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.
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.
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.
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.
Why I don’t write more lately
The last half a year I have not written that much. This is due to several reasons. First off, I have graduated and I was busy with searching for work…
Project My Screen not working
While trying out Project My Screen for Windows Phone 8.1, I had the problem that it only showed a black screen and did not ask my phone to connect. This…
