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It's been a while since we've highlighted one of the cooler learning to program tools, so when I saw Rachel McCollin's recent post, Introduction to Scratch, I knew I had today's project. You've all heard of Scratch? Scratch is a programming language that makes it easy to create your own...

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I figure, if done and presented correctly, it will take about 5 tutorials to answer 98% of any questions about Windows 10. Such things as how to make a Public Network a Private Network should be very popular. And it should not be much of a stretch to find other common questions. The ones...

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Today's commercial product was just recently announced and is something pretty new and interesting... Link Removed We're proud to announce the release of our first product that is now also available at the Unity Asset Store: https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/35136 We use the...

I've received a number of emails and comments about Unity, mostly "How do I get started..." For those looking to get started, today is your day! Vahe Karamian recently published a great 10+1 series of posts on learning Unity 3D. UNITY 3D - Game Programming Introduction Introduction It has...

We've mentioned IllumiRoom and RoomAlive before, but at Build 2015 there was a dedicated session AND the release of the RoomAlive Toolkit too! Link Removed IllumiRoom (Link Removed) demonstrated how projection mapping can enhance entertainment. RoomAlive (Link Removed) prototyped turning any...

Good news to report! For May 7, 2015 Today we have updated the forum software to the latest version. This fixes some small bugs and performance issues. We are talking about removing the Profile Posts from the front page and will be discussing this. PHP upgraded to 5.5.24 Main server was...

You all know how much I like the idea of kid coders, that we can teach the next generations that they are not slaves to their PC's, that they can have control, via code. With this event, they not only learn, share but can win cash too! Become a Technology Creator Link Removed You know those...

Hey guys I am looking for free Network simulator/emulator software, for a Windows 8.1 ,64 bit machine . I know there is Dummynet but seems like there is problems with a 64 bit machine. I am looking for a quick set-up type alternative that will eg sit in-between my network-card on my laptop and...

I cheating a little... Yesterday I highlighting this project in the Kinect Gallery, but since this news ties in so well with last week's blog post, I'm going to highlight here too. And can you really have enough Small Basic and Kinect news? :) Kinect for Small Basic System Requirements 1...

It's not often we get a new development environment that gets Kinect Dev support, so when we do, and when it's focused on getting to coding quickly, well we have to highlight it! Kinect for Small Basic 1, Download Small Basic 1.1 Link Removed 2. Download the Kinect for Small Basic installer...

I look back on this past quarter and kind of say, "wow." So much has been released, there was so much news that even with this round-up, it's hard to grok it all. Then I try to imagine what the NEXT quarterly round-up, post BUILD/Ignite, will look like [Brain Explodes]... Coding4Fun Blog...

I've highlighted MonoGame a number of times but it's always been dependent on XNA, which has been dead for a few years now, making it a little complicated to use. Until last week. MonoGame has just reached a huge milestone and has left XNA behind for good... Here are just a few of our MonoGame...

For the past hour or so I have been following tutorials online on how to factory reset my Windows 8.1 computer, but none of them work I am trying to factory reset my computer because there is a lot of stuff on it and I uninstalled almost everything but it still can't stop my computer from being...

You could possible save me hours, beyond hours of searching and getting malware/viruses I'm looking for full laptop windows 8 skins. That comes with backgrounds, cursors, custom buttons, ect. Like a totally knew interface. I'm more of a fan of abstract and 3D images. Where would I go and what...

Since we last highlighted this project in December 2013, Xbox Music API, it's been pretty quite. Until now. The week before last the Xbox Music team jump started the Xbox Music API with a number of new features, capabilities and samples. Link Removed - Link Removed Welcome to the new Xbox...

With the summer upon us for our Monday posts, I think we're going to less Visual Studio extension stuff and more game stuff and/or "oh my god, my kids are making me crazy, give me something that will keep them busy!" stuff. To kick this off, we're revisiting Small Basic. We've mentioned it...

Hi, I've read several different online tutorials for installing Windows on my Mac. I wanted to confirm two things before I do it. 1) I need to purchase Windows 8, not 8.1. 2) After I download I need to burn it as an ISO file on a disk and then run Boot Camp. If anyone has done either, can...

I just ordered a Walmart Family Mobile Nokia Lumia 521 ,a 64 gb.micro sd card, a sim card starter kit, a Skinomi phone protector skin kit and a Eagle Cell protector 3 piece case for it. I was wondering if there are any Windows Phone 8/8.1 tutorials here on the forum.