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Installing Jira and Confluence on Azure (Part 1)

A step-by-step process of installing Jira and Confluence on Microsoft's cloud-hosting platform, Azure. The first part, anyways.

BGScript, BGLib, and BGAPI Explained

A brief explanation on the difference's between BlueGiga BLE112's programming and communication languages (BGScript, BGLib, BGAPI).

My List of Essential Programs and Tools

This is my list of essential programs to install on a new computer, both for day-to-day work and for my development environment.

20 Minutes to Hack KLM

My take on the sad state of password security of major loyalty card companies' websites. One is particularly mathematically easy to brute-force hack into.

WordPress to WAMP Tutorial - Databases

A tutorial on moving Wordpress to WAMP, so that you can keep a local copy of your blog or website. This post discusses the database and provides a summary.

BLE112 - Communicating with the MPU6050

Read on for a full working example of the BlueGiga BLE112 talking to the Invensense MPU6050, setting up and transferring accelerometer and gyro data.

Managing Multiple Chrome Proxy Profiles

My shortcut to dealing with multiple Chrome proxy profiles, without having to download 3rd party software. A Windows solution, that is easily portable.

BLE112 - Switching to BlueRadios

The BLE112's have been fun, but they've outlived their usefulness for my current application. In this post I discuss why I needed to get away from them.

BLED112 - Virtual COM Port Emulation Stops Working

What to do when the BLED112 virtual COM port emulation stops working. Short answer: You need to re-flash firmware on to the BLED112 dongle.

BLE112 - A UART and Watermark Example

A working example of using the BLE112's UART functionality with watermarks. It now takes into account some of the BLE112's 'peculiarities' with serial data.