I was recently interested in doing some data analysis of a Microsoft Teams transcript - specifically to understand if I was talking too much and not giving other folks the opportunity to speak.
If you’ve ever wondered something similar (or wanted to do data analysis for other reasons), you might have seen the option to download meeting transcripts. The default options are docx files (Word documents) and VTT …
Read morePostman is an extremely popular application for developers testing remote web APIs. It lets you craft HTTP requests, interact with their responses, and go through the history of what you’ve sent and received.
Many of these HTTP requests are authenticated, meaning that the application deals with API keys, login tokens, credentials, etc.
In May, Postman pivoted to be a cloud-only product for many of its features. …
Read moreOnce in a while, I’ll stumble on a question online (or get an email) from a person wondering “Who the heck is leeholm16?”
If you’re reading this post, you’re likely one of them :)
I never know exactly what situation leads people to ask the question, but they’ve invariably started using a forensic parsing tool against Windows PowerShell.lnk or Windows PowerShell (x86).lnk. For …
If you’re looking to play with the cool Desktop Mode on your shiny new Steam Deck, you might have already seen that it is Arch Linux under the hood. Time to get your favourite shell on there :)
Here’s how to get PowerShell running using the community-contributed PowerShell binaries in the Arch User Repository!
## Create a password for root
passwd
## Allow pacman to write to the filesystem, and initialize …Watchy is an exciting Open Source E-Paper Watch, based on Arduino and the ESP32 micro controller.
I’ve been a fortunate early backer, and doubly fortunate to have been part of some of the early waves that already have their physical Watchy. The component shortage has impacted the whole industry, and SQFMI is no different. However, the great news is that supply has opened up and SQFMI is currently in the process …
Read more20 years ago, I decided to put up a “Web Log” - or “blog” for short :)
I didn’t know what would become of it, but I’m happy that I started. In the years since, this site has seen a ton of change:
I am extremely excited to announce that the 4th edition of the PowerShell Cookbook is now available!
Now in its 4th edition, the PowerShell Cookbook is now available from Amazon and other major retailers.
The 1st edition of the PowerShell Cookbook came out in 2007 - nearly 14 years ago! It had the single goal of making you immediately effective with PowerShell. While the Cookbook of course dives deep into all …
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Now in its 3rd edition, the PowerShell Pocket Reference is now available from Amazon and other major retailers.
The Pocket Reference series, excerpted from the references of the PowerShell Cookbook, puts concise summaries of all of the information you need about PowerShell on a day-to-day basis right at your fingertips. Want to refresh your memory about how to write a zero-width negative lookbehind …
Read moreA class of security research out there that is a never-ending source of entertainment is “novel” communication methods. This shows up in many ways in the security industry, including:
When optimizing website performance, the performance tools that Google has built are magical.
One place I started when working on my site’s revamp was Google’s PageSpeed Insights. After running an analysis on my home page, I saw this warning:
Almost a second of my site’s page load time was caused by loading non-critical CSS. You can use the “Coverage” tool in Chrome’s dev tools to …
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