Launching Microsoft Apps error “0x80070102” on Windows 11 – Microsoft Simulator

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Helping a friend with an issue on a new computer with Windows 11 and getting the “0x80070102” error when launching Microsoft Simulator. After doing all the normal steps like resetting the app, Microsoft store app reset, Xbox app reset I remembered an issue with the time being off from another computer where chrome was giving … Read more

Rear Facing Camera not working on iPhone 5S?

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Having a problem with a rear facing camera on your iPhone? Specifically an iPhone 5S? Should you try and replace the rear camera module? These were all questions I was googling/asking when my wife came to me with a black screen inside of the camera app. I followed some black magic on youtube about toggling … Read more

1&1 VNC Remote Console Java Security Issue

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Java has consistently been updating its security to reduce it’s potential for spreading malware. Good news! Unfortunately older online java apps will sometimes break to the point of being unusable. One of those apps is the VNC Console for the 1&1 Dynamic Cloud servers. I found this article that explained how to add a line … Read more

Adding PECL Uploadprogress to 1&1 shared hosting for Drupal 7 (updated)

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Drupal 7.x is the platform we use to build great websites. There are modules that allow the ability to update a progress meter when uploading a file. This requires installing a PECL extension to PHP called uploadprogress. Here is the process I used to get it working on a 1and1.com hosting package. You will need … Read more

How to plan meals and lose weight – Part 3/3 – (Starting a very low carb and high fat diet)

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Friends and family have been excited for me since I’ve lost weight (over 20lbs!) and a few have even been motivated to start a lifestyle change as well. You can read part 1 and part 2 here about why I’m eating low carb. Of course there will be questions like “what have you been eating?” … Read more

How my wife helped me lose 20 pounds in 3 months – Part 2/3 – (Starting a very low carb and high fat diet)

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So I wrote an article yesterday (Part 1) about my story and how excited I was to lose 20 pounds in 3 short months. Now you may think “Wow he did it all on his own!” well I have something to confess. I had a lot of help from my wife, Carla. Although I must … Read more

How I lost 20 pounds in 3 months – Part 1/3 – (Starting a very low carb and high fat diet)

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I wasn’t looking for it, I hadn’t planned for it and I certainly didn’t want to do it but I’ve started a lifestyle change. Maybe you can relate. Everyday I woke up starving. I felt hungry at 10:30am, 2:00pm and 8:00pm and was never satisfied with just a snack. I wouldn’t feel energized after eating. … Read more

Discrete graphics switching, MacBook Pro Retina, Google Chat and you

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Getting a new toy work laptop was one of the best decisions I made last year. My old 17″ MacBook Pro was getting tired and could not keep up with the computing I needed to do for my job. So when I got the 16GB of RAM 15″ MacBook Pro Retina (MBPr) late last year … Read more

Removing Chat in Google+ (and GMail)

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I’ve been using google+ more recently and while I don’t mind chat being on the right side of the screen I wanted to remove it. No I’m not talking turn it off and have it looking at me. Or minimizing it somehow. I mean turn it off. Gone. For good. So I looked around the … Read more

Repairing a TrueCrypt Volume and Unmountable Boot Volumes

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The dreaded Unmountable Boot Volume rears its ugly head from time to time. Microsoft says it’s either a bad cable or a corrupt filesystem. For me it has always been the later which I fix by putting the harddrive into another computer and running a chkdsk. Or windows sees it as corrupt and fixes it … Read more