Transcender Exam Preparation & Vista
If you use the Transcender Exam Preparation software on Windows Vista and have problems activating/using your practice exams then follow these steps. 1. Right-click on the "Transcender Exam Preparation" shortcut and select "Properties". 2. Click on the "Compatibility" tab. 3. Click the "Run this program in compatibility mode for:" and select "Windows 98 / Windows Me" in the "Compatibility mode" section. 4. Click "OK".
You should now be able to activate and use your practice exams.
Albany – Magenic Silverlight Game Programming Contest
Magenic held an internal Silverlight game programming contest in August. The rules were that an individual or team would create a game using Silverlight 1.1 and the game should be fun and easy enough for an eight year old to play. I did not have much free time in August so I ended up starting and finishing the development of my entry, Albany, the last week of August. My brother-in-law, Phil, helped with the graphics and created some of the levels. It was a fun project and Albany actually won 2nd place! You can play Albany and the other contest entries here.
Silverlight is a very interesting technology that will be interesting to watch evolve. I have a background in creating games using DirectX, but this is just plain simple. The deployment model is also very slick. Hopefully I will find some time to blog more technical/tutorial type posts on my adventures with Silverlight and now XNA.
