Visiting Auckland, New Zealand – February/March 2024
I stayed in Auckland (pronounced “Oakland”) for nearly 3 weeks and really enjoyed it. It was the end of summer and rained a…
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Visiting Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Jan/Feb 2024
My time in Rio was filled with beaches, healthy food, walking around, and sweating. I found the people friendly and fun and thoroughly…
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Making an abstract base class for a Django database model to overwrite the save() function
I was recently faced with the challenge of needing to add translations to a hierarchal database setup in Django/Python. We wanted these translations…
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Where is Jasper (v1)? Connecting Google Calendar, Maps, and Places APIs
Where am I? In real time: whereis.jshowers.com When I went full time digital nomad, I started using a public Google calendar to share…
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Alphabetically Sort A List With Special Characters
Recently I was tasked with sorting a list of countries, that were translated to Portuguese, in alphabetical order. Because the list contained special…
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6 Weeks in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico
I just wrapped up my busy 6-week trip to Playa Del Carmen, Mexico. I worked remotely, completed my scuba dive master certification, and…
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Working Remotely From Argentina For A Month
I recently spent a month working remotely in Argentine’s capital city of Buenos Aires (BsAs). I stayed in the Palermo Soho area at…
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Flightmare to Buenos Aires By United Airlines
Key Points Landed in Ezeiza, Argentina 2.5 days after scheduled arrival time. No warnings were given to customers despite known facts of delays and…
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Creating a simple MiddlewareFilter using .NET Core 2.0 and dependency injection
A MiddlewareFilter is the perfect tool for creating conditional logic on MVC controllers or actions using .NET Core. It receives the Middleware benefits of…
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Dynamic Routing In ASP.NET Web API
What is dynamic routing? The purpose of dynamic routing is to produce pretty, intuitive URLs on your website that help improve SEO and…
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