Setting up Ethernet with UWP

This week, some significant time was spent debugging an issue where a client could not connect to a C#/UWP server.  It turns out that the solution had to do with giving the server accurate capabilities.  Specifically, in the .appxmanifest file, there are three...

Remembering positive from negative

Depending on what you are working on, red and black have different meanings.  I have come across this a bit in my life and want to take note of it, finally. Financials Black = Profit Red = Loss Electronics Black = Ground Red = Volts Electrical Black = Live White =...

Mailing Issues

I’ve come across an issue where one of my clients suddenly stopped receiving emails from his website contact form.  Checking various blacklists can sometimes result in the solution: https://www.spamhaus.org/lookup/ http://www.abuseat.org/lookup.cgi However, in...

Converting 2D to 3D

You would think it was simple to extrude a 2D black & white image into 3D space.  I tried a number of avenues.  They all pretty much have two large steps: 1) Provide a vector file like SVG or DXF and 2) Extrude in a 3D. I tried out a number of 3D modeling...