One of the perils of having a large square footage house built in the 1980s is that it is impossible to get WiFi coverage from a single access point. And there is no Ethernet wiring in the walls. This is the tale of how I actually got this problem reliably resolved such that there is... Continue Reading →
Home WiFi Misadventures
The point of this post is to hopefully save any reader the aggravation I just went through over the last several hours coupled with the years of missed performance.The Topology:The main access point is an Apple Airport Extreme 802.11ac access point connected to a Comcast cable modem at 1GB/s. The access point is connected to... Continue Reading →
Sitecore Commerce lives (in between many travels)
I realize I've been far quieter with respect to blogging than I had intended. As I get ready to head off on another trip (because 101.5K miles flown this year isn't enough), my long layover at Chicago O'Hare gave me a chance to reflect on just how fast the last few months have gone since... Continue Reading →
For US Travelers, EMV Can’t Arrive Soon Enough
Most of the rest of the world has had EMV for years. For example, I had it from the time I moved to Canada in Winter 2008. Just what on earth is EMV? It is the chip/PIN support on your MasterCard and Visa credit cards that allow you to make purchases via PIN versus swipe... Continue Reading →
Lots of Good Stuff from Build and Beyond
So far, Microsoft has done a very good job of impressing me the last week. In fact, I have seen some of the best decision-making out of the company in years. Although a lot of this may be due to One Microsoft and other forces already in play, some credit also certainly goes to Satya... Continue Reading →
Converting from Parallels to Hyper-V
You would think converting a virtual machine from one format to another would be simple. Especially when there are multiple blogs out there on how to do it. But, of course not - so time for another misadventure in computing post. I was asked by a colleague to get a copy of a demo virtual... Continue Reading →
Still a Jaguar Fan
I got my start in exotic cars with a Jaguar. A 1992 Vanden Plas, to be specific. I loved them for the formative years of my driving experience. But, for many years, I thought they lost their way. I couldn't see much worth owning beyond a late 1990s performance-oriented XJ - which I bought with... Continue Reading →
Time for 2014
My New Year's resolutions (in no particular order): Have fun building awesome products that delight customers and move markets (I'm not going to miss M&A mode - that's for sure...) More time for hobbies (which have been sadly neglected) - including photography, cars, and writing More quality time with family and friends (also neglected as... Continue Reading →
Out of Stealth Mode
With the acquisition of CommerceServer.net by Sitecore, it's nice to finally be out of stealth mode. This project has been the principal occupier of my time for the past many months. For more information, please see the acquisition recap at http://blogs.msdn.com/b/commerce/archive/2013/11/27/acquisition-recap.aspx. Information will continue to be posted on the Commerce Server and Sitecore web sites and... Continue Reading →
How the only surviving Hamilton Metalplane just happened to float by…
Mid-Summer 2013 #9, a photo by rdonovan on Flickr. Back in July, in between meetings, I just happened to note a rather curious site. A plane. But rather than flying past, it was sailing north on Lake Washington on barge. Luckily I had my 400m lens on the camera and was able to capture it... Continue Reading →