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Scaling Mentorship
You may have had a mentor in the past. Often these are more senior/elder people who are further along in their career. The presumption usually is that if they are "ahead" of you that they likely have...
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First Impressions - Jibo Social Robot for the Home
As you likely know, I have a BUNCH of robots in the house. Whether it be turning a tin can into a robot, driving a Raspberry Pi around with Windows IoT, building robot arms with my kids, or controlling...
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Use a second laptop as an extended monitor with Windows 10 wireless displays
James Clarke from the Windows team rolled into a meeting today with two Surfaces...but one had no keyboard. Then, without any ceremony, he proceeded to do this: Now, I consider myself a bit of a...
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Recovering from the Windows 10 Insiders Fast 17017 volsnap.sys reboot GSOD/BSOD
NOTE: I'm not involved with the Windows Team or the Windows Insider Program. This blog is my own and written as a user of Windows. I have no inside information. I will happily correct this blog post if...
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How to Build a Kubernetes Cluster with ARM Raspberry Pi then run .NET Core on...
First, why would you do this? Why not. It's awesome. It's a learning experience. It's cheaper to get 6 pis than six "real computers." It's somewhat portable. While you can certainly quickly and easily...
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Optimizing ASP.NET Core Docker Image sizes
There is a great post from Steve Laster in 2016 about optimizing ASP.NET Docker Image sizes. Since then Docker has added multi-stage build files so you can do more in one Dockerfile...which feels like...
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The perfect Nintendo Switch travel set up and recommended accessories
I've had a Nintendo Switch since launch day and let me tell you, it's joyful. Joyous. It's a little joy device. I love 4k Xboxen and raw power as much as the next Jane or Joe Gamer, but the Switch just...
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WebOptimizer - a Bundler and Minifier for ASP.NET Core
ASP.NET Core didn't have a runtime bundler like previous versions of ASP.NET. This was a bummer as I was a fan. Fortunately Mads Kristensen created one and put it on GitHub, called WebOptimizer....
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Lightweight bundling, minifying, and compression, for CSS and JavaScript with...
Yesterday I blogged about WebOptimizer, a minifier that Mads Kristensen wrote for ASP.NET Core. A few people mentioned that Shannon Deminick also had a great minifier for ASP.NET Core. Shannon has a...
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Announcing Visual Studio and Kubernetes – Visual Studio Connected Environment
I've been having all kinds of fun lately with Kubernetes, exploring building my own Kubernetes Cluster on the metal, as well as using a managed Kubernetes cluster in Azure with AKS. Today at the...
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Docker and Linux Containers on Windows, with or without Hyper-V Virtual Machines
Containers are lovely, in case you haven't heard. They are a nice and clean way to get a reliable and guaranteed deployment, no matter the host system. If I want to run my my ASP.NET Core application,...
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Trying out new .NET Core Alpine Docker Images
I blogged recently about optimizing .NET and ASP.NET Docker files sizes. .NET Core 2.0 has previously been built on a Debian image but today there is preview image with .NET Core 2.1 nightlies using...
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Writing smarter cross-platform .NET Core apps with the API Analyzer and...
There's a couple of great utilities that have come out in the last few weeks in the .NET Core world that you should be aware of. They are deeply useful when porting/writing cross-platform code. .NET...
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How to download embedded videos with F12 Tools in your browser
I got an email this week asking how to download some of my Azure Friday video podcast videos from http://friday.azure.com as well as some of the Getting Started Videos from Azure.com.NOTE: Respect...
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Azure Cloud Shell - your own bash shell and container - right inside Visual...
Visual Studio Code has a HUGE extension library. There's also almost two dozen very nice Azure specific extensions as well as extensions for Docker, etc. If you write an Azure extension yourself, you...
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Accelerated 3D VR, sure, but impress me with a nice ASCII progress bar or...
I'm glad you have a 1080p 60fps accelerated graphics setup, but I'm old school. Impress me with a really nice polished ASCII progress bar or spinner! I received two tips this week about cool .NET Core...
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The 2017 Christmas List of Best STEM Toys for kids
In 2016 and 2015 I made a list of best Christmas STEM Toys for kids! If I may say so, they are still good lists today, so do check them out. Be aware I use Amazon referral links so I get a little...
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Setting up a managed container cluster with AKS and Kubernetes in the Azure...
After building a Raspberry Pi Kubernetes Cluster, I wanted to see how quickly I could get up to speed on Kubernetes in Azure. I installed the Azure CLI (Command Line Interface) in a few minutes - works...
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Visualizing your real-time blood sugar values AND a Git Prompt on Windows...
My buddy Nate become a Type 1 Diabetic a few weeks back. It sucks...I've been one for 25 years. Nate is like me - an engineer - and the one constant with all engineers that become diabetic, we try to...
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How to set up a 10" Touchscreen LCD for Raspberry Pi
I'm a big fan of the SunFounder tech kits (https://www.sunfounder.com), and my kids and I have built several Raspberry Pi projects with their module/sensor kits. This holiday vacation we have two...
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