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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