Tutorials & Reference Guides

The most underrated programming language that nobody is talking about. Created in 1994, Pike is an interpreted high level language with syntax similar to C with batteries included!

My notes for building the latest Linux kernel, and running the latest firmware, for a more bleeding edge experience.

My quick reference guide for rebuilding (recompiling) vmmon and vmnet for VMware. Essential when you upgrade a kernel.

My quick reference guide on setting up and configuring a vitual machine in Microsoft Azure.

My quick reference guide on setting up and configuring a Docker container. Includes some notes on Azure Docker, too!

An entry-level article for developers to share with their non-programmer colleagues in a corporate environment, as both a tutorial and learning experience. In particular, I intended it for developers who wish to adopt usage of their CLI (command-line interface) programs amongst end-users, but require their end-users to have some pre-requisite knowledge.

Looking to build your own GBSC? Screwed up your configuration? Paired with a network and can no longer see your GBSC? This guide will get you on your way, showing how to reflash without downloading the entire Arduino toolchain!

Live like a time traveler and apply modern era neural networks to 1977 languages! A quick post on writing a neural network using the Awk programming language.

The ‘Bus Pirate’ is a universal bus interface that talks to most chips from a PC serial terminal, eliminating a ton of early prototyping effort when working with new or unknown chips. It supports many protocols such as SPI, JTAG, 1-Wire, and of course I²C. This tutorial focuses on I²C communications.

Importing a STL model into Fusion 360 usually results in many faces that aren't easily workable. Quick bullets on how to correct this.

Configure your Raspberry Pi with gPhoto to automatically upload your dSLR photos to your website or cellular device

For some reason I found an absurd lack of explanations online on why certain resistors must be used on video signal lines (VGA, Scart, BNC, etc). People give a value with no real proof, so I’ve made a few notes and discoveries which I can share.

In a world where text messsage notifications are the new norm, sometimes it's best to setup a macro that directly feeds stakeholders your spreadsheet data so that they don't need to scour your workbooks.

TinyCore is a great distribution - small, tidy, and very fast as it runs entirely in RAM. This shows you how to get up and running!

Quick tutorial on hitting the ground with OPL on the PS2, including adding PS1 compatibility with SMB

Some field notes I compiled while installing Qz-tray in Debian and enabling printing.

Some field notes I compiled for enabling and disabling a secondary monitor from the command line.

There is a lot to remember in data science! It touches everything from alignment, to data wranging, data analytics, storytelling and visuals. This python cheat sheet is a quick reference to get a fast boost into many of these areas.

How I like to configure my Visual Studio settings, which make much more sense than the defaults.

Some older Windows XP discs only have ATA driver support, which does not support TRIM and NCQ on SATA drives (SSDs). While these tutorials were once numerous, they are quickly fading into obscurity online; so here it is again.

Very short tutorial to embed a single Power BI page (rather than entire report), into website.

Some field notes I compiled while setting up a Webdisk (davfs) in Debian

Windows XP is great for running legacy software and games as they were originally intended. This mostly focuses on getting an AMD FirePro W4300 (or W5100) running in Windows XP, which is not natively supported by the Catalyst installer.