Author: jcianci12
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The missing episode from “The Middle” – “The Tape”
Frankie picks up a used Tony Robbins audiobook for 50 cents at the Frugal Hoosier. She mostly buys it because the cover says: “Change Your Life.” “At this…
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RDP Painfully Slow? Your NIC’s Power-Saving Features Are Probably the Culprit
RDP lag is almost always blamed on internet speed. But when ping is solid and bandwidth is idle, the real bottleneck is the NIC driver. Five PowerShell commands…
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Veeam Instant Recovery to Hyper-V: When the BCD Points to the Wrong Drive Letter
Restoring a physical server into a Hyper-V test VM sounds straightforward. Veeam Instant Recovery promises a running VM in minutes, not hours. For the most part, it delivers.…
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Authentik Stuck on “Server Is Starting”: Missing Postgres Container and a Readiness Check Lesson
Environment: Authentik, Docker Compose, PostgreSQL, Nginx Proxy Manager, Oracle Cloud VM Why This Matters Identity systems can fail in a way that looks deceptively simple from the browser.…
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When Windows Network Diagnostics Removed a Hyper-V Switch Fabric
Automated network repair tools are useful on a normal desktop. On a Hyper-V host that runs the router for the site, they can be a lot more dangerous.…
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SSMS “Cannot Open User Default Database” — Why Your App Works But SSMS Doesn’t
You fire up your .NET application, it connects to SQL Server without a hitch. Queries run, data flows, everything’s fine. Then you open SQL Server Management Studio to…
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How to Run Your ASP.NET MVC App from VS Code by Pressing F5 (Yes, Even the Old .NET Framework Ones)
I spend most of my day in Visual Studio Code. It is fast, it is light, and it does not chew through 6GB of RAM just sitting there.…
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Quick fix commands for killing a left over .net core process that is hogging the port.
1. Find what’s on the port 2. Kill it by PID (replace ##### with the PID from step 1) Or do it all in one line (find +…
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Brisbane Half Marathon Weekend Budget (Family of 4)
Dates: Friday 5 June 2026 to Monday 8 June 2026People: 2 Adults, 2 Children (10 & 15) Food & Drinks Item Cost Vapiano $57.97 Ahmet’s Turkish $40.27 Gamdang…
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My Stay at Cassa Wharf Street Apartments for the Brisbane Half Marathon
When I booked a three-night stay at Cassa Wharf Street Apartments for the Brisbane Half Marathon, I thought I had found the perfect place. The location was excellent,…