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Author Archives: Jason
PowerShell: solid password generator
I needed a PowerShell script to generate a random alpha-numeric string. Here were my goals: The randomness needs to be cryptographically strong. Having at least some characters of different types is not a concern here. Small-ish, readable code is a … Continue reading
Posted in PowerShell, Programming
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Stunning Possibilities with The Growth Mindset
The main message so far* in the book, Mindset (by Carol Dweck) is that your intelligence and mental ability is like a muscle: it’s not a fixed thing that you’re dealt at birth. Like a muscle, if you work hard … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership
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My own measuring stick
We have a tendency to think that what we’re good at is intrinsically more important or valuable than things others are good at. This alienates the very ones who would be the most help to us (and us to them). … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Trust
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Sending Email with the Gmail API in .NET / C#
I’ve a .NET web application with several Google API integrations and wanted to send Gmail as well. It took me all day, and I found precious little (useful) documentation, so it seemed worth a blog post. At the start of … Continue reading
Posted in Programming, REST
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CodeRush Template for INotifyPropertyChanged
Updated 6/6/14: @MarkMiller found my tweet the referred to this blog post and kindly pointed out that I had reinvented the wheel. If your class implements INotifyPropertyChanged, you could use the standard “p(type)” expansion and it’ll put in the property … Continue reading
Posted in CodeRush, Programming
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Something anyone trying out NodeJS should know up front
TL;DR – scroll down till you see the heading you’re looking for. I really love JavaScript as a language, and there were lots of things about NodeJS that appealed to me. So when I had the opportunity to use NodeJS on … Continue reading
Posted in JavaScript, Programming
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Fueling Creative Effort
This is something I wrote around 2009. It’s a realization that I’ve kept reflecting on from time to time these past few years, and has influenced the way I encourage my kids in some positive activity. It’s a bit rambling … Continue reading
Posted in Programming for Kids
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Inventing Worlds
I know there are some things about Software Development I really like, while there are other parts that I really don’t like. I’ve often wondered, mostly as fleeting thoughts lost in the bustle of a work day, what causes the … Continue reading
Posted in General PC Usage, Programming
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Securely accessing RavenDB / RavenHQ over HTTP
I want to use a RavenDB database hosted in the cloud by RavenHQ from a NodeJS app. I didn’t find a JavaScript client or NPM package that looked very mature, so I looked into straight HTTP API access. This took … Continue reading
Posted in JavaScript, JSON, RavenDB, REST
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Theodore Roosevelt – amazing story
My family heard a local historian, Steve Stark, talk about Theodore Roosevelt this past Sunday. Mr. Stark seemed to really like the guy, and from listening I found myself liking him as well. Steve briefly mentioned how TR had marched … Continue reading
Posted in History
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