<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489029368714749450</id><updated>2024-09-04T05:12:14.797-07:00</updated><category term="Music"/><category term="Basic Music Theory"/><category term="Piano"/><category term="beginner"/><category term=".net"/><category term="Flags"/><category term="Funny phobias"/><category term="Music Scales"/><category term="Musicians"/><category term="Phobias"/><category term="Shredder"/><category term="buttons"/><title type='text'>Peacelounge</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://peacelounge.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/489029368714749450/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://peacelounge.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Maxeuz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01099071674933340298</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>9</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489029368714749450.post-3556202342463033418</id><published>2010-12-30T13:06:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-29T23:47:08.359-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Basic Music Theory"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="beginner"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Music"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Music Scales"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Piano"/><title type='text'>Scales</title><summary type="text">A musical scale is a sequence of notes in ascending or descending order. Each scale is made up of 4-7 notes. The distance or rather the interval between two successive notes is called a scale step. For example, the distance between the two notes &#39;C&#39; and &#39;D&#39; is 1 whole step and the distance between &#39;C&#39; and &#39;C#&#39; is a 1/2 step ( C# is pronounced as &#39;C Sharp&#39; and are among the black keys on the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://peacelounge.blogspot.com/feeds/3556202342463033418/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://peacelounge.blogspot.com/2010/12/scales.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/489029368714749450/posts/default/3556202342463033418'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/489029368714749450/posts/default/3556202342463033418'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://peacelounge.blogspot.com/2010/12/scales.html' title='Scales'/><author><name>Xion Cruzoe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04481903329292982275</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_WYtkv33W5gA/TRw2rYh1ufI/AAAAAAAAADw/WvZCd2KjcqU/s72-c/keyboard-all-note-names_thumb%5B2%5D.gif?imgmax=800" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489029368714749450.post-8920367163340391870</id><published>2010-11-19T11:17:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-19T11:47:02.129-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Flicker Free Animation in C#.NET</title><summary type="text">For all those guys who are facing the problem of flickering screen while programming a game or while creating an animation, here&#39;s the solution...Basically, your game window flickers because you&#39;re trying to repeatedly paint the game directly on the screen. You perform some calculations on the graphics, paint it on the screen,wait for some time(in milliseconds) and then refresh(clean) the screen </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://peacelounge.blogspot.com/feeds/8920367163340391870/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://peacelounge.blogspot.com/2010/11/flicker-free-animation-in-cnet.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/489029368714749450/posts/default/8920367163340391870'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/489029368714749450/posts/default/8920367163340391870'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://peacelounge.blogspot.com/2010/11/flicker-free-animation-in-cnet.html' title='Flicker Free Animation in C#.NET'/><author><name>viv5</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16990654442693672709</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489029368714749450.post-762985478815363107</id><published>2010-11-03T09:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-11-03T09:52:54.854-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Music"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Piano"/><title type='text'>HOW A PIANO WORKS…</title><summary type="text">&amp;nbsp; The mechanical genius Bartolomeo Cristofori invented the piano around 1700. The name piano is actually a shortened version of the Italian term pianoforte, meaning soft-loud, and referring to the fact that the pianoforte could produce sound volume covering a much larger range than its predecessors, the harpsichord and clavichord.      STRINGS Every note sounded on a piano is the result of a</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://peacelounge.blogspot.com/feeds/762985478815363107/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://peacelounge.blogspot.com/2010/11/how-piano-works.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/489029368714749450/posts/default/762985478815363107'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/489029368714749450/posts/default/762985478815363107'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://peacelounge.blogspot.com/2010/11/how-piano-works.html' title='HOW A PIANO WORKS…'/><author><name>Xion Cruzoe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04481903329292982275</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmNs61WX4bIwu4STBbCNdXAMMjOsby48cBMaKH6dq1MA9fwOx0IuO2PK3HA2mdz6Zg_eYl_iZCJtt79Gp9tKkGHVnaXbeQFC6PEtSz8w_Ruyc4fSzyrESkAsf8B73g20gWhHlYs8rCVAo/s72-c?imgmax=800" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489029368714749450.post-1791637561827625955</id><published>2010-10-27T10:22:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-27T10:22:14.769-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Music"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Musicians"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Shredder"/><title type='text'>MICHAEL ANGELO BATIO</title><summary type="text">Michael Angelo Batio, also known as Mike Batio or MAB (born in the 23th of February 1956) is an American guitarist and columnist from Chicago, Illinois. He is considered to be one of the fastest guitarists in the world. Batio is (self-taught) ambidextrous, able to play two guitars at the same time either in synchronization or using separate harmonies.    Batio mastered the &quot;Over-Under&quot; fretting </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://peacelounge.blogspot.com/feeds/1791637561827625955/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://peacelounge.blogspot.com/2010/10/michael-angelo-batio.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/489029368714749450/posts/default/1791637561827625955'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/489029368714749450/posts/default/1791637561827625955'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://peacelounge.blogspot.com/2010/10/michael-angelo-batio.html' title='MICHAEL ANGELO BATIO'/><author><name>Xion Cruzoe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04481903329292982275</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9c1RH-PVDO207EoNuX6gu0ZH0jq8MLC5wMtTRjIBnWAdegyw7fCGzXGUqcwCOX6dmZSuhqY9qi75vPX-OVVP5eJt2h4iudaAC8hr3nfoPX7cqUH1v6FodUuPzTs0VDV4ezU8CbOmm7ws/s72-c?imgmax=800" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489029368714749450.post-7429290708177586587</id><published>2010-10-22T09:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-22T09:47:06.875-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Funny phobias"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Phobias"/><title type='text'>Logophobia...</title><summary type="text">  Fear is inherent in everybody. What makes it different is what the people are afraid of. But there are some very different, very weird types of phobias, the presence of which is baffling as these are real fears. Here is a list of some strange n some hilarious phobias.     Philophobia - Fear of falling in love or being in love.  Phobophobia - Fear of phobias.  Aibohphobia - Fear of palindromes (</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://peacelounge.blogspot.com/feeds/7429290708177586587/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://peacelounge.blogspot.com/2010/10/logophobia.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/489029368714749450/posts/default/7429290708177586587'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/489029368714749450/posts/default/7429290708177586587'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://peacelounge.blogspot.com/2010/10/logophobia.html' title='Logophobia...'/><author><name>Xion Cruzoe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04481903329292982275</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489029368714749450.post-7537601862927967999</id><published>2010-10-16T11:01:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-16T11:34:53.618-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Flags"/><title type='text'>Bizarre Flags</title><summary type="text"> The flag of Nepal is the only national flag which is non-rectangular.   The flags of Switzerland and the Vatican City are the only national flags which are exact squares.  The flag of Libya is the only national flag which consists of just one solid colour (green) with no other designs or symbols.    The flags of Cyprus, Kosovo, and Christmas Island are the only national flags which depict the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://peacelounge.blogspot.com/feeds/7537601862927967999/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://peacelounge.blogspot.com/2010/10/bizarre-flags.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/489029368714749450/posts/default/7537601862927967999'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/489029368714749450/posts/default/7537601862927967999'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://peacelounge.blogspot.com/2010/10/bizarre-flags.html' title='Bizarre Flags'/><author><name>Xion Cruzoe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04481903329292982275</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTAfCIOh0uznYSpjdjW8w9Ev-NIuNHY6RkFQnizxLMbAmj2rJY7j7EplSdOUNp1PGRr0C2A5ZGHOXeQO4Oe5XxsQJffqQ-fhXPZQ7MF9TsIkrLPncRbhNYG5r5wk-seXgofOLCYb6WG6E/s72-c?imgmax=800" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489029368714749450.post-9123217242493988353</id><published>2010-10-13T00:56:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-13T00:56:05.483-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Basic Music Theory"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Music"/><title type='text'>The Nuts &amp;amp; Bolts</title><summary type="text">&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The fundamental building blocks of learning would probably be - as the teachers call it ;-) &quot;Getting the basics right&quot;. So this post would just be about the basics of music. Being a neophyte myself, we&#39;ll try to keep this as simple and accurate as possible and these posts would help us all.  &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Music is build by the various combinations of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://peacelounge.blogspot.com/feeds/9123217242493988353/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://peacelounge.blogspot.com/2010/10/nuts-bolts.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/489029368714749450/posts/default/9123217242493988353'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/489029368714749450/posts/default/9123217242493988353'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://peacelounge.blogspot.com/2010/10/nuts-bolts.html' title='The Nuts &amp;amp; Bolts'/><author><name>Xion Cruzoe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04481903329292982275</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQRkubzNeXWaD2tulyus6oXLgBgwMmbigyM5cZlMrsn0L8O3esx8l6MNBZaSwVpBpfUQPxp9rFfSdNAZmtGAE26e4mDRHLPb77lWSJG606Y3XPjNZdLboD46O3SKKOp2vP0b30YPUFqbQ/s72-c?imgmax=800" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489029368714749450.post-4106798301789281320</id><published>2010-10-11T05:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-12T09:51:50.670-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term=".net"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="beginner"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="buttons"/><title type='text'>Creating Shaped buttons in .NET</title><summary type="text">Shapes for&amp;nbsp;controls can be defined by the Region property.Use it to specify the shape of choice for the control.

Lets see how buttons can be shaped:


&#39;Oval Shaped button

Dim path1 As New Drawing2D.GraphicsPath()&amp;nbsp;&#39;define a graphics path
Dim rect As New Rectangle(30, 30, Button1.Width - 60, Button1.Height - 60)
path1.AddEllipse(rect) &#39;create an ellipse with the rectangle as boundary
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Cheers
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