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Tech enthusiast, programmer, agile practitioner, Kinect, CTO @ETVox, occasional blogger
Validate a value based on the value of another property

Validate a value based on the value of another property

Posted on 28/04/201630/07/2016 by Alessandro Colla
Validate a value based on the value of another property In this post, I will show how to create a helper to validate the length of a property based on the value of another one, to be precise, to check... Read More
RaZberry and HTTP api with authentication in C#

RaZberry and HTTP api with authentication in C#

Posted on 30/09/201524/11/2015 by Alessandro Colla
Recently the RaZberry board got an update to the firmware (2.1.1 at the moment of writing) to improve security by using authentication for every HTTP request. I will not discuss the real usefulness of... Read More
Write a custom Lucene.net TokenFilter

Write a custom Lucene.net TokenFilter

Posted on 07/06/201513/09/2015 by Alessandro Colla
In an e-commerce, one of the most important features is the search. Not only from the UX perspective (you can find many articles on the net), but also from the results given back to the users. They mu... Read More
Configuring an IR remote control with OpenElec 5.0

Configuring an IR remote control with OpenElec 5.0

Posted on 02/01/201530/09/2015 by Alessandro Colla
Since I switched from the Raspberry Pi to the HummingBoard for my HTPC and the CEC is not working any more, I decided to configure and use the IR port, that comes with the board, to works with my IR r... Read More
Ambilight from any video source with a Raspberry (part 3)

Ambilight from any video source with a Raspberry (part 3)

Posted on 25/12/201430/09/2015 by Alessandro Colla
A couple of months ago I purchased a HummingBoard-i2eX, a raspberry-like board with a more powerful i.mx6 chip. Since OpenELEC, Geebox and Raspbmc are actively supporting this board, I decided to try ... Read More
Ambilight with Raspberry Pi and OpenElec (part 2)

Ambilight with Raspberry Pi and OpenElec (part 2)

Posted on 19/07/201431/10/2015 by Alessandro Colla
In part 1, we saw how to build the hardware and connect all the wires to the Raspberry Pi for our Ambilight kit. In this article, we will proceed to install and configure the software to make the magi... Read More
Ambilight with Raspberry Pi and Openelec (part 1)

Ambilight with Raspberry Pi and Openelec (part 1)

Posted on 11/07/201401/11/2019 by Alessandro Colla
Last weekend, I decided to build an Ambilight kit to use with my HTPC (a Raspberry Pi with OpenElec 4.0.5). In a couple of articles, I will show you the steps I followed for hardware and software inst... Read More
Browser history and urls seo friendly with async page load

Browser history and urls seo friendly with async page load

Posted on 19/05/201413/09/2015 by Alessandro Colla
In modern web sites, we use async load of pages to reduce the amount of data asked to the server and to improve the browsing experience of the user. Basically an SPA web application. Two problems you ... Read More
My first two weeks with a Nexus 5 after a year with a Lumia 920

My first two weeks with a Nexus 5 after a year with a Lumia 920

Posted on 27/12/201302/06/2015 by Alessandro Colla
Two weeks ago, I purchased a Nexus 5, because I wanted to try something different after a year with a Lumia 920. I chose the Nexus 5 mainly because I wanted to try an Android for my everyday use and b... Read More
First event storming experiment

First event storming experiment

Posted on 08/09/201302/06/2015 by Alessandro Colla
  A couple of months ago I tried to use Ziobrando’s event storming with some co-workers and a couple of friends who were trying to do DDD for the first time. This is my report of the experience... Read More
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Latest Articles

  •  Validate a value based on the value of another property
    Validate a value based on the value of another property
    Apr 28, 2016
  • RaZberry and HTTP api with authentication in C#
    Sep 30, 2015
  • Write a custom Lucene.net TokenFilter
    Jun 7, 2015
  • Configuring an IR remote control with OpenElec 5.0
    Jan 2, 2015
  • Ambilight from any video source with a Raspberry (part 3)
    Dec 25, 2014

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