Apple needs to sort out their API
I have some code that uses Apple’s AppConnect API to query App store related things. I wrote a C# script that I run from LINQPad that gives me a weekly sta...
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C#
A quick check to see if the user’s locale is metric or imperial
While working on a demo mobile app for a course, I needed to know if the units of measurement on the app would be in Imperial units or Metric units. Since I’...
How to access Apple’s App Connect API from C#, Python, and Go. - Part 4
Welcome to Part 4 of a three part series. Last month, I did a series of posts on how to use Apple’s App Connect API to query the team membership list using C...
Apple
Apple needs to sort out their API
I have some code that uses Apple’s AppConnect API to query App store related things. I wrote a C# script that I run from LINQPad that gives me a weekly sta...
How to access Apple’s App Connect API from C#, Python, and Go. - Part 4
Welcome to Part 4 of a three part series. Last month, I did a series of posts on how to use Apple’s App Connect API to query the team membership list using C...
Python
How to access Apple’s App Connect API from C#, Python, and Go. - Part 4
Welcome to Part 4 of a three part series. Last month, I did a series of posts on how to use Apple’s App Connect API to query the team membership list using C...
C
How to access Apple’s App Connect API from C#, Python, and Go. - Part 4
Welcome to Part 4 of a three part series. Last month, I did a series of posts on how to use Apple’s App Connect API to query the team membership list using C...
FocusUF or how to turn off the autofocus setting of the LifeCam HD-5000 webcam
<img loading="lazy" class="size-medium" src="https://i0.wp.com/photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-BgcrnZW/0/7d3ad5c8/S/i-BgcrnZW-S.jpg?resize=399%2C225&ssl=...
Debugging devices without displays or debuggers
I’ve been writing firmware for an RFID reader that connects over USB to an Android device. Our installers will need to upgrade the readers out in the field ...
Powershell
Controlling a WSL installation of redis-server from the Windows command line
Some shortcuts accessing redis-server running under WSL via PowerShell
A quick PowerShell tip
Simple tip for adding your own memory aid to your PowerShell profile.
Checking Hypervisor status with PowerShell
Image courtesy of Serge Melki
Go
Xamarin
MyFirebaseMessagingService android:exported needs to be explicitly specified
I needed to make a small change to an Android apop that we have in the Google Play store. I made the change, generated a new apk and we submitted to the ap...
My new Xamarin.Forms 5 Pluralsight course is out
I have a new course that was just published this week on Pluralsight, “Xamarin.Forms 5 Fundamentals”. It’s seven hours of tutorials and demos for the devel...
Running the iOS simulators after updating to Xcode 14
So Apple updated Xcode on my Macbook from 13.4.1 to 14. I wasn’t paying much attention to the prompts or even the version numbers. After doing so, I could n...
macOS
Getting a new dev machine set up, macOS Style
It’s that time of the decade when I get a new Macbook Pro. I use a Macbook to compile iOS apps with Xamarin which makes it required equipment. Even though my...
Webcam
Some quick improvements for the home video conferencing experience
A few things that I have done to improve video conferencing from home.
FocusUF or how to turn off the autofocus setting of the LifeCam HD-5000 webcam
<img loading="lazy" class="size-medium" src="https://i0.wp.com/photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-BgcrnZW/0/7d3ad5c8/S/i-BgcrnZW-S.jpg?resize=399%2C225&ssl=...
Maui
My new Xamarin.Forms 5 Pluralsight course is out
I have a new course that was just published this week on Pluralsight, “Xamarin.Forms 5 Fundamentals”. It’s seven hours of tutorials and demos for the devel...
Running the iOS simulators after updating to Xcode 14
So Apple updated Xcode on my Macbook from 13.4.1 to 14. I wasn’t paying much attention to the prompts or even the version numbers. After doing so, I could n...
WordPress
And then my blog was defaced
A couple of weeks ago my blog was defaced through a security hole in WordPress. About 800,000 blogs were hit via something called the REST-API exploit. I saw...
Debugging
Debugging devices without displays or debuggers
I’ve been writing firmware for an RFID reader that connects over USB to an Android device. Our installers will need to upgrade the readers out in the field ...
Elatec
Debugging devices without displays or debuggers
I’ve been writing firmware for an RFID reader that connects over USB to an Android device. Our installers will need to upgrade the readers out in the field ...
Fusion
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Checking Hypervisor status with PowerShell
Image courtesy of Serge Melki
Hyper-V
Checking Hypervisor status with PowerShell
Image courtesy of Serge Melki
Azure
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 it.
RedShirt
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 it.
TVUG
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 it.
Book Club
It’s 2018, time to join that David Bowie Book Club that his son has started
Bowie's READ poster from the American Library Association (1987)
David Bowie
It’s 2018, time to join that David Bowie Book Club that his son has started
Bowie's READ poster from the American Library Association (1987)
Duncan Jones
It’s 2018, time to join that David Bowie Book Club that his son has started
Bowie's READ poster from the American Library Association (1987)
Autofocus
FocusUF or how to turn off the autofocus setting of the LifeCam HD-5000 webcam
<img loading="lazy" class="size-medium" src="https://i0.wp.com/photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-BgcrnZW/0/7d3ad5c8/S/i-BgcrnZW-S.jpg?resize=399%2C225&ssl=...
DirectShow
FocusUF or how to turn off the autofocus setting of the LifeCam HD-5000 webcam
<img loading="lazy" class="size-medium" src="https://i0.wp.com/photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-BgcrnZW/0/7d3ad5c8/S/i-BgcrnZW-S.jpg?resize=399%2C225&ssl=...
QNAP
Fix for “[Network & Virtual Switch] Failed to update DDNS “myQNAPcloud”
After Windows Home Server was more or less retired by Microsoft, I bought a new NAS server for home. After some deliberation, I bought a QNAP TS-451+, a coup...
Chakra
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That time I taught that dog a trick
Image by FiveRings [CC BY 3.0], from Wikimedia Commons Many, many years ago, I used to work with Jack*. Jack is a musician and at the time ...
dogs
That time I taught that dog a trick
Image by FiveRings [CC BY 3.0], from Wikimedia Commons Many, many years ago, I used to work with Jack*. Jack is a musician and at the time ...
personal
That time I taught that dog a trick
Image by FiveRings [CC BY 3.0], from Wikimedia Commons Many, many years ago, I used to work with Jack*. Jack is a musician and at the time ...
2fa
When your Apple device refuses to be trusted
Back in July, I received a new Macbook Pro. A lovely little device, but I had this one problem. It wasn’t showing up as a trusted device under my iCloud acco...
icloud
When your Apple device refuses to be trusted
Back in July, I received a new Macbook Pro. A lovely little device, but I had this one problem. It wasn’t showing up as a trusted device under my iCloud acco...
Dev
Getting a new dev machine set up, macOS Style
It’s that time of the decade when I get a new Macbook Pro. I use a Macbook to compile iOS apps with Xamarin which makes it required equipment. Even though my...
webcam
Return to FocusUF
A while back, I blogged about a command line hack to set the focus for a web cam. I was using a Microsoft LifeCam HD-5000 and it has the annoying habit of re...
agnew
Bag man
If you haven’t listened to Rachel Maddow’s “Bag Man” podcast, you are missing a great tale of corruption.
podcast
Bag man
If you haven’t listened to Rachel Maddow’s “Bag Man” podcast, you are missing a great tale of corruption.
watergate
Bag man
If you haven’t listened to Rachel Maddow’s “Bag Man” podcast, you are missing a great tale of corruption.
wfh
Some quick improvements for the home video conferencing experience
A few things that I have done to improve video conferencing from home.
colors
Colored notes in OneNote
A quick way to color paragraphs in OneNote.
OneNote
Colored notes in OneNote
A quick way to color paragraphs in OneNote.
POSH
Using PowerShell to set the Num Lock state
A quick PowerShell script for setting the Num Lock state
RDP
Using PowerShell to set the Num Lock state
A quick PowerShell script for setting the Num Lock state
audacity
Quick and cheap audio editing for online courses
Some quick and cheap tips to cleaning up the audio for video training courses
camtasia
Quick and cheap audio editing for online courses
Some quick and cheap tips to cleaning up the audio for video training courses
editing
Quick and cheap audio editing for online courses
Some quick and cheap tips to cleaning up the audio for video training courses
video
Quick and cheap audio editing for online courses
Some quick and cheap tips to cleaning up the audio for video training courses
tips
A quick PowerShell tip
Simple tip for adding your own memory aid to your PowerShell profile.
linux
Controlling a WSL installation of redis-server from the Windows command line
Some shortcuts accessing redis-server running under WSL via PowerShell
redis
Controlling a WSL installation of redis-server from the Windows command line
Some shortcuts accessing redis-server running under WSL via PowerShell
wsl
Controlling a WSL installation of redis-server from the Windows command line
Some shortcuts accessing redis-server running under WSL via PowerShell
android
Resolving the .NET MAUI “VersionCode 1.0 is invalid. It must be an integer value.” error when updating Visual Studio 2022 Preview
I hit the “VersionCode 1.0 is invalid” error with .NET MAUI and resolved it.
maui
Resolving the .NET MAUI “VersionCode 1.0 is invalid. It must be an integer value.” error when updating Visual Studio 2022 Preview
I hit the “VersionCode 1.0 is invalid” error with .NET MAUI and resolved it.
MakeValid
A failed MakeValid call in SQL Server
We hit this strange bug in SQL Server earlier in the year. A single SQL Statement would just kill the connection. It would kill it 100% in any version of SQL...
SQLGeography
A failed MakeValid call in SQL Server
We hit this strange bug in SQL Server earlier in the year. A single SQL Statement would just kill the connection. It would kill it 100% in any version of SQL...
SQLGeometry
A failed MakeValid call in SQL Server
We hit this strange bug in SQL Server earlier in the year. A single SQL Statement would just kill the connection. It would kill it 100% in any version of SQL...
GPS
A failed MakeValid call in SQL Server
We hit this strange bug in SQL Server earlier in the year. A single SQL Statement would just kill the connection. It would kill it 100% in any version of SQL...
CultureInfo
A quick check to see if the user’s locale is metric or imperial
While working on a demo mobile app for a course, I needed to know if the units of measurement on the app would be in Imperial units or Metric units. Since I’...
RegionInfo
A quick check to see if the user’s locale is metric or imperial
While working on a demo mobile app for a course, I needed to know if the units of measurement on the app would be in Imperial units or Metric units. Since I’...
xcode-select
Running the iOS simulators after updating to Xcode 14
So Apple updated Xcode on my Macbook from 13.4.1 to 14. I wasn’t paying much attention to the prompts or even the version numbers. After doing so, I could n...
Android
MyFirebaseMessagingService android:exported needs to be explicitly specified
I needed to make a small change to an Android apop that we have in the Google Play store. I made the change, generated a new apk and we submitted to the ap...
API
MyFirebaseMessagingService android:exported needs to be explicitly specified
I needed to make a small change to an Android apop that we have in the Google Play store. I made the change, generated a new apk and we submitted to the ap...
Bluesky
You can find me on Bluesky
I’ve been on Bluesky for a while now. I still have my account on the dead bird site, but I haven’t posted to it in ages. Not since Musk decided to burn bil...
Samsung M.2
Refresh of this blog
The blog has been updated. Not just posts, all of the stuff that generates it. This wasn’t planned… About two weeks ago, the boot drive of my PC failed. T...
jargon
Poka-yoke
So I used poka-yoke (ポカヨケ) in a conversation yesterday. I am working on an update to an app that uses a web service. Under an extreme edge condition, the a...