Isometric Coordinate Calculation Tutorial

Here we’ll look at how to calculate a map coordinate from a screen coordinate in an isometric game.

Creating Entities with dates in MS CRM 2011

MS CRM stores date values internally in UTC date format, so when I was programmatically creating appointments earlier this week I was getting weird date issues.

The solution is really simple

Getting MSN Messenger out of the Taskbar in Windows 7

I hate having the clutter of extra background apps sitting in my taskbar in Windows 7, and MSN Messenger is a good example of this.  A messenger app should sit out of the way in the notification tray when it's not in use.

I found out that you can do this if you set the compatibility mode for the Messenger app to Vista, it will not take up space in your taskbar unless you're actually using it. To do this go to

32bit: C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Messenger
64bit: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Messenger

in there, right click on msnmsgr.exe and click on properties. Select the compatibility tab, select Windows Vista as the operating system for compatibility.  Next time you open Messenger it should minimize to the tray.