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I am a freelance writer who lives in rural Missouri. My husband and I recently published Mind of a Mad Man, a collection of short stories, which is available on Amazon.com. Our ealier book is called Bones of the Woods and is also a collection of short stories.

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Computers & Technology > Software & Web Development Why use VB.Net?: 7 of 9
If you currently program in a legacy version of Visual Basic, such as Visual Basic 6.0 or earlier, you should strongly consider using VB.NET for your next new project. By choosing VB.NET, you can leverage the .NET Framework, which includes a large number of libraries. Although there have been some changes to the Visual Basic ... More..
Computers & Technology > Software & Web Development Understanding the relational database: 14 of 14
One of the primary reasons people buy software is to store, retrieve, and manipulate data. One of the best ways to store data is in a relational database. A relational database must be managed by special software known as a relational database management system (RDBMS). Some popular RDBMSs used on the Internet and for large a... More..
Computers & Technology > Software & Web Development What is graphic device interface (GDI)?: 6 of 6
The Graphics Device Interface (GDI) is a library of classes that allows an application developer to draw graphics on the screen and work with images, such as bitmaps and metafiles. Most GDI classes are part of the System.Drawing namespace in the .NET Framework. In Visual Studio 2005, GDI has been replaced by an enhance versio... More..
Computers & Technology > Software & Web Development Understanding numeric color codes in Visual Basic: 3 of 3
Visual Basic 2005 allows you to select from predefined colors or create a custom color by defining Alpha, Red, Green, and Blue (ARGB) values. Each ARGB component can be set to a value between 0 and 255. For Red, Green, and Blue the value indicates how much of that primary color is included in the custom color. The Alpha value... More..
Computers & Technology > Software & Web Development Getting started with Visual Basic terminology: 2 of 2
Before you begin to write your first program in Visual Basic 2005, it is important that you understand some of the basic terminology you will encounter.Solutions vs. ProjectsA project is a set of one or more files that contain the code and resources that define an application's executable (.exe) or a dynamic link library (.dl... More..