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Samsung Portable SSD T1
Headline: WOW! Great performance in a small package! So recently I was copying my music from my external drive to my notebook and it seemed to take forever. So I investigated a new external drive. My Seagate Slim Black USB 500GB I’ve been very pleased with this drive. It is a physical drive so it…
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TypeScript vs. JavaScript
Headline: It seems that TypeScript is a better alternative to JavaScript – investigate it. Testability The biggest issue I had with JavaScript was the lack of testability. Until a colleague of mine pointed out one of my previous posts I completely forgot about some of the techniques for testing JavaScript. But from what little I’ve…
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Please Take the Defaults
Headline: Minimize changes to the development environment unless you’ve got a really compelling reason to make changes. The Problem I have worked with many developers over the years and one thing that drives me crazy is changing defaults from what Visual Studio uses. I change machines and installs quite frequently (3 times in 2014) and…
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Sleeping Bluetooth
Headline: Anyone know how to prevent my Bluetooth adapter from turning off on my Surface Pro 3? Very annoying. All too frequently after my computer has gone to sleep I turn it back on buy my Bluetooth mouse won’t work. What I discover is that my Marvell AVASTAR Bluetooth Radio Adapter has been disabled, presumably…
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How to Write Bad C# Code
In case you’re afraid Microsoft might help you write some good C# code, here’s a list of the top tips to make sure you still write bad C# code. Now I’m sure that’s not the objective, but when you read this post you’ll frankly wonder why it is that we still see so much bad…
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IP Integrity
Headline: Be sure not to take things that don’t belong to you. Do NOT include code in your software that you don’t have the rights to include. Motivation I’ve had to write policies and other documents through the years about proper treatment of Intellectual Property (IP). I’m tried of having to repeat the information of…
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I Enjoy Newtek and WordPress
My WordPress upgrade was flawless and fast. Can’t ask for more. Today I finally decided to upgrade to WordPress 4.0. I didn’t want to get sloppy and not backup my data. But I don’t do it very often so I didn’t know how. With support from Newtek I was able to backup my data in…
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Highlights from “Be the Best at What Matters Most”
I recently went through “Be the Best at What Matters Most: The Only Strategy You Will Ever Need” by Joe Calloway. These are my highlights from that effort… Success isn’t about doing everything; it’s about doing the most important things. Most of us make the plan too complex. We do it because it’s much easier…