5 March 2013
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Today’s tasks have included taking a list of identifiers and names and converting them into a series of SQL statements to create, populate and drop temporary database tables. If I just had one or two lines in the form: 56,DataIdentifier … Continue reading
14 February 2013
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For several years now I have been one of the moderators on the Digital Photography School website. It was running on an increasingly outdated version of the VBulletin forum software, which exposed it to the problems of unfixed security problems … Continue reading
12 February 2013
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One of the challenges of working with databases is that the structures required to store data for maximum flexibility sometimes end up being an obstacle to providing quick answers to routine questions. I have been finding that at work recently, … Continue reading
4 February 2013
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I finally got my WordPress install brought up to date last night. I need to give some more thought as to how to do this, as the automatic process doesn’t seem to work with my set up (and I’m also … Continue reading
2 February 2013
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I discovered a new feature in Firefox today. Fumbling with the keys, I must have accidentally pressed Ctrl-Shift-E, which brings up a box showing thumbnails of all the open tabs. This is a pleasingly visual way of getting an overview … Continue reading
30 January 2013
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I was disappointed to find that the Gmail work around I stumbled across in December (selective quoting) had stopped working. However, a bit of investigation suggests that it has gone from being an undocumented feature to one of the options … Continue reading
11 January 2013
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I am not entirely sure what tools the voice recognition in the Android version of Evernote draws on but I have to note that it works rather well. I have just been dictating my shopping list and the success rate … Continue reading
30 December 2012
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I have come to the conclusion that I don’t have the right tools and workspace for precision engineering but, nonetheless, I managed to cobble together a mounting board (or “dish”) for my Pi. The Raspberry Pi (with additional LedBorg LED … Continue reading
21 December 2012
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I was recently kindly given a Raspberry Pi. It is a clever little thing — a fully functional computer on a credit card sized board. It has none of the mod cons like, for example, a case but provides an … Continue reading
14 December 2012
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I recently opted to start using the new Gmail interface for composing messages. I figured that it was inevitable I would get upgraded at some point so I might as well jump on it at a reasonably convenient time rather … Continue reading