Using a specific port using DNS A Records

Author: Jon Hemstreet \ July 22, 2017 \ Blog \ 0 Comments

Configuring DNS on a domain is pretty straight forward, we can leverage the A record. What happens when we want to point to a specific port that we are forwarding to?

Debugging pliigo-cups-agent on ubuntu

Author: Jon Hemstreet \ July 11, 2017 \ Blog \ 0 Comments

When trying to install pliigo cups agent on ubuntu via npm (sudo npm install pliigo-cups-agent -g), you may run into an issue like the following:

cups-config: not found

Angular 2 observable http requests

Author: Jon Hemstreet \ July 7, 2017 \ Angular 2, Back End, Blog, Front End, Web Development \ 0 Comments

The following is a trimmed down example of how to get an http service up and running with Angular 2.

Installing WordPress on an Ubuntu Server

Author: Jon Hemstreet \ April 7, 2017 \ Blog, Web Development, Wordpress \ 0 Comments

Setting up a WordPress can be tedious, let’s simplify that!

Don’t kick yourself in the nuts: Different types of hall effect sensors

Author: Jon Hemstreet \ March 30, 2017 \ Hardware \ 0 Comments

Hall effect sensors are quite universal. At first, I thought they were only used for detecting RPM on spinning motors. There are actually three different types of hall effect sensors and it plays a critical role in which one to pick for your project.

 

Raspberry Pi 3: Enabling VNC

Author: Jon Hemstreet \ March 30, 2017 \ Blog, Internet of Everything, Internet of Things, Raspberry Pi \ 0 Comments

Quick guide to enabling VNC allows for remote debugging / a way of working on a raspberry pi without actually sitting next to it. After having connected to a wifi network we can begin enabling the VNC connections.

Raspberry Pi Email on boot debugging

Author: Jon Hemstreet \ March 26, 2017 \ Blog, Raspberry Pi, Software Development \ 0 Comments

Often when moving a raspberry pi project around it’s IP changes. whether it is on your home network or a new one, it becomes a task to figure out it’s IP.

Managing l10n localization files

Author: Jon Hemstreet \ March 24, 2017 \ Back End, Blog, Front End, Software Development, Web Development \ 0 Comments

Over the past few years, I have worked on a few projects that require internalization (i18n) and localization (l10n) configuration files. The best way I have found is to use the domain key approach. This allows for fine-tuned control in your translations to each “page” or domain.

Angular html5Mode state refresh using Amazon’s ElasticBeanstalk

Author: Jon Hemstreet \ March 20, 2017 \ Blog, Front End, HTML, Javascript, Software Development, Web Development \ 0 Comments

Angular’s built-in routing works wonders. you can do so by either registering the route with the hash in the URL or you can states ( html5Mode set to true ). This will leverage html5’s push state to route URLs. Unfortunately, this will cause some issues when attempting to refresh the browser.

Raspberry Pi: camera video stream to host

Author: Jon Hemstreet \ January 5, 2017 \ Raspberry Pi, Software Development \ 0 Comments

While playing with the raspberry pi camera I found it hard to know if the camera was working or trying to tweak settings. I was using raspivid -f to preview the video. This was limited with being open for 5 seconds ( can be adjusted using the -t flag and passing it seconds in milliseconds ). The solution was to open a streaming video from the raspberry pi and view it on my host ( mac ).