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Gotcha, How to, Windows

Cannot ping or RDP to Windows 10 machine

by: admin2019-02-10

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. […]

Development, Gotcha, SQL Server

Padding a string in tSQL

by: admin2019-02-04

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 […]

Development, Git, How to, TFS

Guide to using Git for TFS users

by: admin2018-11-04

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 […]

Git, How to, TFS

A very basic guide to GIT commands

by: admin2018-09-30

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 […]

philosophy, ramblings

HBO’s Silicon Valley

by: admin2018-05-29

HBO’s Silicon Valley I have been avoiding watching HBO’s Silicon Valley for a long time now, I have heard it is funny and that I […]

C#, Date and Time, Gotcha

Why months is a terrible measurement

by: admin2018-05-23

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 […]

CMD, MSDOS, PowerShell

Get CPU and Memory utilization in percentage via PowerShell

by: admin2018-04-11

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 […]

Linux, OneDrive

Tips on onedrive-d and re-installing it

by: admin2017-12-30

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 […]

SQL Server, Visual Studio

Where are the SSRS, SSAS and SSIS templates for Visual Studio 2017?

by: admin2017-07-11

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 […]

WCF

Using the WCF Test Client without Visual Studio

by: admin2016-08-17

Introduction There are times when you need to use the WCF test client in places where Visual Studio is not installed, namely a production server […]

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