Calling all Citizen Scientists!
Citizen Scientist
The Citizen Scientist blog site has been moved!
This blog will continue at https://citizenscientist.us Reason for the move: Time for the Citizen...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/17/2016
snapLogic, an easy way to connect to data in any cloud!
snapLogic at the OC Big Data meetup I attended the OC Big Data last night and the snapLogic...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 05/19/2016
What does it cost to get a gram of mass to stationary Mars Orbit?
The question is: What does it cost to get a gram of mass to stationary Mars Orbit? Now what are the...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 05/16/2016
Azure in Space: What would a cloud system look like on Mars?
Cloud System on Mars Orbit [caption id="attachment_23835" align="alignleft" width="100" class="left;...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 05/11/2016
//Build 2016 Skype Reaction: This is a tool for innovators
With the announcement that SpaceX Red Dragon package is going to Mars in 2018, time to innovate and...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 04/29/2016
Links for Intel-Microsoft Collaboration in Phoenix
Welcome attendees to the Intel-Microsoft collaboration in Phoenix, AZ. Here are some links that you...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 04/27/2016
Build 2016: Power BI embedded reaction!
Power BI Embedded, confusing name for me right? Does this mean I run Power BI Embedded on an Intel...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 04/20/2016
Visual Studio: C and C++ command line complile, 2 of 8
Node.js and C++, well I will get to it in one of the series, but C++ can be used in Node.JS. It's...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 04/20/2016
Visual Studio: C and C++, part 1 of 8
There are so many computer languages, especially for the citizen scientist. From FORTRAN to MatLab...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 04/20/2016
Intel Edison: Collaborating with Intel
I have been working with Intel in a collaboration for the past two months, and they are great to...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 04/14/2016
Academy Awards: Open Source Sci-Tech
Academy Awards, actors, writers, music, directors, producers and best picture right? But there...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 01/21/2016
Using the Live Writer Community Version
Well open source is the big thing these days. Ok, good enough. But after rebuilding my...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 01/19/2016
JTEAM: Java, TomCat, Eclipse, Azure and MySQL
JTEAM, nice ring right? Watch for more on in this space.
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 01/19/2016
Java and MySQL
Java, installation is pretty easy, but if you need the JDK, there was one confusing thing, you have...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 01/13/2016
IOT: Getting started with Java
Things have changed at Microsoft, look at me using Java with Eclipse! What’s up with...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 01/05/2016
Visual Studio 2015 not presenting the XAML design pane
Update 12/3/2015 You might want to try looking to see if you have two Windows SDK and uninstall the...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 12/29/2015
IOT: An interesting video that I watched about the Raspberry Pi 2
Other than spending the day writing up a more technology blog, but today, while working I also had...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 12/28/2015
Hour of Code: fun and quiet time for the mature child
Ok, it’s the day after Thanksgiving in the US, for some it’s a day to go shopping, for others the...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 11/27/2015
IOT: It’s Thanksgiving Day in the United States
And we have much to give thanks for. Now let’s talk IOT and making some stuff for Thanksgiving...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 11/26/2015
IOT: Add two blue LEDs to make a haunted house more scary
Have you heard this from a significant other or roommate: "You never do anything with all of the...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 10/29/2015
IOT: Using the Arduino Tones to add the haunt to a haunted house
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Author: Surf4Fun Date: 10/29/2015
IOT: Exploring the mysteries of HC-05 programming
Sources for the Blog: AT codes and other information about the HC-05 (pdf) Article that finally...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 10/27/2015
Microsoft Flagship Store opens in Manhattan!
Well, I am working on a blog entry that just doesn’t seem to want to finish up, but while being...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 10/27/2015
IOT: Building a Medical Device
So in general if you want to build a medical device your first design step is: What is the lowest...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 10/14/2015
IOT: Arduino or Particle Photon?
Hard question, the Arduino can be built for next to nothing and use about the same amount of...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 10/05/2015
IOT: Arduino Nano working with the Windows 10 Virtual Shield
The Arduino Nano is the least expensive architecture that yields a working sensor control device...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 09/23/2015
IOT: Arduino Micro with Windows 10 Virtual Shield
Life is weird right? I am still having difficulties in how to describe how to use the Windows...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 09/21/2015
IOT: Controlling Device Access, security through obscurity no longer an option
References: Security Mechanisms and Security-Aware Mapping for Real-Time Distributed Embedded...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 08/21/2015
IOT & SDL: Securing Windows 10 IOT at the Requirements level
Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) in Windows 10 IOT is part of the convergence of information...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 08/18/2015
Windows 10 IOT: Windows Forms to XAML/C# & Webservices
Sample code can be found at my GitHub Repo. In the Windows 10 developer universe, you can develop...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 08/13/2015
Azure & Dreamspark: Getting started with Git
One of the things you should do is make sure you have GitHub set up for your Web App/Site, this way...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 07/08/2015
Azure & Dreamspark: Explore the Console in your Azure Web App/Site
Let’s take a look at the “console” in your Dreamspark Azure Web App. The console...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 07/06/2015
Azure: Using Dreamspark Azure & Free tools to build your design team!
If you are a student, or still have an email account that has the extension of .EDU, you have the...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 07/02/2015
Azure: Post a PHP app and MySQL database to Azure!
Using an easy to use tool called WebMatrix 3 you can build Web Apps for Azure that work with Git or...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 07/01/2015
Azure: Quick and Easy way to create a Dreamspark Web App and MySQL, using the Azure Marketplace
Previous Blog Well in a previous blog I talked about connecting your MySQL database with your Web...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/30/2015
Azure and Dreamspark: Connecting your WebApp to your MySQL database
Previous Related Blog Next Related Blog The Dreamspark MySQL database is a great opportunity to work...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/29/2015
An interview with a MoodWire CPO about Social Media
Erick Watson was a manager at Microsoft a number of years ago, and he knows how to guide people to...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/26/2015
WPF project that uses MySql
Previous Related Blog Next Related Blog If you are like me, MySql is somewhat a strange land,...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/25/2015
Azure: Visual Studio 2013 connection to MySQL
Previous Related Blog Next Related Blog In my previous post, I discussed the online article that...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/23/2015
Azure: Using C# to connect to a locally hosted MySQL Database
Next Blog With a little regret, I think that the C#, .NET, Entity Framework, MySQL object and so...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/19/2015
Azure: ARRAffinity makes affinity cookies!
Sources: Disabling ARR’s Instance Affinity in Windows Azure Web Sites How to get rid of the...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/19/2015
Azure: Links on how to work with SQL Express and Azure using VS 2015 on Windows 10
Sources (links): Create an ASP.NET MVC app with auth and SQL DB and deploy to Azure App Service...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/18/2015
Azure: It’s speak like a pirate day…. ARRAffinity, it’s either true or false
How to guide end-users to the new/added instances? Set the cookie ARRAffinity correctly. Here...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/17/2015
Azure: Machine Learning using Python
Python, like many languages doesn’t get the respect it deserves. Frankly, I have been...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/10/2015
Azure: Dreamspark Azure, decent offering by Microsoft
Hey I have been checking out this Dreamspark Azure offer, and not sure how it compares to the other...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/08/2015
Azure: Get started with Dreamspark WebApps and MySQL on Azure!
Looking to demo your skills as a web designer? AND you are a student with a .EDU...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/08/2015
Azure: How to Auto-Scale your Web Apps (Web Sites)
Source MVA: https://bit.ly/laparoundazurewebsites Articles: · Scale a Web App (Web Site) in...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 05/24/2015
Azure: Securing your Web App (Website)
Sources MVA: https://bit.ly/azurewebapps Articles: https://bit.ly/securewebjobsazure Previous Blog...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 05/23/2015