Category Archives: Tooling

Backup Synology NAS to Azure Storage

Posted on March 16, 2015 by erictummers

The latest software update of Synology added the option to backup to Azure Storage. Here is my experience of setting it up, the first backup and the costs. Setup I created a storage account and enabled minimal logging of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Tooling | Tagged azure, backup, nas, online backup, storage account, synology | 2 Comments

Blogging from dropbox with scriptogr.am

Posted on March 9, 2015 by erictummers

Scriptogr.am uses dropbox for publishing my markdown formatted posts. The look-and-feel is customizable through the dashboard. It is free for now. Continue reading →

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Other use of the presenter

Posted on March 4, 2015 by erictummers

Below is an animation where I press the buttons on the presenter and Carnac displays the keystroke registered. Now I know the hotkeys to register with Autohotkey. See a sample script below that starts my presentation when it is not … Continue reading →

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Merge changeset to branch

Posted on March 2, 2015 by erictummers

We use Team Foundation Server with Team Foundation Version Control (not GIT). To support a release we created two branches called CurrentVersion and 5.0.2. Where CurrentVersion is our “development” branch for new features and 5.0.2 is our “master” branch used … Continue reading →

Posted in Tooling | Tagged branching, merge, tfs, tfvc, version control | Leave a comment

Remote debugger extension

Posted on February 23, 2015 by erictummers

The Server Explorer in Visual Studio holds a hidden gem: the debugger extension for Azure. This integration is documented on MSDN but I just recently found it. Integration makes it easier to debug in azure. Just enable debugging and attach … Continue reading →

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