2020-01-18

How to loop over a Python range that has a single item - zero length range

I’m working on an app that accepts user input of a start year and end year, loops through those years, and outputs the year. For example, given the start year and end year of 2020, I want a loop to ex

2020-01-17

TechTutorials

How to use the Azure Data Explorer (kusto) REST API with Httpie

I’m working on project that pulls gharchive data into Azure Data Explorer (kusto) and I decided to try to do all of my setup with the Azure CLI. I could easily create my cluster and database with the

2020-01-08

TechTips

How to rename or remove spaces from OneDrive folder name

I have two OneDrive accounts, one for personal, one for work. When you have two accounts on the same machine, OneDrive automatically creates a folder for the second account in this format OneDrive - {

2019-12-29

TechTips

Solution to Power BI Desktop Missing Data Tab

When using Power BI Desktop you will see the “Data” tab on the left. When you create a new DirectQuery connection, the “Data” tab disappears. It wasn’t obvious to me that the “Data” tab disappeared

2019-11-15

TechAzure

Introducing the New Azure SDKs

As of 11/4/2019, a few of the New Azure SDKs have hit General Availability! Read more here: Azure SDK Releases Azure has had a tremendous amount of growth in a very short amount of time. With that

2019-07-16

TechTips

Solution to Azure CLI won't upgrade to latest version or it still works after uninstall

On Windows using the Windows Installer and Azure CLI wouldn’t update to the latest version - it was stuck on 2.0.44, but the latest is 2.0.66. I uninstalled the Azure CLI via Apps, but it was still av

2019-05-20

TechJobs

I'm Hiring Devs

This is my 20th year as a software engineer and 15th year at Microsoft. I started in 1999 and worked in startups for 5 years. I then spent the next 12 years at Microsoft shipping products and services

2019-04-06

TechTips

How to Call the Azure REST APIs with Postman In No Time Flat

This post will show you the fastest way to call the Azure REST APIs using Postman. We’ll use: Postman Azure Cloud Shell - https://shell.azure.com Create Postman Collection Let’s create a Postman Col

2019-03-29

TechTips

Solution to Postman Collection Created as Read only

I just tried to create a Postman Collection and I wasn’t able to add any requests to it because it was created as read only. I did a bunch of Googling and Githubbing to no avail. I happened to go to

2019-03-07

TechTips

Solution to Vue.js Error - Unknown custom element - did you register the component correctly? For recursive components, make sure to provide the name option.

I’m building a recursive Vue.js component and ran into this error: Unknown custom element: <Categories> - did you register the component correctly? For recursive components, make sure to provide

2019-02-21

Reviews

How I Saved 31% on Insurance...and Other Insurance Tips

I’ve had auto and home insurance with Pemco since 2003, but just switched to Safeco for 31% less. I wasn’t unhappy with Pemco - as they were responsive to claims and reputable, but unfortunately, th

2019-02-11

TechTips

Solution to Vue.js TypeError: Cannot set property 'render' of undefined

Developing a Vue.js app and I was getting this: Uncaught TypeError: Cannot set property 'render' of undefined at normalizeComponent (componentNormalizer.js:24) at Module../src/App.vue (App.vue?

2019-02-06

TechTips

Solution to Experimental support for decorators is a feature that is subject to change in a future release. Set the 'experimentalDecorators' option to remove this warning.

With this code: @Componentexport default class CategoryRating extends Vue { @Prop({default: {}}) category: any; I kept getting this VS Code error: Experimental support for d

2019-02-04

TechTips

How I Resolved Vue.js, VSCode, Vetur, Prettyhtml, and Prettier Formatting and ES Lint Issues

I spent way too much time this weekend debugging Vue.js - Vetur - Prettyhtml - Prettier - Beautify - Eslint issues. Here’s what I discovered: By default, Vetur (The VS Code Vue.js Extension) uses Pre

2019-01-31

TechTips

Solution to Avoid mutating a prop directly since the value will be overwritten whenever the parent component re-renders. Instead, use a data or computed property based on the prop's value.

Working on a Vue.js and TypeScript project. I had this: @Prop() enabled!: boolean = false; And got this error: Avoid mutating a prop directly since the value will be overwritten whenever the parent

2019-01-25

TechTips

Solution to Vue.js Not Binding Complex View Model Objects

I’m new to Vue.js and didn’t realize that you have to fully define the structure of your view model object or bindings will not work. For example, with this code, I define data: { vm: {} }, but don’t

2019-01-24

TechTips

How to Create a Microsoft To-Do Task from a Tweet using the iOS Share Menu and IFTTT

One way to keep track of tweets that you want to follow up on is to “like” them to review at a later time. I posted my method for that here: How to Create a Microsoft To-Do Task from a Liked Tweet us

2019-01-23

TechTips

How to Create a Microsoft To-Do Task from a Liked Tweet using IFTTT

I only “like” tweets that I want to follow up on. For example, when someone tweets a new podcast I’ll “like” it as a reminder to listen to it later. Before today, I would have to go to my “Liked Tweet

2019-01-20

TechTips

Solution to 'The level of the video being input to the display is not correct and the calibration is unable to continue. The video signal appears to be configured for an HDTV and not for a display monitor. Please check the video adapter settings and make sure that they are not configured for an HDTV.'

I have a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745 graphics card, which has one DisplayPort and one HDMI port. My NEC PA322UHD is connected via DisplayPort and my NEC EA275UHD is connected via HDMI. I got this error wh

2019-01-13

Reviews

My New Snowboard Gear for 2019: Everything I Learned While Searching for a New Snowboard and Bindings

I’ve been snowboarding off-and-on for over 25 years but have never owned a decent snowboard. I recently decided to get a good snowboard and bindings and, like everything else I buy, I researched it t