The Beginner Developer Learning Center (BDLC) is a free, one-stop shop for learning Windows and Web programing fundamentals. It includes a learning path which starts with the absolute basics like how a Web browser works and builds on that with videos, tutorials, and downloadable sample projects using CSS, JavaScript, HTML, ASP.NET, VB, and C#. I know that I might have more than enough skills and knowledge than would be required for the simple tasks, but I feel I really need to brush up on my programming skills. I will graduate with a Computer Science degree soon enough and having some coding practice will surely help me out. Coming up in my January semester, I will hopefully get to learn some programming hints for open source projects which should be a very interesting class.
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Microsoft is set to debut its Fall 2007 update for the Xbox 360 tomorrow, December 4th. This will be a really big update and it shows that Microsoft is listening to its users. The big feature that I’m looking forward to getting is the DIVX and Xvid support. This will be a really big improvement over the existing WMV support. A lot of the other features are forgettable as they are just improvements made to existing features I don’t use. Such as more parental control. Another big thing coming out is the Xbox Originals where you can download select Xbox games to be played off the hard drive. This could be cool depending on how many games they offer and if its possible to delete and redownload these games for free as my hard drive would be full pretty quick. Another feature is the Xbox Live Arcade Hits where they are offering older Arcade titles at discounted prices. Right now I don’t see anything that I don’t already have or anything I want but that doesn’t mean they won’t add something new to the list. I am looking forward to that one in the future for sure. Lastly, a feature that I don’t really think is that important but they are hyping, the Friends of Friends feature. I don’t really know why I need to look at the friends of my friends or why I would want to be adding these people. Oh well, some may find this feature useful.
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All striking workers are back at work today as CUPE 1975 reached a tentative agreement with the Universities. Not all services have been returned to normal but it seems as though many services are returning to being operational. This comes just in time as many students are finishing their classes and beginning their final exams. The agreement was reached sometime Saturday and further issues are going to be sent to binding arbitration soon. It seems as though final exams will go ahead as normal and next semester won’t be canceled.
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Pick a fruit, any fruit, and you know it’s good for you. It’s the same with vegetables and many whole grain foods. Everyone should put more fruits and vegetables into their diets. However, some foods have gotten the healthy nod, when they’re actually laden with fat, sugar or both. The link goes through 7 different foods that many people think of as healthy and explains why they aren’t and gives an example of what you can eat as a healthy alternative. The list includes, Granola Bars, Tea Drinks, Pretzels, Muffins, Rice Cakes, Fruit Flavored Snacks, and Frozen Yogurts. I thought it was interesting to see how almost any “healthy” fruit can be picked apart and the bad points brought forward.
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Virgin Mobile Canada has recently added a new Tidal Wave plan to their lineup. With this new plan you can get *unlimited data* for $10/mo, when you use their new Samsung m510 EV-DO phone ($179 w/ no contract). After seeing this I have become really interested in this phone/plan. I don’t think I would really need to use the internet that often on the go but for $10 I can get unlimited amounts of it. As well, Virgin Mobile offers streaming television for $10 more on top of the Tidal Wave plan. This is something that could be neat to have but i doubt i would actually use it. So if I do buy a new phone soon I will definitely be looking at the Samsung m510 so I can get in on this unlimited data. It is about time we got some decent data plans in Canada.
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Dwight is one of my favorite characters on the series, and I wish that I could be half as funny as he is. In this Top 10 you have Jim to thank for the majority of the pranks pulled on Dwight. If you have never seen the Office before it is one of the best shows on television right now and deserves to be watched. The show is basically the new Simpsons where you can do anything in real life and have it somehow relate back to a scene in the Office. It is my number one show on TV and I look forward to watching it every week.
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I noticed a video circulating around for a new game just coming out. The game is called Avatar The Last Airbender — the burning Earth. The video clearly shows how to get 1000 achievement points in less than 2 or so minutes. THQ should be ashamed of themselves for making such a mockery of the achievements system but I guess this is one way to increase the amount of rentals and possibly sales of a sub-par mediocre game. Have a look at the video as its posted on Youtube here. Definitely easier than the 1000 points from King Kong.
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Google has launched the Android Developer Challenge, which will provide $10 million in awards for great mobile apps built on the Android platform. The first round of the Contest will have $5 million in prizes with the winners having to have their projects in by March 3. There will be 50 projects that earn $25,000 and then out of those 10 projects will received additional funds of around $100,000. I hope I can think up some really cool neat idea and try to get it done. It would be really awesome to get paid to program something cool like this. I just need to think up a cool project idea and I’m set.
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South African companies (among others) racing to build new “ultra deep” mines–deepest now at 2.5 miles, where rocks shatter like glass, temperatures are nearly unmanageable and escalating risks to miners are huge. But gold prices are at historic highs…and there’s big, record-breaking money to be made. The mine that is going to be 2.5 miles deep will have temperatures around 55 degrees Celsius. The mine operators are going to have to find new ways to keep their mines cool. As well no cable can be 2.5 miles long so they will also have to find new ways to get people down to these depths. It is truly remarkable how far we are going to extract natural resources from the Earth.
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The Canadian dollar today reached up to a new all time high while it was trading today. It was over $1.10 for a bit today before it crept back a bit. The new heights that the dollar has been reaching are very surprising to many people. There are fears that the high dollar will cause a slowdown in the economy as less goods will be exported to the United States and more people are travelling to the United States for shopping. Right now it continuously appears that Canadian retail is ripping off the consumer. There has been some progress recently with stores like Walmart and Zellers bringing American prices across the border. But now with the dollar trading past parity it makes me wonder, why are they stopping with just matching some American prices and not beating them? I suppose it takes some time to work through their inventories and renegotiate contracts with the distributors. Whatever the case, I just hope we aren’t stuck with higher prices in Canada, and the inability to sell our goods to the United States since thats just an all around negative for Canada.
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