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Home Automation Armageddon!

Home Automation Armageddon!

December 9, 2014
by gguuss
CSharp, Hacking, hacks, programming

I have a friend who is new to programming and has asked me how I do it. It made me reflect for a minute to think about…

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Building and running native Android apps on Windows

Building and running native Android apps on Windows

November 11, 2014
by gguuss
android, C++, howtos, java, programming

There are a number of well-documented approaches to developing native Android apps but many are not devoted to developing from the Windows command line but instead…

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Programming an Adafruit LED matrix

Programming an Adafruit LED matrix

October 30, 2014
by gguuss
gadgets, gusstuff, Hacking, hacks, java, videos

The plan   For Halloween, I am making costumes that are like discos and for the costume I wanted to create a light setup that would flash colored…

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Using page tokens to retrieve extended results from Google APIs

Using page tokens to retrieve extended results from Google APIs

August 18, 2014
by gguuss
best practices, development, JavaScript, programming

Typically, Google APIs return between 20 and 100 results from API calls. This is done to minimize the amount of unnecessary data is sent to…

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Using Google APIs from Console apps in .NET

Using Google APIs from Console apps in .NET

July 29, 2014
by gguuss
CSharp, Google, programming, Windows

I have noticed a common and recent issue that developers have been having with the Google APIs has been building out console apps. In this…

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How to: OAuth 2.0 Flows using the Google+ .NET API Client Libraries 1.7+ in C#

How to: OAuth 2.0 Flows using the Google+ .NET API Client Libraries 1.7+ in C#

April 16, 2014
by gguuss
CSharp, oauth 2, programming, Windows

There have recently been significant changes to the .NET Libraries for Google APIs. As such, it’s a great time to show my favorite scenarios for…

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Error handling in the Google+ Hangouts Telephone API

Error handling in the Google+ Hangouts Telephone API

February 11, 2014
by gguuss
best practices, Google, Google+, hangouts, JavaScript, programming

One key aspect of creating great Hangout apps is handling errors gracefully. In this post, I’ll get you started on detecting errors.

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Building a Graphic Equalizer using a Netduino and SPI LED strips

Building a Graphic Equalizer using a Netduino and SPI LED strips

January 8, 2014
by gguuss
demos, development, Hacking, hacks, hardware, howtos, programming

This blog post covers how I put together an SPI-based LED VU meter using a Netduino. There is also a demo of the setup on a Pioneer DDJ-SX because it looks cool when the meters match up with beats.

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Dead simple App Engine static hosting

Dead simple App Engine static hosting

September 27, 2013
by gguuss
Google, gotchas, gusstuff, Hacking, hacks, hangouts

I have no idea why, but I have had tons of trouble finding a simple example for hosting app engine. I have been working on…

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Making the most of the Google+ developer site

Making the most of the Google+ developer site

May 15, 2013
by gguuss
best practices, Google+, programming

The curse of knowledge – knowing something and then not realizing that you have this knowledge – can make it difficult to remember the first…

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