Building and running native Android apps on Windows
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 focus on using IDEs such as Eclipse. This article covers getting going quickly on the command…
Building a Graphic Equalizer using a Netduino and SPI LED strips
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.
Multi-rotors, Drones, Quad-copters, oh my!
So…. I recently took the plunge into the hobby of multi-rotor robotics! I purchased a DJI Phantom (pictured during repairs): It’s an amazing piece of machinery and comes ready to fly (RTF). My first flight was a trip, I opened…
Targeting Interactive Post recipients in Android
In the April 9th, 2013 Google+ Developers Live, Chirag and I demonstrated how to set the recipients for an Interactive Post in Android. You can watch the video below: Code from the show I have added a gist to GitHub for…
Using the one-time-code flow with Google+ Sign-in
OAuth v2 background In this post, I’m going to assume that you understand a little bit about the traditional OAuth v2 flows for authorization. If you haven’t already checked it out, you can get acclimated hands-on through the OAuth2 playground….
Creating HTML documentation in C# using Visual Studio and Sandcastle
I had a coworker ask me today about creating documentation in C#/.NET ala javadoc by rendering embedded developer remarks into HTML. It’s actually pretty simple to do because most developers use the built-in XML documentation features of Visual Studio when…
Random useful stuff
Image by SP8254 Every day I find things that are insanely nice to have or useful. These things vary from a blog post that saves me hours of abort/retry/fail to really handy utilities and fancy frameworks. It’s worth mentioning a…
Creating the Lights Out Game in XAML/C#
Creating the Lights out game In an earlier post, I wrote about creating a simple game using C#/XAML. After finishing this game, I realized it would be easy to create other games based on the UI and game logic that…
How to upgrade to an SSD on a Sony Vaio VPCSA
I recently saw a sweet deal on the Intel 320 series SSD and decided it was a good time to upgrade to solid state on my Vaio laptop, a VPCSA – which is quite a nice ultrabook, by the way….