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One of the reasons I decided to return to school to finish my CS degree is that I’ve always thought it would be cool to be self employed as a software developer. When I was a kid I thought I could spend my time creating cool stuff and people would pay me for what resulted. Now I’m older and know the world generally doesn’t work that way, but today I read this really cool article about Paul Graham’s new company that gives seed money to college students to help get their startups off the ground. Ok, so he … Continue Reading

It’s the first week of a new semester and I’ve been looking over the syllabus for my Applied Calculus class. I hate to say it this soon, but this is one of the few classes that will hurt my GPA. Right now I have a 3.79 with 7 classes left to complete my BS in Computer Science, and the 3 classes I failed to earn an A in were the 3 classes I have taken from the math department. My other classes this semester are Technical Communications and Windows Administration, so they shouldn’t be so bad. The communications class will … Continue Reading

I’ve been playing with c# and Windows Forms programming lately, and found a couple articles about making custom non-square windows easily by hiding the frame and making the part of the square you want to get rid of transparent. Super easy to do. Of course, using this technique you still really have a square window, which your users will discover when they are trying to click on a window behind yours to switch focus to another app, and they are really clicking on the invisible part of your window. Still, this would be great for splash screens or windows that … Continue Reading