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Tech

Ubuntu Graphical Boot

Ubuntu users can trade in their boring text based boot loader for a fancy graphical interface with this tutorial.

The last time I tried a Linux OS was back in the late 90’s with Red Hat and it took me about 20 minutes before I broke it. I didn’t give it much of a chance after that. Now I take another look at a Linux distribution by the name of Ubuntu.

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Discussing the Cloud

The buzzword of the next generation of web programmers is the “cloud”, or cloud computing. It is the centralization of processing power and storage into the web. I’m going to take a look into the risks and rewards of this new paradigm.

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Programming

VB.net and Visual Studio 2008

For my latest project, I got a chance to use Visual Studio 2008 to create a Windows application in the vb.net language. After learning my way around the interface, I was off and running at the speed of light.

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AJAX for beginners

The advent of AJAX (Asynchronous Javascript and XML) has opened up new doors to web developers, allowing for interaction with and display of database and other external data in a web document, without the need to load a new page.

This is my tutorial for beginners wanting to use AJAX on their websites.

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Point in a Polygon

I just though I might share a function that I found in the course of trying to capture accurate mouse events in a grid Map editor for my isometric game. The function can be used to find out if a given coordinate falls within a polygon, defined by it’s bounding points.

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Gaming

Wanted: Portable MMORPGs

The MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Roleplaying Game) genre is breaking into the arena of Portable Devices. Read this discussion on this great genre’s move to brave new portable worlds.

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