Obscure problem It amazes me how the simplest of things can be so obscure and over complicated. It’s been many years now and I still […]
Leaving reviews for podcasts
Obscure If you listen to podcasts you may hear your podcaster begin, end or randomly blurt out something to the effect of, “Please leave a […]
Misconceptions about async Tasks
This article is about asynchronous programming in C# using Task and Task<T>. Do you really need to make your code asynchronous? The first misconception about […]
Repairing keyboard leather wrist rest
The Problem I type a lot, I never counted the number of words per day and maybe I should, but it’s enough to have made […]
ASP.Net Forms Authentication IsAuthenticated is always false
Obscure problem You have a web application that uses Forms Authentication The code has been working fine for months if not years because it’s boiler […]
Windows 10 KB4532693 profile issue
Windows has a strange habit of corrupting your profile at times. This can happen for a number of reasons. In my experience it is usually […]
Using absolute paths with FTP
Obscure problem Ran into an annoying problem recently where an FTP account I was logging in with had a home directory of something like this: […]
Using Gmail for SMTP access
Introduction When you search for this on google you will find one hundred million results that all pretty much say exactly the same thing. The […]
Dunkin Donuts Card – Auto Recharge Gotcha
The “Edit Auto Recharge” option won’t let you edit your CC Info! The Problem So I have a Dunkin Donuts Card and I have it […]