backups (and maybe upgrades)
I haven’t upgraded my MacBook Air to Catalina yet, but I might do it soon. I should probably wait for 10.15.2, really, but 10.15.1 might be good enough for me. […]
Windows
Microsoft Build
I wish I could have stayed in the Seattle area for MS Build, instead of coming back to NJ on Saturday. There have been some interesting announcements, including a new […]
Global Azure Bootcamp and Pragmatic Programming
I’ve been doing a bunch of work related to Azure recently. It’s mostly not around actually using Azure, but rather managing Azure and billing for Azure. I’m in the middle […]
Stumbling Through
I’m taking a scheduled day off from work today. My original plan was to go into NYC and see the new Tolkien exhibit at the Morgan Library. But I started […]
Yet More Windows 10 Grief
My desktop PC has been running fine since rebuilding it back in November. But today, something happened. I don’t know what exactly. I had left the PC on all day, […]
Windows grief, part two
TL;DR: I got through all the steps in my previous post, and now have a semi-functional Windows install. After getting all the data off my desktop PC SSD, I re-mounted […]
Windows grief
The SSD that I installed in my desktop PC a couple of months ago has been working fine. Up until yesterday. I got a random blue screen error yesterday, while […]
SSD upgrade, part two
I finished my SSD upgrade last week. (Here’s part one and part zero of the SSD saga.) The bracket showed up in the mail, so I opened the case up, […]
SSD upgrade, part one
Amazon’s same-day delivery got me my new Crucial MX500 SSD at around 6pm yesterday. It came in minimal packaging: no screws or cables or anything useful, just a 7mm to […]
Finally upgrading to an SSD
I’ve been thinking about replacing the old hard drive in my desktop PC with an SSD for quite some time. I bought the PC in 2016, from Costco. It’s a […]