Man, I miss Windows Phone…
Going through my old posts, I noticed a screenshot of Windows Phone. It made me realize that I actually really miss the platform.
New job
Transitioning from working directly for a company, I moved on to working with customers at my job’s location and occasionally being on-site. Now, I’ve transitioned into consultancy.
Logging hit line number and method
During debugging I had issues figuring out where my code just stopped. Since I had no debugging methods on that server, I wanted to create a better way of logging…
The problem with “lifetime” updates for software
While I love the thought of lifetime access to software, it always poses a bit of a problem. Long-term development.
Support is sometimes the worst.
While companies usually want to help, sometimes you just hit a brick wall. The first-line support agent is helpful, but when it goes further than that, well...
Windows 10 N Anniversary Update Media Feature Pack
Over the last hour, I've been looking for the correct update for the Anniversary Update. Since Microsoft does not give you the option to, either let it detect which update…
On the topic of service
I use a lot of hardware. Since I use my products a lot, things break. Usually I try to get support to see if an issue falls under warranty. What I've noticed is that some companies try to avoid replacing things that broke.
Checking for MSDeploy in Inno Setup
At my work, we use Inno Setup to deploy ASP.NET web packages. With PowerShell we set various parameters and call MSDeploy to deploy the package to IIS. A problem we faced recently was that MSDeploy was not installed on the server. We needed to check before running the wizard if MSDeploy was installed.
GOG, a praise.
GOG is a digital game distribution site. It is comparable to Steam, but it doesn’t have a DRM like Steam does and offers a better price.
GOG and Steam
The fact that GOG doesn’t have a DRM is, in my eyes, one of the biggest pluses. When the service goes down, temporarily or forever, you still have your local copy. Even when your account gets banned, you still have the local copies.
The biggest downside is that you currently miss some of the convenience Steam offers. One of those conveniences is auto-updating. This is something I currently miss, but it will be addressed soon with GOG Galaxy, an OPTIONAL client.
Why I think Firefox SHOULD implement EME
As you might’ve read on the internet before now, Firefox will implement EME(Encrypted Media Extensions). While the internet is in uproar about this, I think they do not have a choice.
What is EME
EME is a JavaScript API to play encrypted media. This would mainly include videos. You can think about encrypting Netflix and Youtube video’s. With this, they should be able to protect copyrighted materials. For this, the browser needs an extension to communicate with a license server to get keys to enable decryption of the media.
When talking about Netflix, a usage could be that EME would authenticate you as a user, determine your identity and permissions and decide if you’re able to decrypt the file and play it.
The decryption is done by the Content Decryption Module. This is a client side or hardware module. It receives a license from the License (Key) Server and eventually decrypt and decode it.