This article is about how to fix a common error in Google Colab notebooks when trying to mount a Google Drive, and you just get an error along the lines of ‘Mountpoint must either be a directory or not exist’. I’ll explain the reason for the error, and provide several…Continue reading How to solve ‘Mountpoint must either be a directory or not exist’ in Google Colab workbook?
How to fix catastrophic mouse/touch device input lag on Windows 10?
Did you start experiencing weird input lag on your Windows 10 PC starting some time early 2024? This lag would take 1-6 seconds, during which your mouse and/or touch devices (touch screen or touch pad) would be completely unresponsive. Keyboard would work, though. Good. That means I wasn’t the only…Continue reading How to fix catastrophic mouse/touch device input lag on Windows 10?
How to update RAM on Synology DS423+?
Time for something completely different: Hardware stuff. In this article, I’ll explain how to upgrade Synology DS423+ NAS’s RAM memory, which super-cheap RAM memory I used, and a little bit about how I ended up with this device in the first place. Anyway. Let’s get to it. Background A while…Continue reading How to update RAM on Synology DS423+?
How to work around Docker failing to access WSL on Windows?
So, I’m an occasional developer (and a frequent scripter), so I occasionally need to, well, develop stuff. And quite often I need Docker for packaging whatever I’m trying to push out there, or possibly to run someone else’s containers on my machine. But sometimes, Docker is more pain than gain.…Continue reading How to work around Docker failing to access WSL on Windows?
2023 Year Review
I’ve made it a tradition to post something about the last year just after the New Year’s, so here’s another look back at the last 12 months. Next Tuesday, we’ll be back to the regularly scheduled programming! In 2021 I promised a new article every Tuesday. In 2022 I managed…Continue reading 2023 Year Review
How to make sure your pipelines run as scheduled in Azure DevOps?
This article explains in very brief terms – it is Christmas and I’m enjoying my 2-week-long European vacation, after all 😉 – how to make sure your Azure DevOps (YAML) pipelines fire on schedule. Because by default, they won’t. And I’ll explain to you why that (kind of) makes sense!…Continue reading How to make sure your pipelines run as scheduled in Azure DevOps?
How to pick the cheapest hours of electricity using Home Assistant?
Time to write about Home Assistant for a change! I’ve been using the home automation platform for a couple of years now and while it’s immensely powerful, you also run into all kinds of issues. I could rant in length about one weather station or how difficult it is to…Continue reading How to pick the cheapest hours of electricity using Home Assistant?
How to fix “The term ‘winget’ is not recognized as a name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or executable program.” in Windows?
This article explains how I fixed Terminal / PowerShell being unable to locate my winget when I was trying to install something with it. This was quite unexpected as I knew for sure I had installed winget, and I had also used it before successfully. But alas, things break down…Continue reading How to fix “The term ‘winget’ is not recognized as a name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or executable program.” in Windows?
Azure DevOps suddenly not letting you manage Environments ? Sorry, it’s for your own security!
This article explains how to get around new security limitations (did I say “limitations”? I meant “features”) in Azure DevOps to make it tolerable to configure your Azure DevOps Deployment Environments. Because the recent changes to Azure DevOps have made it, quite frankly, intolerable. But – let’s take a step…Continue reading Azure DevOps suddenly not letting you manage Environments ? Sorry, it’s for your own security!
How to manually install Windows updates?
This article explains how to install Windows Update whenever your Windows Update service is broken. Which seems to occasionally happen. And while you can run a ton of scripts to fix it (and a lot of guides online just tell you to click “Check for updates” manually, which is kind…Continue reading How to manually install Windows updates?
