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From e-waste to smart wall panels: I built my own app with AI in two chat sessions
home-assistant android ai github-copilot sonos kotlin iotNine cheap Android panels were gathering dust on my walls. Then I had a shower thought. Two GitHub Copilot sessions later, I have a fully working smart home panel system with Sonos grouping, media browsing, and more.
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How I Fixed My Beloved Sage Oracle Touch Coffee Machine
Appliance Coffee Maker Repair
Fixing a solenoid fault on my Sage Oracle Touch and the memories it preserves.
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Event access management Power App with external barcode scanning for passes
Power Platform App Design-First Low-code-no-code iPad Prototype User Experience (UX)
Discover how to build a kiosk-based event access management solution in Power Apps with hidden text inputs and external barcode readers for contact-free entry control.
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Event access management Power App with external barcode scanning for passes
app design-first development ipad prototype user-experience-ux wireframeI had a request from a customer who is running a 10-day event where attendees are permitted in certain areas.
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Dog Dashboard
dog home-assistant lovelace pet poppyDog information - key details for vets and insurance etc.
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Smart dog training buttons
Dog Pet Puppy Training User Experience (UX) Internet of Things (IoT)
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Tractive - a LTE GPS collar
dog poppy presence pret puppy-trainingreverse engineering the website
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Can you IoT an Airwick air freshener?
Alexa Automation ESPHome Fun Insights IoT IoT Chef MQTT Retro Fit Smart Buildings Smart Home Voice Assistant
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Turn lights on and off when Windows 10 is locked or unlocked
home-assistant powershell automation philips-hue presence rest-api
Bridging Windows lock and unlock events to Home Assistant via Task Scheduler, a tiny VBScript wrapper, PowerShell, and the Home Assistant REST API so my desk lights follow my presence.
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Turn lights on and off with Windows Hello
api automation deconz energy-saving intelligence lighting philips-hue powershell presence rest streamdeck
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The big D word - my one meal a day diet journey
diet exercise lifestyle omadI normally keep this stuff to myself and don’t share it but I thought I’d break that rule as I work towards a healthier happier mind and lifestyle.
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Gist extension for VS Code
extension gist github vs-codeGist is a big part of my workflow. I've always been on the lookout for a desktop tool. Well, it turns out I was looking in the wrong place.
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Rutting Deer at Tatton Park
500px Autumn National Trust Photography Tatton Park Wildlife
An autumn walk at Tatton Park where I captured rutting deer with my 500mm lens.
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Granada, Spain and Gibraltar
travel spain wildlife 500pxHighlights from a trip across southern Spain - the Alhambra in Granada, a small steak restaurant tucked away on Plaza de San Lazaro, and the Barbary apes of Gibraltar.
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Wahoo and Garmin Varia Radar Taillight
cycling mtbAlong with my bike, I decided to go down the Wahoo route.
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Replicate SharePoint Hub site navigation to other Hub sites
sharepoint-online modern-intranet hub-sites navigation pnp powershell gistI have been working with a large government department where Microsoft Services helped them transform their intranet to SharePoint Online leveraging all the modern capabilities available as well as.
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PowerShell to manage the modern SharePoint Footer
sharepoint-online modern-intranet footer pnp powershell gistSo I'll start by saying how bowled over I am by the engagement I've had after posting a tweet sharing that I had programmatically updated the new footer.
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Lakes
500px drone national-trust photography summerWaterfall. Never photographed one with a slow shutter and tripod before.
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Switch between modern SharePoint homepages using PnP PowerShell
sharepoint-online modern-intranet hub-sites pnp powershell gistA PnP PowerShell script to switch a modern SharePoint site homepage between variations, preserving the canonical home.aspx page name. Useful for A/B testing audience-specific home pages.
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Tips on managing Office 365 demo environments
demonstration edge identity loginSome five years ago now, I blogged about how to login to multiple Office 365 identities or accounts at the same time using Chrome Profiles.
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Summer Snowflakes not Snowdrops at Dunham Massey
Journal #Photography 500px Dunham Massey National Trust Spring
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Dunham Massey
national-trust dunham-massey spring 500pxA spring afternoon at Dunham Massey, a National Trust estate near home and one of my favourite places to wander with a camera.
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Boat Race
boat-race londonGrown-up watching the boat race. Born in Cambridge I have to confess I'm a faithful??? Cambridge supporter. Tradition would be to watch the race on a 12" B&W 12-volt TV in the caravan.
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Logitech Brio Webcam
So I have a big ass screen sat at head height on a desk stand. If I place the webcam on the intended bracket that sits it on top of my monitor all my colleagues would ever see would be my ever-growing bold head.
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Pike Place Market, Seattle
travel seattle usa photography fuji-xt3 500pxI'm spending more time with one of my favourite hobbies again - photography. You can browse my published portfolio over at 500px. Be sure to share your feedback.
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Lyme Park
500px national-trust photography snow winterWith the recent snowfall, we decided to take a trip over to the National Trust estate Lyme Park to see the estate covered in a beautiful dusting of the white stuff. With a picnic packed and the warmest clothes, we walked over to the…
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Fondue with friends
cheese dinner-party fondueWelcoming in the New Year with friends in Manchester - a fondue and raclette grill made for an easy, conversation-friendly evening with most of the prep done well ahead.
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Chicken and vegetable egg fried rice
chinese stir-fry wokA weeknight chicken and vegetable egg fried rice - prep 25 min, cook 15 min, ready in 40, inspired by a birthday Chinese meal that hit just the right notes.
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Hey friends...I'm back...
charity speakingAfter almost two years off the blog, a post about why - migration projects, two house renovations, a move, a break-up, and a daughter who deserves my time. Then back to the SharePoint, M365 and smart-home tinkering I love.
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Logitech G920 Driving Wheel
forza gaming product-review xboxG920 wheel with shifter and pedals (£172 -26-Oct)
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Lambing Time
farming spring 500pxA few hours on the farm during lambing season - new arrivals, watchful ewes, and a generous family who folded us in for a season I'll never forget.
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Framing an #IoT thing of beauty
design ikea-hacking lifestyle openhab raspberry-piSometimes a long, frustrating IKEA trip leaves you with the right picture frame and an idea for a Raspberry Pi. Here is how I housed a working Pi inside an IKEA picture frame.
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Philips Hue LED kit extension lead hack
hack philips-hue home-automation kitchenAdding Hue lighting under our kitchen cupboards meant working around the kit's fixed lengths. Rather than buy two full kits, I hacked together my own six-core extension lead.
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How to daisy chain multiple monitors on a Surface Pro 3 running Windows 10
windowsinsider desk display windows-10I finally decided to create my dream home office setup however it wasn't without complications due to a strange limitation with the new Windows 10 display settings.
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#MSIgnite sessions available in a single spreadsheet
msignite office16Update (31/01/15): Session spreadsheet updated and now includes 275 sessions.
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Discover what's inside my man bag...
bags travel consultancyA long-overdue confession - I am a sucker for a well-made bag. Tour my collection and what I carry in each, in the spirit of the old Lifehacker 'what's in your bag' series.
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Home brew grain milling with a coffee grinder
equipment grain milling3kg of uncrushed Maris Otter, no mill, no time to wait for one in the post - here is what happened when we tried to crush the grain ourselves with a coffee grinder.
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What types of email does SharePoint send automatically?
sphelp emailI recently responded to a question posted to Twitter using the #SPHelp hashtag. Tim Ferro was trying to understand all the different types of email that SharePoint sends automatically.
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Event Receiver to Remove "Recent" from SP2013 Quick Launch
itprodoesdev event-receiver navigation quick-launchI'm sure removing the Recent heading from the Quick Launch in SharePoint 2013 has been talked about a million times over since SharePoint 2013 was launched.
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Login to multiple Office 365 & Azure accounts at the same time
chrome identity loginA challenge for most administrators managing more than one or more Azure subscriptions or Office 365 tenants having to continuously log in and out with different credentials to do so.
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Long live the best SharePoint ULS Viewer
error troubleshooting ulsUpdate (15th June 2014): We may see a return of the SharePoint ULS Viewer very soon. Jeremy Thake and Office Dev indicated it is coming back to life very soon.
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Use Azure Explorer to access Azure Storage Accounts
azure-blobs storage-account storage-container utilityOften a difficult task for some, once up and running with Microsoft Azure, is how to get files in and out of Storage Accounts or Containers. For these particular scenarios there is a really simple tool called Azure Explorer.
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Provide feedback directly to Microsoft about Office 365
customer-service feedbackI have just discovered that you can give feedback about your experiences using Office 365 directly to Microsoft using their online feedback form (http://msft.it/o365feedback) thanks to a Tweet from Jennifer Mason.
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The Deployment Guide of all SharePoint 2013 Deployment Guides
deployment deployment-checklist installation powershellLet me introduce you to the Deployment guide for Microsoft SharePoint 2013. Anyone deploying, installing or configuring SharePoint 2013 absolutely must read this!
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OneDrive for Business to store Outlook Attachments
office16 onedrive-for-business outlook sp24-keynote-highlightsThis post is part of SP14 Keynote highlights series where I provide some highlights of the next version of SharePoint. These highlights are from the SP24 Conference Keynote that Bill Baer delivered.
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SharePoint Site folders coming to SharePoint 2016
office16 document-library onedrive-for-business site-folders sp24-keynote-highlightsThis post is part of SP14 Keynote highlights series where I provide some highlights of the next version of SharePoint. These highlights are from the SP24 Conference Keynote that Bill Baer delivered.
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Command surface in SharePoint Online updated
office16 sp24 sp24-keynote-highlightsThis post is part of SP14 Keynote highlights series where I provide some highlights of the next version of SharePoint. These highlights are from the SP24 Conference Keynote that Bill Baer delivered.
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"Shared with Me" coming to SharePoint
office16 sharepoint sp24 sp24-keynote-highlightsThis post is the first of my SP14 Keynote highlights series where I provide some highlights of the next version of SharePoint. These highlights are from the SP24 Conference Keynote that Bill Baer delivered.
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Grandads carrot soup recipe
soup familyA simple carrot soup that originates with my Grandad Callaghan. Often a Christmas-dinner starter at home, but quick enough that it has become my go-to for dinner parties served with homemade bread.
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On-premises lives on, SharePoint 2016 & bye Outlook attachments
office16In this post, I share information about On-Premises SharePoint, highlights of SharePoint 2016 and see how Outlook attachments (bye-bye) are changing as we know them.
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Working with SharePoint's Second Stage Recycle Bin in PowerShell
gist recycle-bin script site-collectionI thought I'd share a PowerShell script that I've created to perform a few tasks against a Site Collection Second Stage Recycle Bin (SSRB) in SharePoint.
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Some light reading after the SharePoint Conference
sharepoint-conference-2014 books readingI've managed to pickup some reading materials while in America that are going to keep me busy for some weeks.
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My Microsoft Certification Challenge
certifyme trainingThe SharePoint Conference has sadly finished and our holiday has started. We are currently staying in a lodge on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon for a few days...slightly different from the Venetian where we've spent the last week.
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Bill Baer meets Florence
sharepoint-conference-2014 community familyThis evening I have had the great pleasure of meeting Bill Baer and his wife.
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My #SPC14 treasure map - mapping out the Expo hall!
spc14 onenote sharepoint-conference-2014 surfaceSo I have an early draft of my expo hall treasure map mapped out! Do you have yours?
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#SPC14 sessions spreadsheet updated, preparation tips and holiday advice wanted!
spc14 sharepoint-conference-2014Update: 23/02/2014 I've updated the #SPC14 sessions spreadsheet one last time to include some missed sessions and a request to have sortable start and end dates.
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Error when creating new Site Collections via Central Administration
central claims deployment-checklist forms-based-authentication-fba troubleshooting web-configA customer recently reported that they were not able to create any new Site Collections within any Web Application in their SharePoint 2013 UAT environment.
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All #SPC14 sessions available in a single spreadsheet!
spc14 script sharepoint-conference-2014Something I have found frustrating with the SharePoint Conference 2014 website over the holidays is that you have to browse through the sessions as search results pages.
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I'm attending the SharePoint Conference 2014 #SPC14 in Las Vegas!
spc14It is a very special day for me today - ClearPeople has just approved my trip to attend the SharePoint Conference 2014 (#SPC14). Thank you thank you thank you!
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Customise the Office 365 login page
homepage login-form windows-azure-active-directoryIt's official you can now customise the Office 365 login page with your own branding \- ok not quite yet but Microsoft has just released a preview feature that will soon allow us to.
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One Canon in, one Canon out
gadget photographyRetiring my well-travelled Canon IXUS 220 HS and treating myself to a Canon PowerShot SX280 HS for my birthday - first impressions and what tipped me to upgrade.
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Configuring a host name with a SSL Certificates in IIS 7
forms-based-authentication-fba iis sysadmin troubleshooting undocumentedA customer asked me if I could help troubleshoot their SharePoint environment - they had extended a web application and configured it to use Forms Based Authentication (FBA) with SSL however they.
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Using PowerShell with Windows Azure
If you're working with Windows Azure and want to use PowerShell to perform management tasks you will first need to install and configure Windows Azure PowerShell as per this article "How to install and configure Windows Azure PowerShell".
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Pointing external DNS at a Windows Azure hosted Virtual Machine
networking virtual-machieThis post describes how I configured one of my Windows Azure hosted Virtual Machines with my domain name registrars DNS - this meant that I could make SharePoint 2013 available using my domain name.
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Easily add jQuery tabs using the "Reusable Content" feature
sharepoint-2013 jquery reusable-content front-end-developmentA quick walkthrough of using SharePoint's Reusable Content feature plus a touch of jQuery to give content authors easy, code-free tabs on their pages.
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Change the default sync interval - Windows Azure Active Directory Sync
active-directory dirsync windows-azure-active-directoryThe default interval for Windows Azure Active Directory Sync (DirSync) synchronisations is 3 hours. If for instance, your Active Directory has lots of changes you probably want to consider shortening the sync interval.
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Force a full syncronisation - Windows Azure Active Directory Sync
active-directory sysadmin windows-azure-active-directory windows-server-2012-r2When configuring Windows Azure Active Directory Sync (or DirSync as it was previously known) it's useful to be able to run various synchronisation tests.
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Sloe Gin, 2013
alcohol ginThe first batch of our sloe gin has been prepared and laid down until at least Christmas or should that be for as long as I can keep my hands off it!!!
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The Red Lion, Cromer
restaurantIf you're visiting Cromer anytime soon then you must try and have a meal in The Red Lion on the seafront. It was very reasonable for two of us to have two courses there - both of which were very delicious and adequately filling.
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Forms Based Authentication Configuration Manager for SharePoint
authentication-provider forms-based-authentication-fba solutions utility web-configI've configured Forms Based Authentication (FBA) in SharePoint on several occasions - from 2007 right through to 2013, but until now I have never discovered a life-saving tool that Steve Peschka has.
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Crab & Winkle, Whitstable
restaurantA really good lunch at the Crab & Winkle in Whitstable - friendly staff, fish that hit the spot, and easy with a small one in tow.
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The Wolf of Wall Street
booksA short note on reading The Wolf of Wall Street after seeing the trailer - I picked up a copy from my partner's shelf and could not put it down.
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Welcome to the world my baby girl!
florenceThis is going to be a real quick post but I wanted to introduce you to my baby daughter Florence who was born just a few days ago. Mum and baby are doing well and keeping daddy plenty busy.
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Workaround to "the server is temporarily unavailable" when signing into Lync 2013
lync-2013 office-365 troubleshooting windows-7Since our Office 365 tenant was upgraded we've been experiencing difficulties with our users signing into Lync 2013.
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Install standalone OneDrive for Business (formally SkyDrive Pro)
office-2013 skydrive-proOk, so this has bothered me for some time - until now, there has been standalone OneDrive for Business SkyDrive Pro client. Users have had to install Office 2013 to experience the new way of synchronising files with SharePoint.
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The bike ride of a lifetime
cyclingOn holiday in Majorca, I was lucky enough to be invited out for a ride by the chairman - a fit, focused cyclist who was a long way ahead of me. Here is how I got on.
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Determining the version of your SharePoint Online servers
If you need to check what version of SharePoint server your Office 365 tenant is running especially during the Office 365 and SharePoint Online service upgrade (aside from checking through the Admin.
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Configure delegated administration on a Office 365 tenant
supportAt the time of writing this post, I was working for a "Microsoft Cloud Accelerate" partner.
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Embed code in a SharePoint 2013 web part page
cms ecmsA quick post here to share a new feature in SharePoint 2013 that enables you to easily embed code such as javascript and CSS into the content area of a web part page for example.
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The Sign in as Different User option is missing in SharePoint 2013
testing user-experience-ux user-interface-uiI've been exploring SharePoint 2013 in recent days and noticed that the 'Sign in as Different User' option or action from the welcome control (user menu) seems to have been removed or forgotten from the user interface in this build.
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Identifying your SQL server version using SQL Server Management Studio
microsoft-sql-server-management-studio sql sysadminThis one's quick. There are a couple of ways to find out your SQL server version. Firstly the version is listed within the Object Explorer in the Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio.
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Security trimmed top navigation links
gist navigation script security-trimmingI was asked to review a client environment yesterday to find out why the links in their top navigation bar were displaying for users that did not have permission to the particular sites.
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Mums delicious brownie recipe aka SharePoint Brownies
sharepointbrownies baking chocolate cakeMy mum's chocolate brownie recipe - the one I bake for friends, colleagues and customers, and which long ago became known as the SharePoint Brownies.
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ZoomIt for Mac - another screen magnifying utility
app demonstration mac presentation utilityOn many occasion, I have been to conferences and on training where the presenter has done a demonstration and used a screen magnifying utility to enlarge part of the display.
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Hiding an empty rich text column in XSLT
content-query-web-part-cqwp gist itemstyle-xsl xsl xsltThis morning I was trying to create a new style in the itemstyle.xsl stylesheet to use within the content query web part (CQWP).
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Working with Managed Paths in SharePoint using PowerShell
gist managed-pathsQuite a common requirement for implementations of SharePoint that I am involved in is to create new managed paths for a given web application.
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Adding a Yes, No, Cancel prompt to a PowerShell script
gist script user-interface-uiWhen I write PowerShell scripts, I often want to step through sections. This allows me to decided whether to proceed with parts of my script or not. I achieve this by using the ChoiceDescription class as demonstrated below.
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Clear the SharePoint Quick Launch using PowerShell
gist navigation quick-launch scriptToday I had a requirement to remove all the headings and links from the quick launch navigation of hundreds of SharePoint sites.
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Backup and download solutions in SharePoint from the configuration database
backup gist script solutions wspThe need to backup or download SharePoint solutions or WSPs from SharePoint come's up from time to time.
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Review, rename and test
sharing testing this-siteIt goes without saying...but whenever you download and use any code or script from this site, or any site for that matter, you should review and understand what the code or script is doing before you attempt to use it.
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Remote Desktop Connection Manager
rdc sysadmin utilityWhen I started my new job a few weeks ago I decided I was going to introduce some new tools and utilities to help myself and my colleagues be more productive.
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Amazingly delicious molten chocolate muffins
baking cake chocolateSixteen molten-centred chocolate muffins, eaten warm so the middle stays gooey - perfect on their own or with vanilla ice cream and a Chantilly cream.
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Why WordPress and not SharePoint?
this-siteMany people have said to me "your using WordPress for your blog but you're a SharePoint Consultant" and my response is typical "but why must use SharePoint - I guess you also have a problem with me using a Mac?".
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Green Pea Chowder or Green Pea Soup to some
chowder soup summer winterThis green pea chowder recipe is one of my favourites. It’s so simple with a delicious result under 20 minutes. It has a beautiful colour with a nourishingly filling flavour.
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Spinach and feta stuffed chicken breast parcels
Serves: 2r Prep Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins
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SharePoint page content link usage report
useful for migrations. Some regex. Old school disk commands.
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Getting back on the saddle
Heart rate. Ankle recovery. Strava. Park Tools. YouTube motivation.
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Bulk update page author and date - #IntranetSeries
Bulk update page author and date - #IntranetSeries
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My home office #InsiderSeries
insiderseries desk home-office techMontrose https://twitter.com/jamescallaghan/status/640625057530781698
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My Camera Bags #InsiderSeries
bags every-day-carry-edc photographyLink to first bag post. Go Pro bag. Horse Riding. Drone. Tackle bag. Hiking bag.
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My work bag #InsiderSeries
insiderseries bagshttps://twitter.com/jamescallaghan/status/834137878774951936
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Sonos Move
sonosI'm a sound and light kind of guy. I love my BBQ in the summer and fitted an outdoor power socket just so I could get my Play One outside. This is a game-changer. Safe around the hot-tub too. I built a portable Sonos:1 in 2016 and…
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Sonos Level 100
Started with one. House move lead to TV and other rooms filled with beautiful sound from Sonos. The last move led to a house full of Sonos.
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Raspberry Pi controlled Hot-tub with Home Assistant and Alexa integration
https://twitter.com/jamescallaghan/status/1138212845123002370
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HUE motion everywhere
This home automation stuff really works best when you've gone all in. Wife approval factor. Switches are a thing!
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Smartthings Sensors everywhere
Doors, windows, internal doors (Flo, hall, bath), tuck cupboard, washing machine, fridge and freezer
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Beef skirt and tender stem broccoli stir-fry
https://www.pressurecookingtoday.com/pressure-cooker-white-rice/
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Ring Alarm and Home Assistant integration
I feel on top of the world. Minutes before leaving tonight I rushed to create an automation to arm my alarm when I left my neighbour hood. I reloaded the automation and to my surprise to loaded without any errors. I then shot off to run…
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Smarter smart heating
Johannes Wilkens I have. I’ve also imitated their window and door open feature and shut off based on actual sensor opened rather than detected. I use presence and calendar integration to drive my heating. For example if my daughter is…
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My first 3d print
I've longed for a 3D printer for some time. I kept putting off as I knew it could swallow me when I already have tons on my todo list. I also thought it could be a "fad" and something I would play with and then not use. Well, all this…
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Calling Home Assistant services via ESPHome
This is a quick post while I work on some lengthier posts about some recent projects.
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Teams eye contact mode
Intro + confidence + more remote content + Rick Claus shared he uses a teleprompter
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Why I don't compromise User Experience, Accessbility and Inclusivity in my Smart Home
Why I don't compromise User Experience, Accessbility and Inclusivity in my Smart Home
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A Zigbee mesh worth talking about
https://twitter.com/jamescallaghan/status/1407952423172427777
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Adaptive scenes / automated lighting
https://twitter.com/jamescallaghan/status/1391881007448698900
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Recipe GitHub Repo for the win
https://twitter.com/jamescallaghan/status/1391145499080658946
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Cooker hob button integration
kitchen-iot-serieshttps://twitter.com/jamescallaghan/status/1367585898074939394
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Kettle Tap Automated filter reminder and UX
kitchen-iot-series user-experience-uxhttps://twitter.com/jamescallaghan/status/1358915647527399425
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Migrate SharePoint discussion boards to Yammer
community gist migration powershell scriptWhile supporting a customer move to Office 365 and modernising their intranet I created a number of scripts to migrate or copy the conversations and messages from a SharePoint discussion board to Yammer group that I wanted to share.…
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How I organised my OneNote Notebooks for all my notes
mydataconsolidationproject notes onedrive onenoteI'm not sure if I'm your average OneNote user but I thought I would share how I recently organised all my OneNote Notebooks for all my notes and migrated away from using Evernote.
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Automating my daughters night lights
automation home-assistant lights wledMy daughter loves her fairy lights. They've become a fun but not essential part of her bedtime routine along with her lava lamp as she goes off to sleep.
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Smart key hooks rather than smart locks
accessibility automation inclusivity keys sensor smart-buildings smart-home smart-keysI always doubt with myself whether I have locked the door or not. In my world of routine if the door is locked then the key is on a hook where it lives. If the door is open the key is typically in the door. Sure I could throw a £200…
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Automating my Ooni pizza oven
automation bbq esp32 esphome food home-assistant iot iot-chef m5-esp32 m5stack pizzaIn this three-part post series, I wanted to walk you through how I've added sensors to my pizza oven for the ultimate smart home automation but also to guide you through building your own version.
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Is this a bone too far?
dog pet poppyPaw buttons Tractive collar Tile Water bowl Feed reminders
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Last motion
automation helpers home-assistant yamlI wanted a way to track the last location motion occurred inside and outside my home to drive automation but also for reference and security purposes.
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Creating a fun and COVID19-safe Halloween display
automation esphome halloween home-assistant iot wled zigbeeWhy I've got involved this year.