Rogue C# – Dungeon Search and Rescue
It’s been a few years since the last report from the Rogue C# project and the dungeon retains its mysteries. Time to dust off the project notes and find what awaits discovery.
Latest Project: EntityFramework C# Demo with SQLite
As part of my return to C#, I decided to review EntityFramework Core, the Object Relational Mapper (ORM) that makes it so much easier to pass data between your database and a .NET program. After wading through documentation, trying to put the basics together, I decided to do a short video on it as part…
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Things I Learned Restoring a MySQL Dump File
I got an e-mail yesterday from a client who wants to move on from the MySQL-based CiviCRM solution I found for them years ago and needs one more backup before they switch over. I figure this is going to require a bit of query writing on my part to actually extract the data they need…
Parsing web logs and sharpening my C#
It’s been too long I dived back into C# this past week by revisiting one of my old projects – the web log viewer that I used to review the server logs for my website. It had previously been done in the .NET Framework 4.something and I wanted a new version that would handle a…
Intentional A.I. – Coaxing Images from Gemini and ChatGPT
Finding some Visuals In a previous post, I mentioned my new Facebook page, “If you read nothing else today …” where I’ve been posting quotes and other information about some of the more interesting selections from my reading list. One of the challenges on Facebook is to catch people’s attention as they’re scrolling through the…
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Finding the CIA World Factbook
I logged on this morning to see news articles about the shuttering of the CIA World Factbook website. I’ll admit that I hadn’t personally used the site much but I’m still disappointed that it’s gone. This site, and the print edition, was an example of a government agency giving the information it had collected back…
Current and Upcoming Projects
After finishing my review of the Rogue C# series and uploading it to Amazon, I’ve been getting things in order and deciding what’s to come for 2026. Here are a few notes: Rogue C# I definitely need to finish this series. It’s a software project, not a Game of Thrones sequel. It’s actually more than…
New Video – Qisoable Wireless HDMI Transmitter Unboxing
Recently, I picked up a used flat screen TV and thought it would be good if I could connect my laptop to it from across the room. At first, I was looking at extended HDMI cables but then I remembered the Qisoable wireless HDMI transmitter and receiver, which had been sitting on my wishlist for…
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Using NotebookLM to Proofread Your Own Work
This weekend, I finally completed a review of the Rogue C# series and the Kindle edition is now live on Amazon.com. While the actual development of the game itself is nowhere near complete, you can now have an offline version to read on your Kindle or other eBook reader. The EPUB and PDF editions remain…
It’s a new year and time for some changes …
Listen to this post or continue reading below. (Audio provided by ElevenLabs.) This site has seen a lot of changes since I first started it in March 2000, just as I have. It started out as Drewslair.com, a purely personal website where I talked about some of my tech work and did a bit of…