I don't know how much of this article is April Fools or not. But I have enjoyed working on Unix systems with the ability to chain programs together with a...

Well, my congratulations on having set your retirement date.  I assume it is soon.  I can only hope...

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I have subscribed to Microsoft Visual Studio Enterprise for my personal use for many years.  I initially subscribed at a level lower than MSDN Enterprise, but Microsoft dropped some levels...

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I've have been with two different employers for over 14 years. I thought that I was going to retire at the first company because it was a great work environment...

Thanks for the article. I'll check out the repo. I'm particularly interested in creating my own C# snippets for 1) opening a database with exception handlers, 2) getting queries also...

I ought to get a shredder. We don't put trash out (a truck collects our dumpster), but I suppose that's still a potential issue.

Group Policy is good, but timing...

My current employer, a state health agency requires all its employees to lock their computer when they leave their office space. The other past two employers that I worked for...

I started working from home on March 12, 2020. Last year, I suspected that I will be working from in March '21. I am probably in Group 1c in line...

I hadn't thought of getting a wider band for the midrange.  For the longest time, I had been resisting bifocals. Finally, in my 40's, my ophthalmologist said that I wouldn't...

Thanks. River was not the gracious hostess for Austin's first day. She...

River climbing a tree after a squirrel. River was a few months shy of turning four. Zeus is near the tree. Athena is in the background and later seen at...

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I understand and empathize with all of you who have suffered through this horrible year in your lives.  But I can truthfully say that I have personally been through...

For me, I started working from home on March 18, 2020. I think that it was the next day that the governor ordered non-essential state employees (not emergency or law...

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I received a call from a local number last week. Thinking that it could be a coworker using their cellphone to contact me, I answered it.

It was a robocall telling...

I haven't been to a virtual event, but even for an INTP (Myers-Briggs) like me, I miss the personal interaction.  My wife and I attended the one and only SQL...