Duane Koford

So I was driving to work when I notice a car with some strange apparatus mounted to the roof.  I was headed north on I-15 between Farmington and Layton.  So I catch up with this car...  Unfortunately, the camera on my cell phone didn't pick up the bumper stickers from the glare but they say Google Maps.  The dot about 3 feet above the roof is the 360 degree camera used for Google Maps Streetview.  So keep your eyes open on I-15 on Google maps and you might just... [More]

So for the last few days I have been scouring through lines and lines of code trying to figure out why the ASP Repeater control <asp:repeater ...> control was not working.  I checked everything from the record set to the data binding to make sure I had covered all the bases.  Everything checked out but when I loaded the page the data was not displayed. So in an attempt to troubleshoot the situation I created a new C# web form in VS 2005.  Keeping it simple I ad... [More]

 You must watch the video from Johnny Lee in which he demonstrates the effects that are possible with the Wii remote and using it for head tracking.  It can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd3-eiid-Uw  Now that you have seen what is possible with his demonstration, imagine for a moment a first person shooter where you can look around the corner by moving your head, or a motorcycle / snowmobile / or ATV racing game where you have to lean as you corner while trave... [More]

Every programming language I have ever learned has always started with the "Hello World" program.  So I think that it is only fitting that my first blog entry should follow in this tradition. “Hello World, I am Duane Koford” I hope that this blog will become somewhat useful and entertaining for those fortunate enough to find it. Keeping with the tradition of “Hello World” this first entry is short.