How To Add Apps to Windows Startup Folder

When a computer reboots, there may be certain applications that need to be started. This was easy to do in Windows XP. All that you need to do is drag a shortcut to the app into the Startup folder through the Start menu -> All Programs -> Startup. However, in...

Software Installation Sites for Eclipse

After installing Sloeber (the Arduino plugin for Eclipse), the software installation sites were deleted. This will prevent Eclipse from making updates to the installed plugins. These are the sites that I use with my Eclipse for PHP Developers setup which can be...

Installing MS SQL Server on Ubuntu

At Microsoft Connect(); 2016, it was announced that MS SQL Server was available for Linux (Ubuntu and RedHat) and MacOS. This was a real surprise and I’m not sure if its free or not. It was an easy installation on Ubuntu 16 running on HyperV on a Windows...

A Better Error Page on the Canada Immigration Site

Tonight during the historic US election, the Canadian Immigration site (http://www.cic.gc.ca/) was down. I’m sure it had nothing to do with Americans trying to leave their country and move to Canada in light of the imminent Trump victory. The following ASP.NET error...