Silly mistakes I was avoiding upgrading to Bootstrap 4 for a project I have been working on because each time I did all of my […]
Why months is a terrible measurement
Introduction There have been numerous times that I have been asked to provide a threshold or measure something in months. I always warn that this […]
Get CPU and Memory utilization in percentage via PowerShell
The seemingly simple problem I could not believe what a total pain in the ass this was to resolve. I tried getting the CPU and […]
Sql Server REPLACE function makes expression string NULL when replacement string is NULL
Obscure problem This has happened to me before, but naturally I forgot because it has been a while. The scenario is that you have dynamic […]
Visual Studio 2017 will not connect pre-existing repository to TFS after TFS URL has changed
Irritating problem There is an amalgam of complaints about this issue already on the product form, you can view them here: https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/content/problem/26914/team-explorer-does-not-recognize-previously-cloned.html The scenario for this […]
Tips on onedrive-d and re-installing it
Introduction I recently install Mint Linux on a tiny $200 13″ laptop because Windows 10 was killing its performance since I got it. I got […]
Windows 10 won’t display password box after restart
The stupid problem This was an especially stupid problem. My computer lost power while I was trying to shut it down on UPS power during […]
After appending child elements to a parent element using jQuery some child elements won’t render
This was a head scratcher All too often we become very comfortable with what we are doing, so when we stumble across some of the […]
Where are the SSRS, SSAS and SSIS templates for Visual Studio 2017?
SSDT Templates I am not sure why Microsoft did this and you can join the angry mob here if you want to join in on […]
ASPCONFIG: Could not load file or assembly or one of its dependencies. Access is denied.
Problem While publishing a web application you get a puzzling error that reads like the following in the output window: 1>C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\aspnet_compiler.exe -v \ -p C:\Dev\WebApp\obj\Release\AspnetCompileMerge\Source […]