Welcome to Rants and Raves!
I kept hearing that I needed to write, so here is the blog that I ended up starting.
It is mostly an accounting of my progression through creating a web site, nuances with code, and tips about what I did to make things work.
In there you will find sprinkled about some gems of life, and letting loose fun.
Enjoy!
Writing Exercise
2022-09-01
Something I am glad exists: Dr. Pepper.
Something that made me happy: Random text from my older brother.
Self esteem boost: I am a capable person who can handle any situation that I find myself in.
Something I am Glad Exists: Motors, go zoom.
Something That Made me Happy: Someone destroying a box trying to clear a conveyor jam.
Self Esteem Boost: I am a capable person that can handle any situation I find myself in.
Double MYSQL In App Success!
2022-08-27
I roughly repeated the process I did for my last test and got Rants and Raves OFFICIALLY on the internet. Still had to manually create and hardcode the MYSQL config (Will look into streamlining that more later). Plus had to remember to add the web.config file to the Public directory. However, Rants and Raves is on Azure!
Hyper-V On Windows Home
2022-08-27
Windows Home is not supposed to allow Hyper-V to be installed, but guess what? It's already there! Just gotta access it. I used https://www.makeuseof.com/install-hyper-v-windows-11-home/ and it worked in Win11. Gotta makes sure the processor is set for virtualization in the BIOS (most PC CPUs anymore should be capable) and run a little bit of script. Note: the single and double quotes when copied from that site might need replaced, I needed to. Different encoding perhaps. I will post the code.
Hyper-V On Windows Home Code
2022-08-27
Here is my version of the code to install Hyper-V on Windows Home. The only difference is that I replaced the single and double quotes for my machine to be able to read them.
pushd "%~dp0"
dir /b %SystemRoot%\servicing\Packages\*Hyper-V*.mum >hv.txt
for /f %%i in ('findstr /i . hv.txt 2^>nul') do dism /online /norestart /add-package:"%SystemRoot%\servicing\Packages\%%i"
del hv.txt
Dism /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Hyper-V -All /LimitAccess /ALL
pause
MYSQL In App Success!
2022-08-26
Alright! I managed to get the tasks tutorial onto Azure App with MYSQL in App. There was something with the database connection that took some work before finally working. I hard coded the DB config directly into the .env and database.php files. Made sure to use PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_SSL_CA => env('MYSQL_ATTR_SSL_CA'). And a nuance with the password, it needed to be surrounded by double quotes to prevent Laravel from trying to comment or use a variable.
Writing Exercise: Something I Am Glad Exists
2022-08-20
Electricity. I feel like this one is a pretty powerful one (pun accepted). Electricity is crazy and cool in the form of lighting. It also is the backbone for all of the electronics that have made our lives easier in ways, and provide so much entertainment.
Writing Exercise: Something That Makes Me Happy
2022-08-20
The after affects of cleaning. I know cleaning is something I have a tendancy to put off, but I do like after it's done. I like to have things back in an organized state, looking fresh, and like they belong where they are. It's also a nice side effect when the cleaning also results in a touch of reorganization. Then things also feel a bit new and refreshed, breaking some of the stagnation that can happen.
Writing Exercise: Riminder Of Competency And Control
2022-08-20
Sometimes it is easy to feel like your life is out of your control and there's nothing you can do right. I am in control of myself, and I can transform my life into something that I want. I have just today taken back control of the tech area of the house and transformed it into something more to my liking. The biggest question is: Where do I want to go?