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Troubleshoot Surface pen tip and button not working, but Bluetooth and eraser work.
One of my Microsoft Surface pens (model 1710) started to exabit a strange behavior recently. It would connect fine to my Surface Book, and both the eraser and eraser button would work as intended, but both the tip and the side button would not provide any interactions. After doing some research, I was able to…
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New batteries for my laptops
This week I had to replace the batteries in two of my laptops. My MacBook battery was 8 years old, and my Surface Book battery was 7 years old. Both of them were swollen, especially the MacBook one. I bought the batteries from iFixit. Removing the MacBook battery was not too much trouble, because the…
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How to fix Microsoft Surface 3 pen?
If you have Microsoft Surface pen for Surface 3 / Pro 3 and it stops work, there are several reasons this might be happening. Here I am going to talk about the batteries. That is right, plural – batteries. This particular pen has three batteries in it – one AAAA battery, and two 319 button…
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How to redirect to WWW using JavaScript?
Redirecting to a sub-domain, like “WWW” or another one, can be a choice or a way to solve a problem. Below is a way to do so using vanilla JavaScript, but before just performing a redirect we need to factor in items like protocol, navigation path, query strings, anchors (hash), and site environment. Let’s look…
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Luigi’s Mansion
I am watching my wife play Luigi’s Mansion and I can’t but not wonder – Is Luigi’s Mention Nintendo’s take on Capcom’s Resident Evil? They are similar – wondering around a mansion, lone hero, ghosts instead of zombies, looking for keys! Nintendo’s version is just more … family friendly.
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Connect WordPress to Azure MySQL DB using a secure connection.
A quick description on how to connect your WordPress instance to an Azure MySQL instance using secure connection.
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My Theories about Raised by Wolves
After finishing the sixth episode in season 2 of Raised by Wolves – The Tree, I have some theories on what might be going one. So far everything has been a collection of mysteries and exploration. But, after seeing how the sea creatures interacted with Tempest and her baby, the result of contact with a…
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How to save on your Google Cloud Storage bill
I use Google Cloud to host a static website. I deploy that particular website to App Engine via a Cloud Build process. To run the Cloud Build process, I use two separate triggers – one for the main branch and one for the developer branch of a Git repository. Cloud Build provides convenience because it…
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Have a listen to the Serverless Programming episode from the Fragmented podcast
The Serverless Programing episode from the Fragmented podcast is an excellent episode on starting and selling projects as a side or a hobby activity. It does not encompass everything, but it offers a good mindset on how to look at the success or failure of side projects. In addition, the episode talks about serverless architecture and how…
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What is Aperture
I have been hearing the term aperture for years now. I knew it was something to do with a camera’s lens and in particular its iris. But that is as far as my knowledge on the subject extended. With the daily use of a smartphones’ camera, which has a fixed aperture, I was not interested in finding…
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