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How to wire your DSC VHF to a NMEA 0183 Chartplotter so you can remove them
All the Chartplotters I have seen have water tight disconnects making them very easily removed – like my Simrad NX40(See picture) BUT all the NMEA 0183 DSC VHF radios I have seen have these same...
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Displaying DSC information with a Standard Horizon Chartplotter
As I indicated in an earlier post my goal is to display DCS information on my CP170 chartplotter. Well I got it working this weekend and since I couldn’t find much information about this on the web...
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My first Indian User Group: ALM Developer Day Feb 18th 2012 at Hyderabad
A couple of days ago I posted I was presenting at: Microsoft Visual Studio 11 Developer Day Feb 18th 2012 at HyderabadThis was my first foreign user group since Australia and always find it interesting...
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Top three things I can do to enable community
One of my top MVPs is changing roles to a leadership position and was asking about how to enable community. Specifically if he could focus on three areas to enable community what would they be….Must...
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Code monkey presentation style
A Long time ago I watched a presentation with two presenters (Don Box and Chris Sells?) with Chris on the keyboard in charge of the code/demo and Don in charge of explaining what was happening. I...
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Exciting news: Keyword-Driven Testing Integration from LogiGear
It is not too often that a sequence of events comes to together in a way that exceeds your craziest expectations. But, that is exactly what happened back in late October when I decided to pick up the...
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Worlds Easiest boot to VHD directions for Windows 8
I have created several boot to vhd images and found a path that only requires one command line step. Step 1Create a VM in Hyper –V. One important step in the creation, particularly if you are using...
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How to enumerate messages and conversations in a folder using the...
I am always amazed at how much mail we generate and go through at Microsoft. Lately I was asked to create and send mail on how much mail the ALM MVPs generate (pretty certain the irony of this request...
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What is this Lab Management network traffic: QueryLabSystemDeploymentTasks,...
Just received a question on an internal distribution list: What is Lab Management doing on the Network? I am seeing traffic like: Lab Management QueryLabSystemDeploymentTasks Date...
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My crazy car project -the beginning(not software/work related)
I was asked to do a write up on my car project build up i started a while back and hope to get back into this winter. The largest challenge i had initially starting my car build up project was...
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My crazy car project –Chapter II(not software/work related)
So how did the initial build out go?Step 1 build an engine…with Chevy small blocks this is easy and cheap(ish) Step 2 Get a hoist to put it into the car…My Doubting wife doesn’t think it will fitStep 4...
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My crazy car project –Chapter III Suspension (not software/work related)
Now that i had the motor in it was time to fix the suspension and brakes and put in an exhaust. The suspension was the original 25 year old stuff and totally worn out i decided to start there.... 1....
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My crazy car project –Chapter IIII Paint (not software/work related)
As pretty as the Orange was it needed to go so i thought i would try my hand at painting a car…how hard could it be?Step 1 Put on the PrimerStep 2. Shoot some paint (note the engine is back out) Step...
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Trading my Datsun V8 project for a boat project …Looking for an older Uniflite
I have been back from Australia over 5 years and still haven’t taken the car cover off my Datsun let alone start it! The biggest reason for this lack of love is I picked up fishing in Australia and...
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My new project and the best way to NOT move a boat
If you have read my personal posts you already know I am into crazy projects such putting V8’s into Datsun’s. I decided my next project would be to restore a boat…a BIG boat. After watching...
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Radio working in the new boat
From the title you wouldn’t expect this to have taken 10 hours but the process was very much like the nursery rhyme ”This is the house that Jack built”. It all started with the fact the i wanted to...
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Galley gone, new floor and swim platform becomes a bench seat
Last weekend got a couple more hours on the boat and finished tearing out the galley. As you can see from the picture there is nothing really wrong with the tiny sink, the tiny refrigerator below the...
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New from Imaginet: Timesheet for Visual Studio Online (VSO)
While my title indicates this is only for Visual Studio Online this great tool definitely still works with both Microsoft Team Foundation Server or Visual Studio Online.The newly modernized Imaginet...
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Cloud Load Testing an on premises application using Visual Studio Online
This is more for myself as i continually refer to this information Yes it is possible to test your internal/Intranet App with VSO Cloud Load Testing. We have customers who are successfully doing this....
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Displaying a buddies boat on a Simrad NSS 8 using Standard Horizon 2150/2200...
One of my fishing buddies finally got a radio that is capable of sending/receiving DSC information and thought I would share what is required to display this information on your NSS8 chart plotter. 1....
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