tig.log - Part 21

MCE Controller

February 5, 2020February 11, 2004 by tig

In my post on XMLSerialization I mentioned that I was working on an app to enable control of MCE remotely over a TCP socket. I call this app MCE Controller and it’s basically done. Here’s what … Read more

XMLSerialization

February 5, 2020February 11, 2004 by tig

XMLSerialization absolutely rocks. I am blown away by the flexibility and richness it provides and how easy it is to use…once you get past the initial learning curve. I implemented it for a tool I’m writing … Read more

Check constraints in SQL Server

February 5, 2020November 25, 2003 by tig

This goes in the “here’s something I learned today” bucket. I was working on my ASP.NET based photo gallery sample/experiment and realized that I needed to ensure that the names of images I stored in the … Read more

Heros

March 16, 2023November 25, 2003 by tig

Speaking of heros… This got me thinking about who my heros are. I actually have quite a few, and I think I can categorize them: Real Life My father. Duh. Geeks Jim Gray Ray Ozzie Anders … Read more

Ray Ozzie on WinFS & Longhorn

February 5, 2020November 25, 2003 by tig

One of my favorite industry visionaries, Ray Ozzie, has written a great note in his blog on WinFS titled “640KB ought to be enough for everyone“. Interesting read. He references Jim Gray (another of my geek … Read more

Problem installing VS.NET 2003 on Windows Server 2003

February 5, 2020November 17, 2003 by tig

I’m cranking away on really learning ASP.NET by building my own photo gallery component (primarily for my ’95 BMW 540 M-Sport (www.kindel.com/bmw) registry). Even though I know it won’t perform as well I implemented it by … Read more

Polar Bears Rock

November 16, 2003 by tig

My daughter’s 10 year-old soccer team (the Polar Bears) is playing for the championship tomorrow! Three weeks ago they started the tournament loosing their second game and going into the bottom bracket of 16 teams (it’s … Read more

Lego robot solves rubics cube

November 11, 2003 by tig

Way cool: http://jpbrown.i8.com/cubesolver.html

My Premise to Crestron Bridge is now ready for beta testing!

February 5, 2020November 10, 2003 by tig

Head on over to http://www.kindel.com/Default.aspx?tabid=31 for details. The driver is now called the Kindel Systems Premise External Control Processor Bridge. I renamed it because it is actually completely generic and not specific to Crestron at all. It can … Read more

My Home Control System Overview

February 5, 2020November 7, 2003 by tig

This post describes the systems in the house we completed in August 2002. I get quite a few people asking me about what I did in the house, and instead of re-typing it yet another time, … Read more

Interfacing Premise with Crestron

February 5, 2020November 7, 2003 by tig

I’ve developed a solution for integrating Lantronix’ Premise Home Control Software with Crestron. I did this for my own home and am now considering what to do next with the code. I’d be interested in hearing from … Read more