Background This is just background information on how I got here. If you don’t care to hear the story, go to the next section for […]
A message to New Year gym resolutionists
The target audience for this article is anyone who is considering going to the gym as their New Year resolution. If you already go to […]
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 […]
Generic Types and Equals
Gotcha I don’t have to implement/override Equals that often in my classes so I always have a hard time remembering some of the subtleties behind […]
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 […]
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 […]
After upgrading to Bootstrap 4 glyphicons no longer work
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 […]
Sql Server tSql: DELETE statement executes but won’t delete
Problem I ran into the most puzzling issue recently where I was executing a DELETE statement inside of a transaction among other statements inside of a stored procedure. […]
A common mistake when installing ASpell
The Problem There is that once in a blue moon chance you will need to install ASpell manually and each time it is easy to […]
Surface Pro 2 network adapters / wireless drivers knocked out after 10/20/2015 windows 10 update
Surprise Surprise Wow, another problem with the Surface Pro 2? No way! Never happens! The most recent windows update on 10/20/2015 has completely decimated the […]