I never thought that I would write an article on this site of mine about war, peace and a threat to not only an entire nation’s existence, but mine, too. But as this website has some reach (there’s around 75 000 of you each month), I feel that I have…Continue reading Evil triumphs when good men do nothing
Don’t assign root domain to GitHub Pages if you use it for email!
Just a quick tip I learned the hard way: if you want to host a website on GitHub Pages, make sure to only point the www-subdomain, and not the “naked”, apex domain, in case you’re using it for email mailboxes. I learned the hard way that the A records pointing…Continue reading Don’t assign root domain to GitHub Pages if you use it for email!
Experiences from migrating to Bitwarden
I recently (finally) moved to a commercial Password Manager after I got tired of having to copy-paste everything from KeePass in my apps on Windows and letting the only company on Earth that has to remind themselves in their slogan NOT to be Evil handle all of my web/Android passwords.…Continue reading Experiences from migrating to Bitwarden
2024 Year Review – and 20 years in business!
Wow, that’s quite a headline for a 30-something to write, right? But the very real side effect of being a weird kid and starting freelancing when I was on 8th grade is that it’s now just over 20 years since I finished my first paid website projects. This year everything…Continue reading 2024 Year Review – and 20 years in business!
Merging on GitHub Actions fails with “could not read Username for ‘https://github.com’: No such device or address”?
This article is going live 24th of December in 2024. That’s when we in Finland celebrate Christmas (yes – we celebrate on Christmas Eve, so that we can just chillax on Christmas day, either hungover, playing with our new toys, or both). I’ll have you know I wrote this article…Continue reading Merging on GitHub Actions fails with “could not read Username for ‘https://github.com’: No such device or address”?
How to close the Sidebar in Microsoft Edge
This article documents, how to close the Sidebar in Microsoft Edge. Because for whatever reason, Edge really does not make it obvious what the keyboard shortcut is, or if there even is one! I know what you’re saying. And believe me, that’s exactly what I’m thinking: Back to the “Project…Continue reading How to close the Sidebar in Microsoft Edge
How to stop Surface Headphones from autoplaying audio when you place them on the desk?
This article explains how to fix Surface Headphones autoplaying semi-random things when you remove them from your ears and place on the desk. And by that, I mean autoplaying even when you’ve explicitly stopped anything from playing. Or even when it first stops playing something else. It’s delightfully consistent in…Continue reading How to stop Surface Headphones from autoplaying audio when you place them on the desk?
“Phone Link” permanently disabled and Windows claiming “Some of these settings are managed by your organization”? (Probably) an easy fix!
This article explains one possible fix to a problem you might have with Microsoft’s “Phone Link” app. Namely, the app might disappear and refuse to come back. Windows might even stop you from trying to re-enable it with an error along the lines of “Some of these settings are managed…Continue reading “Phone Link” permanently disabled and Windows claiming “Some of these settings are managed by your organization”? (Probably) an easy fix!
Refreshing DefaultAzureCredential in Visual Studio
This article explains how to refresh the Visual Studio credentials on your development machine to keep your application using some sort of an authentication implementation relying on DefaultAzureCredential working. Your app might be designed to be ran in an Azure app service, on AKS, on a dusty old server or…Continue reading Refreshing DefaultAzureCredential in Visual Studio
M365 Copilot claiming “You have turned off web search in the work mode”? Easy fix!
This article explains how to enable Web Search for Microsoft 365 Copilot, when Copilot for Microsoft 365 thinks it’s disabled for whatever reason. But fear not! Most of the time there’s just a simple switch you need to flip to enable M365 CoPilot to access Web results for you. But…Continue reading M365 Copilot claiming “You have turned off web search in the work mode”? Easy fix!
“Performing cleanup” – Excel is stuck with an old, conflicted file and will never recover.
This article explains how to untangle Excel when a worksheet file is conflicted and upload-blocked beyond salvation, thanks to a little demon inhabiting your computer. Don’t believe me? Oh, do read on – there’s plenty to be said about this particular gremlin. And if you’re a regular reader, you probably…Continue reading “Performing cleanup” – Excel is stuck with an old, conflicted file and will never recover.