XPS 13 2-in-1 Review

I’ve recently returned from a two-day business trip to Winnipeg. This was my first real opportunity to make use of my new Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 away from home. Overall, I was extremely happy with how the laptop performed. Light When travelling, light really does matter. Even if the laptop...

Deadlift PR with Video

I hit a deadlift of 315 pounds today. I followed it with a 320 pound lift but I did not film that one.

The Death of a Friend and a Screen Issue

A few weeks ago, the WiFi adapter on my Surface Pro 3 suddenly stopped working. I did the usual diagnostics (rebooting, reinstalling drivers, enabling and disabling network adapter) with no luck. In an act of desperation, I completely formatted the device assuming this would fix the issue. Still no luck....

Issues Migrating To SQL Azure with Full Text Index

I've been in the process of migrating our website from our current hosting provider over to Microsoft Azure. One of the issues that I ran into when migrating some of our older sites has to do with Full Text Indexes. When trying to use the SSMS migration tool, I received...

Receive Azure Invoices By Email

I was pursuing feedly when I came across this post: Receive Azure Subscription Invoice Statements via Email. I don't know when this went live, but it is a VERY nice addition. Rather than having our accountant bug me for a copy of the invoice, I can now have them automatically...

PRs!

I tested my PRs today on my main three lifts. The numbers were: Squat: 305 lbs Bench: 260 lbs Deadlift: 275 lbs I'm 160 pounds short of joining the 1000 lb club!

Changing the default email address in Office 365

We ran into a problem last week where account managers noticed that the reply-to address on the emails that they were sending was defaulting to onmicrosoft.com. I assumed that this would be an easy fix, so I logged into the Office 365 admin and tried to change the default email...

Pushover and MotionPie

I have been playing around with my Raspberry Pi 3 at home lately. I enjoy moving from a purely software based existence when I am working to watching my code change something in the real world when I am using my Pi. I purchased the official Raspberry Pi Camera Module...