As a software developer, it is a huge pet peeve of mine when I hear everyone and their grandmother using the term AI to describe […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Recycle Application Pool using WMI via Powershell
Introduction I handle the builds for a particular piece of software at my place of work. I am responsible for deploying any new versions of […]
Windows Service Installer Error 1001: Cannot start service on computer %1 is not a valid Win32 application
Problem I was working on a windows service I haven’t looked at in ages. We recently updated some dlls that broke the windows service, so […]
Setting Up WCF with Windows Authentication
Introduction Configuring WCF to do anything for the first time is very time consuming, frustrating and just generally a hassle. My coworker and I mucked […]
Work Around to Opening up a Local Folder from an HTML Link
Introduction (solution below) In general in web programming at one point you may need to or be asked to open up a local folder from […]
HTTP Error 503. The Service is unavailable.
This error reads: Service Unavailable – HTTP Error 503. The service is unavailable. I’d like to open up by saying what we are all thinking […]
Flottery: Florida Lottery Checker
I finally published my first Android Application… It was not easy to do, it was actually quite torturous. This experience started off as a fun […]