Microsoft Word offers us a great feature called “Read Aloud” that I often use to check if I mistakenly wrote a similar but wrong word in my posts. After installing a new computer, that feature was still there but it sounded awful. Instead of the nice realistic voice I am used to, I got a …
We are already in the last week of 2023. This year flew by and so many things happened that I cannot recall all of them. Let us have a look at the highlights of my 2023. Traveling far and often Without traveling restrictions, I took my chance and visited many of my favourite places: …
On this day 10 years ago, I was putting the finishing touches on the first blog posts I was going to publish on this blog. What started with a 12 posts series on RavenDB continued for much longer than I had anticipated. Including this post, I published 580 posts on various topics covering .Net, Python, …
After changing the original SSD in my DELL XPS 15 9750 to a Seagate FireCuda 530, I wanted to install Windows 11. Before even the first screen of the installer could load, it crashed with the Blue Screen of Death and the KERNEL_SECURITY_CHECK_FAILURE stop code: Errors like this are rare these days, and Google only …
With only a few days left in 2022, it looks like this fading year was not too bad for me. I was able to travel again and visit places I have missed and others I have wanted to see for a long time. At work, we were finally able to part ways with Windows Identity …
After last week’s turbulences, many people on Twitter talk about moving to Mastodon. For me the biggest challenge to create an account on Mastodon was to find an instance. Unlike Twitter, Mastodon offers many places where you can create an account, or you can host your own server. Use Debirdify Manuel Eberl created the …
I got a new work laptop, a Dell XPS with a lot of power. The machine is great, but it had one big problem. Whenever I tried to use an external screen, I got this error on Windows 10: My Dell has two graphics cards; that is great for balancing performance and battery life, but …
A year ago, I had the hope that with the COVID vaccine we are back in something called “normal” by summer. For a few weeks it looked like this could be true before it turned for the worse. While writing this post Switzerland starts the Omicron wave at the high point of our 5th wave …
Last week I discovered an annoying Microsoft “feature” on my laptop. After a long holiday and a few Windows updates, Microsoft Word was gone. I could not find the application anywhere and my computer was unwilling to open any *.docx files. A quick Google search showed that I am not alone. But how do I …
I am glad 2020 is over. It was the year that put an end to any hope of self-responsibility to tackle a global crisis. It did not work for COVID-19, it will not work for climate change. We need something else and I hope we find it in time. Havoc to my travel plans …