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Cyotek.Drawing.BitmapFont Version 2 Released

A new version of our BMFont parsing library has been released.

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Initial thoughts on the Adafruit I2S 3W Stereo Speaker Bonnet for Raspberry Pi

Thoughts and observations using the Adafruit I2S 3W Stereo Speaker Bonnet for Raspberry Pi over the last week and a half.

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Richard Moss
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Committing to a Git repository using custom dates

How to specify custom committer and author dates when committing to a git repository via the command line, helpful when setting up repositories for historical code.

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Adding Scripting to .NET Applications

An article describing how you could add JavaScript script support to your .NET applications via the Jint package.

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Writing DOOM WAD files

In a prior post, I described id's WAD format used by classic games such as DOOM and how to read them. This post covers how to write them. As with my first post, this only covers the original WAD format, not the enhanced ones which followed.

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Decoding DOOM Picture Files

In my previous post, I described id's WAD format used by classic games such as DOOM and how to read them. While researching the format though, I wasn't 100% sure that I was extracting lumps properly - the only readable file I'd discovered was `DMXGUS` in `DOOM1.WAD`, and also `LICENSE` in `DARKWAR.WAD`... hardly conclusive. Armed with the specification from the DOOM FAQ I decided to take a brief segue into decoding the pictures to verify the lumps I was extracting were valid.

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Reading DOOM WAD Files

WAD "Where's All the Data" files used by DOOM and various other games are simple containers, similar to zip and other archive formats, without additional complexity (such as compression) and data-centric rather than file. This article describes how to read the WAD files used by DOOM, DOOM II, Rise of the Triad and similar games of that area. The article covers reading of a WAD and extracting its contents

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A review of the Argon ONE Raspberry Pi 4 Case

A review of the Argon ONE Raspberry Pi 4 case and my initial experiences with it.

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Installing Mopidy and pHAT Beat on a Raspberry Pi

Installing Mopidy on a Raspberry Pi Zero W using the pHAT Beat audio hat.

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Tools we use - 2019 edition

A round up of the different software tools used by Cyotek over the past year.

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Richard Moss
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Resolving compile error "Interop type cannot be embedded. Use the applicable interface instead"

When working with COM interop libraries you may receive the compile error "Interop type cannot be embedded. Use the applicable interface instead". This article describes two common causes of this error and how to resolve it.

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CanoScan LiDE 100 Windows 10 and Windows 11 Compatibility

Although officially the Canon CanoScan LiDE 100 scanner is not supported on Windows 10 or Windows 11, I have found that it is fully functional. This article describes the versions of Windows I have tested the scanner with along with any observations.

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Richard Moss