art Staring at a blank canvas I recently bought painting supplies. The whole works; Brushes, Canvases, Paints. I even bought a new easel. I managed to paint one painting using the intuitive painting technique. However, I keep finding myself
programming Getting your head around ASP.NET MVC(Model-View-Controller) CORE When I made the switch from Web Forms to MVC a few years back. I thought my head was going to explode. It's loose coupling allows it to do a lot of magic
EntityFramework Entity Framework Composable Queries using LinqKit One of the biggest drawbacks to SQL is the inability to reuse pieces of a query. Technically you can create views but then you wind up joining views to views consuming views and
programming Driving the Max 7219 7-Segment Display Module from ASP.NET Core on the Raspberry Pi In a previous blog post, I discussed how to create a dotnet core 2.0 WebApi application to run on the Raspberry Pi and trigger an LED. This post will build upon that
programming Is the feedback loop the key to a learning computer? When I was in my early 20's, I setup my Korg Poly-Six synthesizer so that the audio output fed into a Radio Shack (Realistic) Reverb Machine with the output of that going back
.NET Core Running a .NET Core 2.0 WebApi app on the Raspberry Pi (Raspbian) I wanted to create a web api app that answered calls on my Raspberry Pi. The first step I learned was how to install and configure .NET core 2.0 on the Raspberry
electronics The Hand-MIDI Interface Project - Adafruit Feather 32u4 with Magnetometer A few months ago, I had an idea to create a new musical instrument that mounted on a glove. I used a cycling glove that I had from that time that I bought
programming C# Introduction to Expression Trees Recently I was in a situation where I needed to write my own expression trees to be consumed by Entity Framework. I thought that it would be a good opportunity to pass what
programming Creating an Aurelia Bootstrap Calendar Of Events - Part 2 Create a custom element This is part two of a multi-part tutorial on how to build a bootstrap calendar with Aurelia Aurelia Calendar Part 1 Aurelia has a built in custom element modeled after web components. This
programming Creating an Aurelia Bootstrap Calendar Of Events - Part 1 Getting Started and Overriding Bootstrap I needed a calendar as a centerpiece for an application that I am working on. After looking through the internet for something that I liked and not finding it. I decided to do
ASP.NET ASP.NET Core, JWT Tokens, and the User.Identity.Name property - A Discovery I've been working on creating a token-based auth system and I wanted to write about a discovery that I made. I've been following the excellent ASP.NET Core Token Authentication Guide. I was
FPGA Pong on the Mojo Revisited In my previous post, I briefly discussed the implementation of a pseudo-pong game on my Mojo FPGA developer board. I was able to implement the VHDL version that I linked to later in
FPGA Creating PONG on the Mojo FPGA I recently found an old VGA monitor on the side of the road and it inspired me to see if I could get my Mojo FPGA board to output a VGA signal. I
programming Moon Phase Calculator for the Pebble Watch (C Source) A few years ago, I bought a Pebble smartwatch. Mostly I bought it because it was cheap, but I also wanted to write my own apps for it. I wrote a few apps.
Mathematics Solving the Stable Marriage problem on an FPGA (Part 2) In part 1, I introduced the Stable Marriage problem and proposed implementing it on an FPGA. In this post, I will define the approach I am taking to define the preferences in binary
Mathematics Solving the Stable Marriage problem on an FPGA (Part 1) At my last client, there was an issue that came up that required matching between two groups. It had to be a fair matching based on preferences of both sides. I first started
electronics How I accidentally learned something unexpected from a simple binary counter In my previous post, I talked about how I implemented a binary counter with my Mojo FPGA board. I am working on a follow-up post on implementing a reverse binary counter with a
michael One input, two different results As if to give life to itself, two separate careers started as a simple "choose your own adventure" game on early 1980's home computers. The setting In the early 80's, myself
programming One day, work and school will no longer feel like "work" When I was in my early twenties, I used to imagine a future where work and school were no longer considered "work". I envisioned a scenario where kids and young adults
programming Solved: Preventing Timeout error using XmlDocument.Load and SgmlReader I was working on a project that used the SgmlReader to clean up an invalid web page as I scraped data from it. I was using the System.Net.WebRequest class and related
diy Controlling a 40106 Oscillator from Raspberry Pi I have been working with electronics lately moving slowly toward my end goal of creating circuits that can "create" their own "music". As part of that journey, I have
programming Controlling a 40106 Oscillator - Part 2 In past blog entries (Controlling a 40106 Oscillator from Raspberry Pi), I have covered my adventures using the 40106 CMOS chip as an oscillator to create DIY synthesizers. Since I am a beginning
programming Why modular synthesis is like programming I am a professional software developer. Most of my spare time is spent writing code for side projects. When I'm not writing code or hanging out with my wife, I'm creating music. I'm
development Getting filler text from the Lipsum.com REST API I had the need to generate some random filler text for a bunch of records today, and I wanted to use the Lorem Ipsum latin text. Normally, I use the great website Lipsum.
blog Using Prism Syntax Highlighting instead of Google Prettify In a previous post, I discussed how to add code formatting (syntax highlighting) to your Ghost blog. Since then, I've decided to switch to using Prism syntax highlighter. Prism uses more standards-compliant mechanisms
