Category: Tech

This category contains all of the non-rants. And some tech-related rants, I guess. It’s difficult to categorize your content, you know?

A developer celebrating the successful migration of their website to a static site generator

Frontmatter Fields Not Populating When Setting Up Your BlazorStatic Website? Easy Fix!

This article explains a quick fix to FrontMatter fields in a solution not getting populated when using BlazorStatic. I ran into it after repeatedly exporting all of my stuff from my legacy WordPress site to my in-the-works BlazorStatic site. StaticBlazor is a game-changer for developers who want the power of…Continue reading Frontmatter Fields Not Populating When Setting Up Your BlazorStatic Website? Easy Fix!

dotnet in a classic heavy metal font

dotnet tool install fails with “Settings file ‘DotnetToolSettings.xml’ was not found in the package.” – what do?

If you’ve just tried to install a .NET tool and got smacked with the dreaded error message: “Settings file ‘DotnetToolSettings.xml’ was not found in the package,” congratulations: You are today’s lucky recipient of yet another cryptic dotnet installer hiccup! But don’t worry, we’re about to sort this nonsense out. Namely,…Continue reading dotnet tool install fails with “Settings file ‘DotnetToolSettings.xml’ was not found in the package.” – what do?

A photorealistic and dynamic illustration of an office setting with incredibly bored workers and an infinite loop that looks very loopey

How to Copy-Paste a Table from Excel to Microsoft Loop Without Losing Your Mind

Struggling to transfer tables from Excel to Microsoft Loop? Weirdly enough, you’re not alone. In this wonderful world of ours, simply copying and pasting often turns your perfectly organized rows and columns into an illegible blob. It’s frustrating, inefficient, and downright maddening for a superficially fancy and shiny new tool…Continue reading How to Copy-Paste a Table from Excel to Microsoft Loop Without Losing Your Mind

Clippy, the office assistant, with a magnifying glass, looking eager

Windows Search not finding anything? That might be the default now, but you don’t need to accept it!

This article explains how to tweak Windows Search so that it finds something. Or better yet – that it finds even the files that your applications are trying to HIDE from you (by storing your personal files under Application Data folder)! Microsoft is actively trying to hide these files from…Continue reading Windows Search not finding anything? That might be the default now, but you don’t need to accept it!

“The Copilot key isn’t connected to an action. Choose what you’d like to happen when you press the Copilot key”

So about a year ago, I paid (or made my employer pay) 4000 USD to get an AI-PC. That laptop had no AI features whatsoever, so its NPU is still in brand new condition. Great savings abound if I ever end up selling it! 😜 But about 6 months later,…Continue reading “The Copilot key isn’t connected to an action. Choose what you’d like to happen when you press the Copilot key”

Skype for Business, sneaking in

How to remove Skype for Business, if it sneaks back onto your machine?

This article explains how to uninstall Skype for Business when it’s not visible in your Control Panel, Settings, Installed apps or Programs and features. This article also (accidentally) underlines the futility of using a separate uninstaller application. They’ll typically introduce more trouble than they’re worth. But let’s get to it.…Continue reading How to remove Skype for Business, if it sneaks back onto your machine?