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Controlling Belkin Wemo lighting with a Logitech Harmony IR Remote
Recently I've found myself dabbling in some basic home automation for lighting and control. I've had pretty decent success with the Belkin Wemo line of products and more recently I've enjoyed using their light bulbs on their Wemo Link platform. Here's my…
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Controlling Polycom cameras with microphones
At work I maintain classrooms outfitted with equipment for video conferencing for mainly distance education. These rooms can be quite complex with multiple cameras, video monitors, and audio and video routing that would make you dizzy. One of the challenges we face is maintaining a free flowing educational environment for…
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Using PowerShell to update XML files on remote computers
Someday you might need to update XML configuration files for an application on a remote computer or many remote computers. In my case I had to do this, stop, and start a system service on 87 computers. Here's how I did this using PowerShell: The great thing about…
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Sound Thinking (Biamp): The Coolness of AEC
"The Coolness of AEC [http://www.biamp.com/blog/the-coolness-of-aec/]", Justin O'Conner from Biamp: > AEC’s benefits can be difficult to quantify. “Improved communication: $3” does not appear on a financial statement. Yes it is expensive and when it's all setup and running…
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Getting the number of signatures from iPetitions (in XML)
iPetitions [http://ipetitions.com] is a free service that allows anyone to create an online petition and distribute a link for people to virtually sign it. To date their website claims they have collected over 25 million signatures collectively across their petitions. At work there was a need to take…
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> via xkcd [http://xkcd.com/1409/]…
