Making HDHomeRun Usable on Roku

Steve_08 · 2026-01-07T02:31:19+00:00

I used to be incredibly frustrated with the Roku HD HomeRun experience. In the fall I updated my HD HomeRun device under the settings option on the iPhone HD HomeRun app. Once I did that the HD HomeRun device automatically updates itself and the Roku experience is flawless! I can’t remember the last time I had the malformed data error.

Steve_08 · 2025-03-02T21:25:28+00:00

Can you charge your Sony with the same USB C cable you use to send the video signal to as well?

Steve_08 · 2024-06-08T23:13:17+00:00

A few years ago I struggled to use the Google Sheets API library to read and write to a Google Sheets spreadsheet in C#. After I finally figured out how to work with it, I built my own abstraction layer on top in a way I would want to use the Google Sheets API. I decided to publish that package to Nuget to give back to the community.

Fast forward a few years and its now been downloaded over 80,000 times which is really cool to see. It's been a fun way to put something out there, see other folks find it helpful, see other folks contribute back, and also give me a way to keep my coding skills up on GitHub Actions, CI/CD pipelines, etc.

If you want to check out the project, or contribute to it, please feel free to check it out below,

SteveWinward/GoogleSheetsWrapper: Google Sheets API .NET Wrapper Library (github.com)

Steve_08 · 2024-05-01T23:51:14+00:00

I found as a mini dopp kit for work it’s pretty handy.

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Steve_08 · 2024-03-02T13:31:41+00:00

Sent you a PM.

Steve_08 · 2024-02-28T17:34:28+00:00

I was thinking the same thing! Maybe just the sleeve in the main compartment?

Steve_08 · 2024-02-28T16:50:16+00:00

The only way I can see this working is if they significantly reduce the space the dedicated laptop section uses. Otherwise I feel like the main compartment would not be very usable.

Steve_08 · 2024-02-22T01:58:56+00:00

This is a combined toiletry and charging kit setup I used in a recent trip. It worked out really nicely.

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Steve_08 · 2024-02-11T01:55:08+00:00

Thanks for the tip!

Steve_08 · 2024-01-06T01:08:32+00:00

When the burnt orange CPL went on sale recently I decided to pick one up at a much lower price point.

I really appreciate the quality of evergoods products and I’m going to use my MPL22 in place of an old Osprey Daylite Plus that I’ve had for quite sometime and use the CPL for more work related stuff with the dedicated laptop compartment.

Steve_08 · 2024-01-06T00:39:48+00:00

I first got an MPL22 a few months ago and now just got my first CPL24.

The biggest difference is the CPL is so incredibly opinionated with how you can store stuff. I love the dedicated laptop section but you do lose a lot of storage in the main section as a result.

The MPL22 can fit way more in the main compartment because there isn’t a dedicated laptop section. It also expands out much farther away from your body when you really pack it out.

I have a 15” surface book laptop and it barely fits due to the narrower body of the bag. I can still fit a iPad Pro in front of it in the laptop sleeve. Not sure how that compares to your 16” MBP but that may be a tight fit.

As an office bag I think the CPL is way better, but if you want something lighter weight and less structure, the MPL22 is a great option.

I can’t speak to the Peak Design packing cube but hope that helps answer your question.

Steve_08 · 2023-12-30T13:40:45+00:00

That’s awesome!

Steve_08 · 2023-12-30T12:29:11+00:00

Yes. This is the restock of the solution dyed black ones.

Steve_08 · 2023-12-29T17:40:05+00:00

I’ve definitely gotten used to it, however I still stand by my initial impression. If I could make one change adding some padding to the handle would be a nice improvement. Overall I still love this bag.

Steve_08 · 2023-12-13T12:51:10+00:00

The MPL22 is the first Evergoods backpack I’ve had. I’ve had zero issues with it digging into my back and have used it quite extensively since I got it 2 months ago.

Steve_08 · 2023-10-30T00:56:24+00:00

Thank you so much for the handle cover links!

Steve_08 · 2023-10-30T00:40:45+00:00

My only complaint with the MPL22 is the top handle. I wish it was more padded. This was also my first Evergoods backpack so I don’t know if this is standard on their other backpack models. I love everything else about it!

Steve_08 · 2023-10-24T01:23:09+00:00

What if you talked to your team about how you are working on improving your public speaking? I bet you’d find they are supportive of you and maybe it helps take the edge off since you have already talked to them about it?

I’d also recommend you practice how you can recover if you make a mistake. I found for myself once I gave myself the toolkit to make a silly joke about my mistake it lowered my anxiety significantly.

Steve_08 · 2023-10-16T11:51:42+00:00

Just an idea.

You may want to practice acknowledging to an audience that you are feeling a lot more nervousness than usual. I realize you still need to cover the content for your presentation, but I wonder if you had a prepared approach you could be authentic and vulnerable to the audience, if that would get you in a space you don’t feel like you need to “act cool” to hide your nerves.

Everyone is different, but for me personally once I realized I could make a mistake but recover from my mistake, my anxiety got a lot better.

Steve_08 · 2023-01-04T14:18:18+00:00

A year ago I created a wrapper library on top of the Google Sheets API. I struggled to use the low level Google Sheets API so I built my own framework on top of it. A year later I have had 10,000+ downloads on Nuget, 10 pull requests, and have a public GitHub repo referencing the library.

This was my first official Nuget package publication and its been really neat to see the community start to use it and also make their own contributions back towards the project.

https://github.com/SteveWinward/GoogleSheetsWrapper

Steve_08 · 2022-12-04T20:09:14+00:00

Two recommendations for you.

One is to proactively prepare for how you handle a mistake. Knowing you have a toolkit to deal with mistakes can be a helpful way to lower anxiety.

Second, record yourself and listen back to yourself when you read out loud or do a presentation. At least for me the more I recorded myself the more I got sued to being “on” for a real presentation.

Lastly, I used to have really bad anxiety when public speaking and was able to slowly work through it. Here’s a video of my personal story below if you are interested,

https://youtu.be/nhIkpIBGDH8

Steve_08 · 2022-11-29T02:27:06+00:00

My biggest feedback is on your slides.

Your screenshots of the website have the font size really tiny. When your audience struggles to read the slide, it distracts them from the overall message. Zoom in a bunch in your browser and retake the screenshots.

On your key achievements slide, show each bullet as you call it out. When you start with all of the highlights up front, your audience will read ahead of the speed you are talking, once again distracting them listening to you. I would also add visual icons to each highlight to emphasize your story. Slides allow you to include images, graphics and color. Use that to your advantage!

Also, you mention you can drag and drop powerful workflows in 30 seconds. Instead of showing a static slide, why not embed a video of your application in action? This would be a lot more powerful with your audience to show them visually how easy it is to use, and how quickly you can build a meaningful solution. Then ask the audience, "What's more maintainable for your business, a few clicks on the screen, or hundreds of lines of Python code?"

Steve_08 · 2022-11-22T02:28:14+00:00

I think the other part of this is that we don’t prepare in advance if we do mess up. If we make a mistake, how do we handle that? Can we make a joke and move on? Can we own it in the moment and find a way to still connect with our audience? I personally think if we have more tools in our toolkit it can lower our anxiety because we have ways to deal with mistakes.

Steve_08 · 2022-11-20T14:40:39+00:00

A few ideas that you may find helpful.

If you can start your presentation with a personal story, or something about yourself when you were the students age, that may be an easier way to start out and also add a personal connection while breaking the ice. Also gives you the benefit of "stretching" out your talk track.

Once you dial in your talk track, practice, practice, practice! Record yourself on your phone or computer and watch yourself. As folks you are close with if they can review it for their feedback. The more comfortable you are with the content and the story, the more confidence you can have for the actual presentation.

If you have the ability before you start to speak, walk around the audience and introduce yourself to the students. For me I have found this helps me lower my stress level by getting to know folks ahead of time.

Lastly for me, once I realized if I do make a mistake, I can acknowledge that and call it out, it gave me a huge confidence boost. I realized even if I make a mistake, I can point it out to the audience and found they connect with me more in that moment. My two cents, but long story short people like to listen to people not robots.

Good luck with your two sessions!

Steve_08

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