Why am I out of focus? It’s because I have a Microsoft LfeCam HD-5000 and I’m running Windows 10. The…
Annoyances
FocusUF or how to turn off the autofocus setting of the LifeCam HD-5000 webcam
Books
It’s 2018, time to join that David Bowie Book Club that his son has started
Filmmaker Duncan Jones has started a book club of his father’s 100 favorite books and has invited everyone to join.…
Employment
What not to do on a job interview: Don’t play the arrogant card
A few years back, we were hiring a new ASP.NET developer and did a few rounds of interviews with a…
Events
That time I took a group of people to Boston for the Azure Red Shirt Dev Tour
I had tweeted out the hashtag #BostonOrBust. Seriously, don’t do that. I tempted Fate, and Fate called me out on…
Virtualization
Checking Hypervisor status with PowerShell
I needed to find a quick way to see which hypervisor was installed. I bounce between different development machines and…
Annoyances
Time to repave (slightly) my work machine
After lunch on Wednesday, I rebooted my work PC and it did not come back. ADB had somehow lost the…
Uncategorized
Vermont Code Camp 2017
So it looks like I’ll be speaking at Vermont Code Camp 2017 on September 16th. I’ll be doing a presentation…
Localization
Using the Multilingual App Toolkit with the Microsoft Translator service from Azure’s Cognitive Services
The Multilingual App Toolkit (MAT) is a great tool for managing your localization workflow with Visual Studio projects. One of…
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You can now register for the Dream.Build.Play 2017 Challenge
Microsoft has revived it’s indie game dev contest – Dream.Build.Play and you can register now. Dream.Build.Play 2017 Challenge The 2017…
Apple
Getting the most out of VMware Fusion 8.5 running Windows 10
I’ve been trying to get the most performance out of my Window 10 virtual machines running on my MacBook Pro…