I’m hacking on project that requires an accelerometer. I picked up this 9-Axis Inertial Navigation Module for Arduino from my local Vetco. That board is actually a GY801 (the newer version of the GY80
I have a Brother MFC-7840W printer and usually have issues with it. Here’s what has helped: Drivers 1. Install the full driver package from here: http://support.brother.com/g/b/downloadtop.aspx?c=us&a
I built a stateless Azure Service Fabric service and later realized I would need a stateful service. Rather than try to comb through docs to see what the conversion looked like, I created a brand new
The Durable Task Framework (DTF) is a workflow execution framework that is based on async/await and backed by Azure Service Bus. I was recently in need of a long running workflow engine and wanted to
Here’s what you have to do to get a VSO git repo setup in SourceTree Go to VSO Personal Access Tokens: https://{vso-account-name}.visualstudio.com/_details/security/tokens Replace {vso-account-name}
Here’s how to setup a Namecheap.com CNAME for Azure Web App Custom Domain. 1. Go to namecheap.com, login and click Domain List 2. Click “Advanced DNS”. If you see a message about using Namecheap Defa
The Twitter API has its own custom date time format. Tue Dec 01 22:35:28 +0000 2015 DateTime.Parse will barf if you try to parse it. I searched around a bit and didn’t find a quick resolution. Lucki
Scenario: You have a SQL Server database and you edit that data using Access. You make a schema change to the SQL Server table and you want that change to be reflected in Access. It’s easy, yet unintu
Hooking up a 16x2 LCD screen to a Particle Photon is pretty easy one you get it all wired up correctly and find the right library to use. I spent a bunch of time digging through forums to get this wor
It took me a few minutes to figure out how to get the Power Pivot Excel Add-in installed, so I figured I’d do a post to save you some time. Instead of a download it’s actually already installed when y
I’m working on project that uses the Bing Maps Routing API and couldn’t find a way to easily convert a Directions URL that you would get from Bing.com/maps to the Bing Maps Routing API URL format, so
I found a usability bug in Amazon’s Wish List functionality…there’s no obvious way to change a Wish List name. After some searching I discovered that the “Edit list name” feature is in the “List Actio
Here’s a quick post to show you how to get your Particle Photon setup with Node.js. I also have instructions for doing so with PuTTY here. Put Photon in Listening Mode 1. Plug Photon into your compute
beakn is my Skype for Business (aka Lync) Status Light project that I have been building since late last year. Very simply, it’s a hardware device that will change color to Red, Yellow or Green as you
This post is all about just getting your Photon connected to WiFi with Windows. Particle has some slick iOS and Android apps to help you connect your Photons to Wifi and associate them with your accou
Here’s how to get your Particle Photon’s MAC address before you connect it to a WiFi network. 1. Connect your Photon to your computer’s USB port 2. Download putty 3. Open Device Manager and find out w
1. Plug Photon into laptop via USB 1a. Go ahead and install the Particle Photon driver now: https://particle.io 2. Put Photon into DFU mode. a) Hold down both Setup and Reset buttons b) Release the Re
Power BI is Microsoft’s new data visualization platform. It allows you to easily pull data from datasources like Salesforce, GitHub and QuickBooks. As I was going through the product I noticed they di
I’ve been building a battery-powered wifi-enabled Lync Status light for the last couple of months. Lots of people have been building the beakn and I did a hackathon class last week, so I thought it wo
Here’s how you blink an led with just an led, capacitor, transistor and two resistors. This post is a complement to Dick Cappel’s “Simplest LED Flasher Circuit” post. I’ve added a Fritzing diagram and