Development 3 min read

The Notepad Logger: Window Messaging

In this post, I go deeper into the world's strangest logging implementation, and make it work with Notepad++ and Notepad2.
Development 6 min read

Building a custom Notepad logger for ASP.NET Core

In this post, I take possibly the world's strangest logging implementation, and rewrite it for .NET Core.
Pokémon 5 min read

Streaming Pokémon into Microsoft Teams

Did you know that you can stream games and videos with Microsoft Teams? Me neither!
Pokémon 2 min read

Quick notes on transferring Pokemon

It turns out that bringing your old Pokemon into newer games is not a simple task...
Development 3 min read

Accessing COM ports from a web page?!?!!

Did you know that you can control serial COM ports from a web page? Me neither. Here's what I've learned about it.
Development 7 min read

ZIP64 - Go Big Or Go Home

How does a ZIP file work? And how do you make really, really, _really_ big ones? Read this post to find out.
General 11 min read

The Road to #pyconau

Last weekend, I attended PyCon AU 2019. This was my second time at PyCon AU and my third time attending any tech conference... but it was also my first time speaking at one! I'm leaving this blog post here as a note to future self, but also to anybody else who is interesting in how it happened.
Development 1 min read

Pausing Packer's PowerShell Processes

When using Packer to build virtual machines, sometimes I just want to pause it and poke around. Here's how I achieve that.
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