A personal site https://thewahlstedts.com For most when asked to access the Event Log on a remote server they’re going to RDP to the machine and open the Event Log. The next “advancement” is using their local Event Viewer, and going to Action > Connect to local computer. However, there’s an even better way. There’s... Thu, 30 May 2019 00:00:00 -0700 https://thewahlstedts.com/2019-05-30-Remote-Windows-Server-Event-Log-Access/ https://thewahlstedts.com/2019-05-30-Remote-Windows-Server-Event-Log-Access/ Today I delivered my daughter in the back seat of our Toyota Rav4 on the side of I-75. God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and a sound mind. 2 Timothy 1:6 Sarah’s contractions had started enough to keep her from getting a solid... Sun, 16 Oct 2016 00:00:00 -0700 https://thewahlstedts.com/2016-10-16-Grace/ https://thewahlstedts.com/2016-10-16-Grace/ I've seen the Advent of Code floating around Twitter and it looked like some fun. Once I got around to attempting to solve the riddles, I really wanted to use C#...without Visual Studio.And everyone and their family, that has an interest in coding, knows about VS Code. I've also been... Thu, 17 Dec 2015 19:34:00 -0800 https://thewahlstedts.com/2015-12-17-advent-of-code-with-scriptcs-and-vs/ https://thewahlstedts.com/2015-12-17-advent-of-code-with-scriptcs-and-vs/ I'm a little behind on the game, but it looks like the .Net Reflection APIs changed in 4.5 http://t.co/7PYN1e3ksN— Carlo Wahlstedt (@carlowahlstedt) January 29, 2015 Thought I'd share a few examples of changes when converting to .Net 4.5. The pre-4.5 version is on top and the 4.5 version is on... Tue, 03 Feb 2015 15:12:00 -0800 https://thewahlstedts.com/2015-02-03-net-45-reflection-api-changes/ https://thewahlstedts.com/2015-02-03-net-45-reflection-api-changes/ Thanks to a presentation that Joe Kutner did at devLink 2013 and his book The Healthy Programmer, I've been wanting a standing desk for some time now. The problem is a few years back I spent a decent amount of money on a nice wooden desk. Not wanting to replace... Sun, 16 Nov 2014 19:24:00 -0800 https://thewahlstedts.com/2014-11-16-standing-desk-10-minimum-viable-product/ https://thewahlstedts.com/2014-11-16-standing-desk-10-minimum-viable-product/ A little while back I purchased an LG G Watch because it was a good deal. However, this also means that it wasn't a brand new product. Not wanting to gift something that had issues, I wore the watch for a few days.Let me first step back and say, I've... Sun, 09 Nov 2014 06:04:00 -0800 https://thewahlstedts.com/2014-11-09-tracking-steps-and-more-fitbit-flex-vs/ https://thewahlstedts.com/2014-11-09-tracking-steps-and-more-fitbit-flex-vs/ I recently had a request to update one of the plugs used for saving images. Considering I hadn't worked on the project in 6 months or more I decided to accept the challenge.It turns out the challenge was more about upgrading the project to work with 3.3 than it was... Sat, 15 Feb 2014 13:55:00 -0800 https://thewahlstedts.com/2014-02-15-upgrading-drawsaur-to-phonegap-cordova/ https://thewahlstedts.com/2014-02-15-upgrading-drawsaur-to-phonegap-cordova/ Okay, now that HTML and CSS are behind, what should I learn next (for developing an interactive website) - JavaScript or PHP? or something else...I ran across this question that someone posted a while back (actually, almost a year ago). I responded to the question, however my response was more... Sun, 01 Dec 2013 12:50:00 -0800 https://thewahlstedts.com/2013-12-01-programming-and-computer-science-degree/ https://thewahlstedts.com/2013-12-01-programming-and-computer-science-degree/ Today I was trying to add a custom command to a Xamarin.iOS project I have been working on. I wanted to run a script to automate some post build things when doing an Ad-Hoc deployment.Seemingly easy enough, the first step was to write and test the script. Done. Now to... Wed, 13 Nov 2013 15:30:00 -0800 https://thewahlstedts.com/2013-11-13-xamarin-custom-commands/ https://thewahlstedts.com/2013-11-13-xamarin-custom-commands/ The first thing you'll need is a spare OS X machine. There happened to be a Mac Mini laying around to use.The first thing I did was to install Jenkins. Once installed I created a folder to do all of the builds in. Note that Jenkins creates a user. I created... Wed, 25 Sep 2013 19:13:00 -0700 https://thewahlstedts.com/2013-09-25-continuous-integration-builds-using/ https://thewahlstedts.com/2013-09-25-continuous-integration-builds-using/ I've recently had the opportunity to use Xamarin.iOS (formerly known as monotouch) to develop an iPad application. Let me start by saying, I've never written an iOS application before. I had previously seen some Objective-c, read about it and it's beginnings, and knew that it was based on a MVC model.I once... Wed, 28 Aug 2013 19:39:00 -0700 https://thewahlstedts.com/2013-08-28-xamarinios-my-experience/ https://thewahlstedts.com/2013-08-28-xamarinios-my-experience/ If you're reading this post you surely already know what spotify is. At least 17.5 million people must know what it is, well at least they've signed up for it. Needless to say, it's an awesome service. However, I don't have any desire to pay $8 a month to use... Mon, 12 Aug 2013 17:50:00 -0700 https://thewahlstedts.com/2013-08-12-spotify-for-home/ https://thewahlstedts.com/2013-08-12-spotify-for-home/ Ok, so I know that I bash Apple enough. They drive me crazy from a tech company standpoint because they often copy what others have done, make it a little better, and then release it like no one has ever done it before. However, despite that I'm still a nerd... Tue, 16 Jul 2013 15:07:00 -0700 https://thewahlstedts.com/2013-07-16-should-you-support-ios-5/ https://thewahlstedts.com/2013-07-16-should-you-support-ios-5/ I've been filtering my internet at home for some time but it never occurred to me (much like setting up your own blog/website) that most people do not know how to do this. However, after a recent message at Southland called Stay Pure, Weece mentioned the porn problem that the United States and... Sun, 17 Mar 2013 18:36:00 -0700 https://thewahlstedts.com/2013-03-17-blocking-porn-on-your-internet/ https://thewahlstedts.com/2013-03-17-blocking-porn-on-your-internet/ We recently bought a new place of residence (and already sold the previous one thankfully). After getting our first full electric bill that equaled the bill from our other house (the new house has gas heat and the old one had electric), I decided I should look into the amount... Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:18:00 -0700 https://thewahlstedts.com/2013-03-15-economy-of-house-lights/ https://thewahlstedts.com/2013-03-15-economy-of-house-lights/ I have had several people ask me or complain to me about battery drain on their Android device. The beauty of Android (power and customization) also means that sometimes you can make things worse for yourself and never realize it. What I am going to do it attempt to outline... Sat, 12 Jan 2013 20:01:00 -0800 https://thewahlstedts.com/2013-01-12-android-battery-drain/ https://thewahlstedts.com/2013-01-12-android-battery-drain/ Creating the ServiceI recently was tasked with writing a Windows Service. I had never done this before but it seemed to me that it couldn't be that difficult. So I did what any good software engineer would do. I fired up Visual Studio 2012, opened my sample solution I use... Sat, 05 Jan 2013 12:51:00 -0800 https://thewahlstedts.com/2013-01-05-writing-windows-service-on-timer-with/ https://thewahlstedts.com/2013-01-05-writing-windows-service-on-timer-with/ If you've been following my blog, you'll know that I have been working on an Android app called Drawsaur using PhoneGap. I wanted to implement a way for users to share their drawings with other in the same way you share other content on Android. That lead me to a plugin... Tue, 01 Jan 2013 19:42:00 -0800 https://thewahlstedts.com/2013-01-01-sharing-content-with-phonegap-plugin-on/ https://thewahlstedts.com/2013-01-01-sharing-content-with-phonegap-plugin-on/ If you missed my initial post about Saving Images from PhoneGap then you can go check it out (it is not very long). After I created the plugin however, I was getting warnings in eclipse that the Plugin library had been depreciated. While it still worked, this obviously means that... Sun, 16 Dec 2012 19:37:00 -0800 https://thewahlstedts.com/2012-12-16-upgrading-phonegap-plugin-for-saving/ https://thewahlstedts.com/2012-12-16-upgrading-phonegap-plugin-for-saving/ Updating Drawsaur today to add the requested feature to save your drawing. Ironically PhoneGap does not natively support this. Thankfully, I stumbled on this Stack Overflow post. I then edited the Java file to suit my specific needs. Check out the new feature on the app. Sun, 09 Dec 2012 18:06:00 -0800 https://thewahlstedts.com/2012-12-09-saving-images-from-phonegap/ https://thewahlstedts.com/2012-12-09-saving-images-from-phonegap/