Tagged with 'inspiration'

Dynamically Created Anchor HREFs

• July 29, 2019
• tech, website, automation, inspiration

Back in the day, namely before Javascript and jQuery were really a thing, the idea of dynamically creating an anchor's HREF attribute required some serious magic and behind-the-scenes wizardry. Or something like Flash. Those were not the days...

A Bit of Background

Several years ago, during a client's web app rebuild/refresh, I decided to clean up some of the gnarly baggage behind their reporting mechanism.

Batch Ship Data to Google Team Drive

• June 17, 2019
• automation, inspiration, php, tech

A few weeks ago, I wrote a brief bit about capturing webcam images. This post expands on the initial process: specifically, what to do with the images once procured.

Capturing Your Internet-Connected Webcam Images

• June 02, 2019
• automation, inspiration, php, tech

Over the years, we've had a few public Internet-connected cameras pointing at various places around campus. We've used them for publicity and other purposes since the mid-1990's, and starting in around 2010 would sometimes be called upon to create a sort of time-lapse video of activity from one of said cameras.

Windows Scheduled Tasks with Powershell

• May 20, 2019
• automation, inspiration, powershell, tech

As I struggled to find looked for inspiration for this week's post, I wound up looking within...oddly enough as I was reconfiguring my email out of office response (the below is what I had for my time at MMS):

MMS: Drinking From the Fire Hose

• May 13, 2019
• tech, automation, inspiration, security, powershell

I spent last week at MMSMOA, a conference I cannot recommend enough for anyone working in the Microsoft/Windows/Systems Management space. The main event, held at the Radisson Blu Mall of America, is a solid four-and-a-half days of deep technical material, networking, sharing, and more!

What's In Your Lunch Bag?

• April 22, 2019
• personal, lifestyle, inspiration

Many of those I work and associate closely with know that I'm pretty often a routine machine. I'll be writing more about the various things I've turned into simple routines, automatic processes, and so forth.

Performance Can Matter

• April 15, 2019
• tech, automation, inspiration

I've had this written down as a topic suggestion for some time, and to balance/counter my post a couple weeks ago regarding performance, there's absolutely another side to that coin.

Does the Performance Matter?

• April 01, 2019
• powershell, tech, automation, mistakes, inspiration

Back around 2015 or so, I wrote a simple Powershell script which basically re-populates Active Directory (AD) group membership based on data procured from our central systems. Two primary AD groups in particular are synchronized to our print management system, PaperCut, which pre-provisions accounts and access so folks handling monetary transactions don't have to create accounts, etc.

It's Presentation Season!

• March 25, 2019
• tech, inspiration, automation

As I mentioned a month ago, I've taken the opportunity to commit to more speaking/presentation engagements than ever before, in an attempt to better inspire folks and do more technical evangelism. It just happens to be that I have three things lined up in as many months!