I thought Microsoft learned their lesson with Vista, Windows 8 and the failed Windows phone; but here we are again. I love Microsoft because I […]
All files immediately being ignored by git
I had a very confounding experience recently that dragged on for several days because I didn’t have the time to investigate it. I was working […]
Yubico Authenticator 6.1.1 poor UX
Rant If you just need the answer skip to the next section. I recently had a very unpleasant experience while attending a conference. I wanted […]
Getting started with Nespresso
I have had to explain on several occasions what it takes to get started with a Nespresso machine, so I am just consolidating that information […]
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 […]
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 […]
Cannot ping or RDP to Windows 10 machine
Problem This is a particularly stupid gotcha. For a long time now I haven’t been able to RDP into my Windows 10 Surface Pro 4. […]
Padding a string in tSQL
Gotcha There isn’t a Pad Left or Pad Right function in tSQL. Solution There is a lengthy discussion about this topic already on Stack Overflow […]
Guide to using Git for TFS users
Introduction It’s that time again – that time where the development industry has decided for us that what we were using before isn’t good enough […]
A very basic guide to GIT commands
Why GIT commands? When you use GIT long enough, you begin to realize it is just easier to use GIT commands. Using a console is […]