Author Archives: J.D. H.

Troubleshooting a Ruby production application

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I am by no means a Ruby expert, but I have been tasked with troubleshooting an existing Ruby application. Specifically some end user DB tasks were failing to save records and the application was throwing a generic error message to the user. By enabling debug logging and viewing the Ruby log file, I was able to see that the application was failing when attempting to send an email confirmation, then it would roll back all the DB changes since the overall

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Deleting system/protected/recovery partitions from SSD [SOLVED]

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The various system vendors (Dell, Lenovo, HP, etc.) generally use a large number of partitions on their SSDs and HDD. Here is an example from a recent Windows 10 laptop with a 256GB m.2 SSD boot drive: Partition 1 Recovery Partition 2 System Partition 3 OEM Partition 4 Reserved Partition 5 Primary Partition 6 Recovery Wow, that is a ton of partitions! Normally that many partitions is not a big deal, but if you want to quickly re-purpose an old

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ScanSnap internal error occurred 0x1001 (s300, ix500, etc.) [SOLVED]

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Are you getting a ScanSnap internal error occurred 0x1001 error message? After months of trouble free usage when saving to folder, I had that error pop-up 🙁 Thankfully, I did the following steps and everything is back to normal: How to fix the error #1 Try to save to Google Drive or one of the other options and verify that you can complete the save (I was able to save to Google Drive) and this means the scanner is working properly #2

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Vintage Jeep CJ6 photos & info

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This is the CJ-6 Jeep that my dad purchased new in 1973. In 1996 we restored it for my 16th birthday. I drove until I graduated high school in 1999. There are many fun memories associated with this Jeep 🙂 Model year: 1973 (produced May 1973) CJ-6 VIN: J3F84FVE6XXXX Engine number: 321XXXX Engine: 232, AMC inline six Misc: 101″ wheelbase Gross Axle Weight Rating (GAWR): 4500 GAWR front: 1900 GAWR rear: 2250

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Q. Quicken register two lines [HOWTO] [SOLVED]

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Q. I know you use Quicken from some of your other “tip” posts, can you help me with something? Specifically, I added a new checking account to Quicken Deluxe 2015 and the register seems to be stuck at one line-height for the new account 🙁 How do I get it back to the old two lines?! Thx! -Tony M. A. Hi Tony, I think I can help! There are a couple of ways to do it: Click the “gear” icon

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Adobe Creative Cloud uninstalled with errors

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Recently I uninstalled Adobe Creative Cloud and the process was rather interesting: First I had to uninstall any individual applications (like Adobe Photoshop, otherwise CC would not uninstall), next I had to uninstall Adobe Creative Cloud (and it said it encountered errors), lastly I had to reboot and uninstall Adobe Creative Cloud again (and this time it was successful). Normally a reboot isn’t a big deal, but in this instance I had a multi-TB file transfer that still had about 5 hours

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Dell Latitude E5450 i7-5600U 2.6GHz, 16GB RAM, 1TB, NVIDIA 840M 14.0″ 1920X1080

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You are viewing the bought and sold portion of my website. This is where I keep an archive of items that I bought and sold on eBay or other venues. For auction: Dell E5450. You are bidding on the exact laptop pictured in the photos. Condition: perfect refurbished condition, unit has been fully tested and is in excellent condition. Detailed specifications of this unit: Dell Latitude E5450  Core i7-5600U 2.6GHz-3.20GHz CPU 16GB DDR3 RAM 1TB HDD NVIDIA 840M 2GB dedicated

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