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  • Adding session timeout to ASP.NET MVC 5

    Adding session timeout to ASP.NET MVC 5

    As part of security improvements, we needed to add a session time out in one of our apps. One of the challenges though is that users could be in the middle of submitting their work, go past the timer, then submit, and because their session has expired, they loose their work. Here is how we…

  • MVC 5 Dynamic redirect Uri for external OpenId authentication

    MVC 5 Dynamic redirect Uri for external OpenId authentication

    If you are like me, you dont like having extra configuration in your web transforms. Originally I was setting the redirect uri statically from the web config using However, this means that we need a separate web config when we run locally vs when we run on the server. Also, the redirecturi is static. 😢…

  • Hosting a Minecraft bedrock server

    Hosting a Minecraft bedrock server

    The server To host your own Minecraft Bedrock server using Docker, you can follow these steps: Tip: I love using vs code for this work, because it has a docker client, to show running clients, it has an integrated terminal, and it has a nice way to edit YAML files. This command creates a Docker…

  • Star Haulers… It was going so well 😢😆

  • Download JSON data dynamically in Angular

    Download JSON data dynamically in Angular

    Here is a quick code snippet that shows how we can download JSON data. This is useful for saving the application ‘state’ kind of like a save feature 📼 I hope this helps you create a component that allows you to save JSON data ✔

  • Ubuntu Bash Shell Script to update Amazon Route53 for dynamic IP

    Ubuntu Bash Shell Script to update Amazon Route53 for dynamic IP

    I host some sites from my home lab (cough cough, one old HP I5 desktop machine), the trouble is, I use amazon route53 and I need to update it when my public IP changes. I found some information quite a while ago, and with some finessing over time its working nicely, so I thought it…

  • Star Haulers

    Inspired by the hit game Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime, our game offers a unique local co-op experience that will test your teamwork and communication skills like never before. With a fun and engaging learning curve, this game is perfect for families who want to bond and have fun together. Rally your family and work…

  • Land Rover Discovery 3 – Top tailgate latch repair.

    If you cant open your tailgate, hopefully this will help! Overview The rear tailgate of your discovery 3 or discovery 4 has two mechanisms that form part of the total system. The part that seems far more prone to failure is the actuator that locks and unlocks the top and bottom gates together. How do…

  • How to reload or restart NGINX

    In my experience, there is a difference between restarting nginx using the following: And doing the following The second option above actaully reloads any configuration changes that have been made to to nginx. Before reloading changes, its best to run: So that you can test the configuration first! Hope this helps 🙌

  • lancache in docker with docker-compose

    I like to have my docker containers triggered from a docker-compose file. What this means is that its easy to start them from vs code simply by right clicking and selecting “Compose Up” I found this docker run command at the official documentation here: https://lancache.net/docs/containers/monolithic/ With some tweaking now it looks like this Now its…