Visual Studio 2008 is released to manufacturing. (RTM) Please take a look below or download your trial version, or else you can get your copy of express edition of VS2008.
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/products/default.aspx
Visual Studio 2008 RTM
My team being dismissed and I learned something.
Something special happened in my life. My team being dismissed. The reason given is the biz is centered at U.S.A as the software aim for Aerospace & De fence. (Nonsense, right? If so, why form this few months ago?) My team will be re-deployed to other department too. But, they still have no position for me yet. I have gone through once re-deployment and restructuring in my ex-Company Intel before and I have very good luck to gone through it. Anyway, this is my first time to face re-deployment in my career.
The feeling of being re-deployed is not good. I felt like just like a specimen/mice for the scientist.
Don't know about my future, my career now. But, the good thing is I can have my free time to learn more thing and explore more things, I like that!!
I learned to assembly the Cognex Insight Vision Camera and how to operate the camera. It is cool and it is an IP Camera. Well, I think I will have my lot of time to play with it...Waiting for the "Scientist" to "operate" me...
Some suggested tools for PowerShell development
To keep on learning on PowerShell, you may go into deep to learn how to develop cmdlet if you are developer. That is very cool to develop your very own cmdlet. I found some examples that to develop some cmdlet to get contact info from the Outlook and some even more cool. Anyway, I plan to develop my very own and useful cmdlet. You can get some extra or extension for cmdlet or powershell in http://www.codeplex.com/PowerShellCX/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=2688
and this is Keith's project. (My Boss : P)
That is no project template for you to create cmdlet, but you can get on from this website. http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=256835
Thanks.
Powershell is cool.
Just got free time to play with Power Shell recently. Power Shell is really a cool tech. It enable you to create your custom command or it is called cmdlet in PowerShell and it is created with your familiar technology .NET if you are a .NET developer. For more information you can refer to some blogs and websites stated below:
Links
- Keith Hill's blog http://keithhill.spaces.live.com/ (He is my boss at my work place) :P
- B# .NET Blog http://community.bartdesmet.net/blogs/bart/default.aspx
- Foo Theory http://footheory.com/blogs/bennie/default.aspx
- http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms714622.aspx
- http://powergui.org
- Microsoft Windows PowerShell(TM) Step By Step (Step By Step (Microsoft)) (Paperback)
by Ed Wilson (Author) - Professional Windows PowerShell (Programmer to Programmer) (Paperback)
by Andrew Watt (Author)
Impressed by this.
Just play around in youtube, can you do this? I am impressed by this. That's cool. Lol.
IT Video Clips - cool lyrics
Lol. It make me laugh. Anyway, cool lyrics and nice song~~Just enjoy it~
Research on DirectShow
What is Direct Show? I have been doing a lot of research on DirectShow. This is because I found out that DirectShow can used as interface to deal your media or even web camera. It is quite interesting. Anyway, actually there are alot of ways to deal or interface with WebCam. There are
- WIA (Windows Image Acquisition),
- VFW(Video For Windows) and also
- DirectShow (the one I am doing for Research).
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Free Microsoft Exam
Any student or workers from faculty? I think you all can enjoy free exam from Microsoft. Please take a look at http://www.pearsonvue.com/freemicrosoftexam/
Feeling dizzy and heart pain
Recently, I felt quite tired very easy. Some more, my heart is pain sometimes. I think maybe my cholesterol level is getting worst and high. I think I would need to get a body check soon. Hopefully won't get too bad.
Microsoft Surface Technology
Lately I just visited a page from Microsoft.com. It is about Surface Technology. Seems like this technology exist few years ago and actually we can found it in the scene in the Movie like I-Robot and Minority Report. It is so amazing. I am thinking when will this technology go into the market of Malaysia. Anyway, please visit http://www.microsoft.com/surface/ to have a look.
Got a D-Link Switch
Wow~! That is the D-Link switch that i dreamed for. I got the 8 ports Switch from the company by today. Actually it is used to connect all the instruments to the LAN for testing. Anyway, I have it in my hand at last. LOL~
Microsoft Visual Studio Code Name "Orcas" CTP and Express Edition
Microsoft Visual Studio Code Name "Orcas" CTP is available for download. Anyway, I will try to download the Express Edition and try it out. Check it out here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/future/default.aspx
Like to surf Code Project
I guess most of the developers, engineers and programmers like to search or surf codeproject.com and I found few of the most articles I like is the motion detection algorithms, laser gesture recognition. The contributers are super talented~And I like to read the blog "Ashish's Programming Journal" by Ashish lately. He is able to make integration of webcam and laser to make a control system. It is super awesome! Anyway, hope to read more post from Ashish and hope can have my utilities to make a one like it.
Use Embedded Fonts in your WinForms.
Just find a the post from Scott Hanselmans said that we are able to use the font that embedded into our resource file in WinForms development. That is cool~However, we are needed to use the pinvoke way to do it and those functions are from gdi32.dll. Anyway, you may goto the Scott Hanselmans's post and read it: http://www.hanselman.com/blog/CustomCulturesWinFormsFontEmbeddingCodeWithEthiopianAmharicForVistaAndXP.aspx
For details, you can read the details code here: http://blogs.msdn.com/michkap/archive/2005/11/20/494829.aspx.
I think I will go and try out it later.
Back to blog.
I has been busy for 1 month plus for my work in new company. That is alot of new stuffs need to be learned and integrate with it. I took almost whole day and night to work on them lately. I feel that is tough to me but it is very interesting to me. Anyway, I will be back to blog after those time. Wait for my blog~
New Certificate: Windows Mobile 5.0 apps /70-540 for MCTS
I just found out that MCTS has the new specified certificate start from February that is 70-540, Windows Mobile 5.0 Applications. Please check it at this site: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/mcts/mobility/default.mspx
Learning C++
Already move to the new company. Taken few days to learn the Visual C++ for the new project in the new company. This is the job requirement from the project and boss. I learned C++ few years ago. But, forgot all already. Just like everything flush out from my brain. Anyway, feeling hard to accept the pointer concept after you dealt with .NET sometimes. Still long way to go for learning ATL COM in C++.
New topic for research - Gesturing
Anyone ever think about that with using gesturing, we can make some action in your desktop or laptop without using your mouse. For example, moving your head to the left, your mouse pointer will be go to the left, or even move your finger or hand in your webcam to control the mouse. Anyway, this type of scene have seen in a movie before, the Minority Report. Some how, this can be really happen in real life, just try to see this movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLhMVNdplJc
And for those feel interesting, you can go to MIT's project site for have an review on the report. I am planning to use my webcam to explore on the gesturing action too.
Playing around with Virtual Cam
I have been playing around with Virtual Cam lately. You can install it although you don't have a webcam. It will act as a real webcam. It allow you to use pictures, videos, or your desktop as the webcam and broadcast them out. Anyway, there are few softwares that support this feature.
Just lookout them and experience it:
- http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/downloads/msn_virtual_webcam_info/index1.htm (Most of them just free trial)
- http://www.splitcamera.com/download.html (Free)
Microsoft Firefox?
Just figure out a site call Microsoft's firefox. Feel interesting? Please visit http://www.msfirefox.com/ Just try to figure out if this is
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