book from Microsoft Research, Visual Basic and some Fez... New Gadgeteer Book - Learn to program with Visual Basic & .NET GadgeteerNET Gadgeteer can be used to develop core programming skills that are needed when studying Computer Science at…

Today's Web Wednesday from Andy Beaulieu shows how we can play with the new WebGL capabilities in IE11, using the power of Bing's 3D Maps... Bing 3D Maps using WebGL and BabylonJSIn this post, we will look at how we can use BabylonJS and WebGL  to create a 3D height map and route path using…

Today's project from Joost van Schaik is a Hardware Friday, a Mobile Monday and Windows Wednesday project all wrapped up in one post. WiFi Direct, NFC, Bluetooth, Windows 8, 8.1 and Windows Phone 8 and some code to help you build apps that talk between them all. Building for both: a…

In today's Hardware Friday post we're revisiting the work of Paolo Patierno and his cool M2Mqtt client library, Machine 2 Machine with a MQTT .Net Library. He's continued to drive it forward, adding new features and capabilities. One of the best, IMHO, is its SSL/TLS support. One the things that…

In today's Windows Wednesday post, Jim Galasyn highlights a new DirectX Game Project Template and its Getting Started Guide... Jim Galasyn's Learning Curve - DirectX game templates for Visual Studio are posted Are you creating a game for the Windows Store? If you’re looking for…

I think we're going to on this Visual Studio Monday thing, extensions, frameworks, etc as long as the cool projects keep coming... Maybe these kinds of projects are not as fun as world conquering quad-copter LEGO robots (but then again, was is?), but in the end these projects are even more important…

Today's Hardware Friday project Pieter Venter is one that I thought kind of neat. It uses a commercial GPS tracking device and their REST API to create a "location clock". Unfortunately there's no code, but I still dig the idea behind it. Making Machines TalkWhat if we had an appliance in…

Did you catch the Visual Studio 2013 Launch? (If you missed, it you can see it here, Visual Studio 2013 Launch). Did you see all the cool projects used in the demos? The facial recognition, Visitors, Staff, Travel apps? Wish you could get the source for those projects? Wish no more... MyCompany demo…