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How to Promote Yourself

A little while ago I started listening to the  .Net Rocks Podcast. For those of you .Net devs not already familiar with it, go check it out now! Anyway, I was listening to episode 980 with John Sonmez on how to manage your career. John is the founder of simpleprogrammer.com.
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Microsoft Exam 70-480 Study Guide

Having recently passed the Microsoft 70-480 (Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3) exam I wanted to share my experience and provide some tips to those that are soon planning to sit this exam. Overview The 70-480 exam forms part of the MCSD: App Builder certification. The achieve the certification you must pass the following exams. […]
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GovHack – Indigenous War Heroes

  Whoa! what a weekend! The GovHack 2015 hacking weekend is over. I worked alongside fellow colleagues from Ajilon in team HackToTheFuture. Our submission is called Indigenous War Heroes which highlights the contribution made by indigenous soldiers during World War I and II.
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Setup VPN Client on Synology NAS (DSM 5.1)

In this article I’ll show you how you can configure you Synology NAS to use a VPN. In this case I’m using DSM 5.1. Why use a VPN client? A VPN client will help mask your activities online by tunneling your traffic through an intermediary proxy. Why would you want to configure your Synology NAS to use […]
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How to setup Apple iTunes within Oracle Virtualbox

Let me explain … Ok, for the record, I’m not the biggest fan of iTunes for Windows, and that’s why when I needed to use iTunes I decided to install it within an Oracle Virtualbox virtual machine. This configuration provides the benefit of portability and it also prevents Apple iTunes from wreaking havoc on your host PC. Hooray for no iTunes […]
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Administration

Process Explorer Error: Run Process Explorer from a writeable directory

The Problem I came across the following error while trying to run the Sysinternals Process Explorer program. Unable to extract 64-bit image. Run Process Explorer from a writeable directory. What’s Going On? Process Explorer extracts and executes the appropriate x86 or x64 binary for the platform you’re on, and therefore requires elevated privileges (i.e. “Administrative […]
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