Removing the hard drive from a Lenovo W540 to transfer data
This weekend didn’t turn out as I thought it would. I was going to work hard on some app (code code code!) ideas and some other work stuff but my computer crashed badly and I was stuck in an eternal...
View ArticleLenovo W540 fixes: FN & Ctrl key, black screen after sleep, missing drivers,...
As you probably know I have a Lenovo and as with all computers you collect some fixes to some reoccurring problems- some frequent some rare. Here as some that that I experienced lately, all after doing...
View ArticleLocalizing a Universal Store App part 1
With 191 markets and 54 languages we really should think about the localizing our application, as well as providing images for scaling and contrast. This article shows the following: Using resource...
View ArticleLocalizing a Universal Store App part 2
This is part 2 of a two part series on resources and assets for localization (Universal Store Apps). Part 1 can be found here Previous part Using resource strings in XAML Using resource strings in XAML...
View ArticleVideo: Get Started With Optical Character Recognition with the OCR Library...
A few weeks ago the OCR library for Windows Runtime was released, and I was beyond excited. While I tried it out and made a nifty little app (should be in the Store soon) I realized that this stuff is...
View Article(video) 3NerdsInJapan Part 1: Everything has buttons here
It’s our second day in Japan after arriving late last night. Jonas is very jetlagged, the first time in his life and he is struggling. Daniel is a tiny bit tired but okay, and I am hyper and running in...
View ArticleTime saving tip for editing video tutorials with Premier
These are US keyboard layout short cuts that I have found to be the must know keyboard short cuts for editing video tutorials efficiently Trimming I marks start of marked area, O the end. ‘ (tick) does...
View ArticleMore on Japan and autogenerating assets for a Windows Store (and Windows...
Hello everybody! Japan is treating us nice and we have gotten to see a lot of really cool things and nerding out big time. Today I was bedridden due to a massive migraine so I didn’t get to go to...
View ArticleDIY double sided tripod mount for 1520 or any smart phone (using GoPro tripod...
I’ll post a blog post on my first attempt at a time lapse with my phone tomorrow or Sunday As you know I quite like photography as well as video, photo and audio editing. So as I learn new things and...
View Article(video) Creating a time-lapse video from images in C#
While taking some photos of a massive crosswalk in Tokyo I decided to try out a timelapse- my very first. I set up the phone to take photos at 4 seconds intervals of the crossing for about 20 minutes...
View Article(video) Travel update, new Pluralsight course out and being ill
Aright, after some time of it was about time I returned to the land of interwebs with a tiny update Code related posts coming up this week, I have loads to share! Also, a mandatory self promotion for...
View ArticleOptical Character Recognition with Ocrad.js
Scroll down to see the code if that’s all you are interested in The code is on GitHub, but it’s not really a lot of code. To run the app install node and npm install express –g and use the npm start...
View ArticleUsing the StatCounter API (C# example .Net and WinRT)
As far as I know StatCounter- the tracker I use for my visitors numbers does not have a Windows Phone application, but even if they did I would like to do some custom things to aggregate data and do...
View ArticleError: Access denied when running...
Today I encountered a problem I haven’t seen since the Windows 8 RTM, on a fresh install of Windows 8.1 and VS 2013 with update 3. I was doing some work with Optical Character Recognition, actually a...
View ArticleWindows Runtime Optical Character Recognition and Speech Synthesis- adding...
This post is a continuation of the Windows Runtime Optical Character Recognition I posted a month back. By default the Windows Runtime Optical Character Recognition library supports English. The...
View ArticleMy third year of programming: Getting to 410 then 308, then 200
EDIT: ah yes, typo in the status codes. It originally said 401 which is unauthorized, which is of course 406 (Not Acceptable) so I’ve correctly edited it to 410 which is Gone. I feel like a total 418...
View ArticleUsing Microsoft Translator Service – integrated with Speech
I’m wrapping up my last module for Pluralsight on Optical Character Recognition and in the last module I had the pleasure of playing around with Microsoft Translator Service. So why not share this with...
View ArticleAdding contacts in a Universal Store App (Windows Store and Windows Phone)
It’s getting rather cold in UK and I am dreading the winter and the darkness. However, on the positive side it is cozier to sit and code in front of the computer with a lovely cup of tea or coffee. And...
View ArticleSharing HTTP tracing logs using the HTTP Archive format (HAR)
Random: Interestingly enough I realized yesterday that my scale has, like most modern digital scales, a built-in memory that tracks previous weighed weight (within a given time frame I assume) and...
View ArticleMore travel and Windows Store App Visual Studio error: This app does not...
Tomorrow I have the exciting challenge of getting up at 3:30 AM, close to when I usually go to bed. I have also convinced myself that I will be able to code in the taxi sans nourriture (without food)...
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