2019-01-20

Solution to 'The level of the video being input to the display is not correct and the calibration is unable to continue. The video signal appears to be configured for an HDTV and not for a display monitor. Please check the video adapter settings and make sure that they are not configured for an HDTV.'

I have a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745 graphics card, which has one DisplayPort and one HDMI port. My NEC PA322UHD is connected via DisplayPort and my NEC EA275UHD is connected via HDMI. I got this error wh

2019-01-13

Reviews

My New Snowboard Gear for 2019: Everything I Learned While Searching for a New Snowboard and Bindings

I’ve been snowboarding off-and-on for over 25 years but have never owned a decent snowboard. I recently decided to get a good snowboard and bindings and, like everything else I buy, I researched it t

2019-01-11

TechTips

Helping Colorblind Folks Distinguish Between Text and Hyperlinks in Chrome

The default GitHub.com theme is not very colorblind friendly because it is hard to distinguish hyperlinks from normal text. I’m using GitHub as an example because I use that site a lot, but I see the

2018-10-24

TechTips

How to Update Firmware on Dremel Idea Builder 3D Printer (3D20)

Go to Firmware Page https://digilab.dremel.com/3D-Support Download Firmware Zip file and unzip it. Run dremel_firmware.exe as Admin. Plug printer into computer’s low-powered USB port - the one withou

2018-10-18

LeadershipProactive Mentorship

Proactive Mentorship

The concept of proactive mentorship is all about encouraging both mentees and mentors to be assertive in asking for and offering help. I’m a big believer in mentorship because I’m a byproduct of many

2018-09-28

TechTutorial

How to Remove Yourself from an Azure Subscription or Azure Active Directory Tenant

Remove Yourself from an Azure Subscription It is not possible to remove yourself from a Subscription. You have to contact the Subscription owner to remove you. IMO a user should be able to remove th

2018-09-25

TechBugs

Solution - Value cannot be null. Parameter name paths at System.IO.Path.Combine(String[] paths) at Microsoft.TemplateEngine.Utils.EngineEnvironmentSettings.DefaultPathInfo.get_BaseDir()

In Azure DevOps, got this error: 2018-09-25T21:24:45.2778646Z ERROR: Error: Value cannot be null.2018-09-25T21:24:45.2791049Z Parameter name: paths2018-09-25T21:24:45.2804472Z at System.IO.Path.Com

2018-09-25

TechBugs

Solution - The user's home directory could not be determined. Set the 'DOTNET_CLI_HOME' environment variable to specify the directory to use.

In Azure DevOps, got this: The user's home directory could not be determined. Set the 'DOTNET_CLI_HOME' environment variable to specify the directory to use. As a workaround, add the DOTNET_CLI_HOME v

2018-09-21

TechBugs

Solution: Cannot remove entries from nonexistent file easy-install.pth

I got this the other day while doing a pip install: Cannot remove entries from nonexistent file c:\python36\lib\site-packages\easy-install.pth I searched around a bit and couldn’t find a solution. --i

2018-08-17

TechTips

How to Fix NEC Monitor with NVIDIA Graphics Card that Won't Expand to Full Resolution

My main monitor is a NEC PA322UHD and my secondary is a NEC EA275UHD. I set them both up on a new computer with a NVIDIA GeForce 745, the PA322 on DisplayPort and the EA275 on HDMI. The EA275UHD’s re

2018-07-30

TechTips

How To View Number of PyPI Package Downloads by Python Version

Building Python packages that support both Python 2 and 3 is time consuming and at some point you are going to ask the question “Can I just build this thing for Python 3?” Ideally, the answer to that

2018-07-27

TechTips

Where to Find Your SpectraView II Serial Number

When you launch SpectraView II for the first time it will ask you for a serial number: “Enter the serial number you received with software” I could not find the number on the sensor box - so I contac

2018-02-26

TechTips

Azure CLI: How to Supress Command Output

Update As of Azure CLI version 2.0.55 that was released on 01/15/2019, the --output param now supports none. So you can just use: az [command] --output none to suppress CLI output. You can review the

2018-01-10

TechAzure

Azure IoT Edge on Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)

If you try to run the Azure IoT Edge Runtime or the Azure IoT Edge Dev Tool on Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), then you will run into the following errors: ERROR: Could not login to Container Regis

2018-01-06

TechTips

Azure Functions v2 Now Uses ASP.NET Core Configuration and No Longer Supports ConfigurationManager

You may have noticed that ConfigurationManager is not available in Azure Functions v2 .NET Standard projects. It’s no longer supported. AF v2 now uses ASPNET Core Configuration. If you add the Syste

2018-01-04

TechTips

Python Lessons Learned. Read This Before You Start Building a Distributable Python Package

I just published my first official distributable Python package to PyPI, which makes it available to install via pip install. It’s called Azure IoT Edge Dev Tool (PyPI, GitHub, Video) and helps IoT E

2017-12-22

TechTips

Solution to 'Value cannot be null. Parameter name: path1' with dotnet and tox

When running Python unit tests with tox, you might see the following errors: C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\2.0.0\NuGet.targets(466,5): error : Value cannot be null. C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\2.0.0\NuG

2017-12-19

TechAzure

Workaround: Azure IoT Python SDK Error: curl_easy_perform() failed: Out of memory

A bunch of people have reported the following issue with the Azure IoT Python SDK: azure-iot-sdk-python/c/c-utility/adapters/httpapi_curl.c Func:HTTPAPI_ExecuteRequest Line:552 curl_easy_perform() fai

2017-11-29

TechAzure

Azure REST APIs with Postman in 2 Minutes

The Azure REST APIs require a Bearer Token Authorization header. The docs do a great job explaining every authentication requirement, but do not tell you how to quickly get started. This post will ho

2017-11-28

TechAzure

Azure IoT Edge: How to Set Force No Passwords in Config

When setting up Azure IoT Edge, you will most likely want to use an external config file. If you run iotedgectl setup with the --config-file option and don’t want to force passwords with the --auto-ce