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BASeBlock will use .NET 4 beginning at version 2.5
The next version of BASeBlock, which I have dubbed version 2.5 since that seems like a sensible update from 2.4- will use the .NET framework 4.0 and will [...]
VB.NET and Iterators
Breaking completely from my usual programming topics, which surround C# most of the time, today I will be looking at Some VB.NET, and, more generally, the [...]
The History of CPU off-loading
Today, on most computer configurations, the CPU is basically the “main” processor, and various add-on cards off-load some processing from the [...]
Anti-Virus Programs
Important Note: In a system management setting, Or a corporation, this is NOT something I prescribe. managing and dealing with a PC that only you would use [...]
Programming Fundamentals: Pointers
What is a Pointer? To understand a pointer, one must better understand variables. In a statically typed language such as C, a variable has three [...]
I’m a C# Microsoft MVP for 2012
I don’t know how but somehow I’ve been awarded the Microsoft MVP award for my contributions to C# technical communities (C# MVP). Of course I [...]
VB6 Reflections
BCSearch, one of the larger applications I’ve made available, was written in Visual Basic 6. I use it quite frequently myself, but it has a few [...]
Posts in the works
One might have noticed I’ve been posting “filler” content for the last while, at least to some degree. However I have some real whoppers [...]
The Random Files: facial hair
So I recently got thinking about why the heck we men get facial hair. I mean, what purpose does it serve? if I let my beard and moustache grow, it would [...]
BASeBlock and Polygon Blocks
That’s right. The latest version of BASeBlock now adds a working Polygon block. There was a lot of reengineering to be done, but it works [...]