Minecraft has been a staple in my household for years. It just makes sense our offspring would love it too. We set out to install Minecraft on one of their tablets and to my surprise, no charge, just said: “install”. Great! I assumed it was free from all of the other “marketplace” items for sale now, especially with realms. Come…
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DJI Assistant 2 error: An app has been blocked for your protection.
The Issue: When running DJI Assistant 2.exe you encounter the following error: User Account Control This app has been blocked for your protection. An administrator has blocked you from running this app. For more information, contact the administrator. DJI Assistant 2.exe Publisher: Unknown File origin: Hard drive on this computer Program location: “C:\Program Files (x86)\DJI Product\DJI Assistant 2 For Phantom\DJI…
Halloween Morning Workout 10-30-2017
Get your candy ridden body in gear and burn some calories. This workout will get your heart rate up. Warm-up Dynamic Stretching Quick Jog 100m 5 pushups 5 Squats 5 Lunges 40-Min AMRAP 10 burpees 40 Flutter Kicks Sprint 30 yrds 4x Times, 20 Second rests inbetween 15 Lunges 20 Suitcase crunches 10 Burpees 1 Minute Plank Jacks Can you…
Upgrading Team Foundation Server, TFS 2010 to TFS 2017
Upgrading TFS 2010 to TFS 2017 and SQL Server 2008 to SQL Server 2016 The Problem We need to upgrade a physical server, we will call it “Tcode”. Tcode has Server 2008 32bit installed with TFS 2010 and SQL Server 2008. Since our machine is a production machine, I need to do this gracefully. With so many different “ways” to do…
Going into Crisis Mode
Going into Crisis Mode If you have been in IT long enough, you end up experiencing a “Crisis Mode” day. You know, you click a button and immediately all hell breaks loose, then instantly, your brain clicks into crises mode. I had another one today. Tried to update our firewall, which normally has no issues, and comes right back up.…
Active Rest Bodyweight Workout – 30 Minutes
We can always use an active rest workout, especially when we are sore or achy. Try out this workout, it’s a smooth and relaxing workout, that keeps you moving on your rest days. Warm-Up 20 Jumping Jacks 20 Butt Kicks 20 Pendulum Swings 20 Mountain Climbers 20 Flutter Kicks 25 Minute AMRAP – Should be a quick transition between each…
Mount EXT3 or other Linux drive in Windows
Want to be able to connect a drive that’s been formatted under a linux distro? Checkout this program called Ex2Fsd https://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2fsd/ Read and write was between 50-60MB/s vs a normal NTFS @ 100-110MBps on this work station. Screenshots are a little whacky because I was playing around too much. The Drive I used was the D drive.
Treating Shin Splints
There are two primary types of Shin Splints (Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome) Before I begin, I am not a Doctor, and this cannot replace your Doctor. Your Doctor is smarter than me on this! Anterior Shin Splints These are the most common, pain along the front of the Tibia. Most shin splits are caused by a weakness in the Tibialis…
9-16-2017 Sat Workout
This workout is to work Delts, Triceps and Quads. This was not an endurance workout. Pushups, Squats, and Burpees should be 75% of what your max is, modify as needed. Workout time: Typically 45 Mins to 1 Hour Warm-up 2 – Rounds 22 Jumping Jacks 22 Forward Arm Circles 22 Rear Arm Circles 11 Squats 6 Inch works to Push…
RPC Server is Unavailable due to Faulty wlan Driver
Machine: ASUS ROG G752VY Issue: After a restart, when trying to login to a machine local or domain, it gives the error “The RPC server is unavailable”. Would not restart from restart/shutdown window. Troubleshooting was remote. User stated they were restarting their machine, when the machine was actually just going to sleep, then coming back on when they pressed the…
