Month: February 2013
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Opera joins Google/Apple in-crowd with shift to WebKit and Chromium
http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2013/02/13/webkit_sucks_on_webkit_chromium/
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SQL Server Import Wizard cannot import fields containing more than 255 characters
I have been importing data from Excel to SQL Server using the SQL Server Import Wizard. Usually there is no problem but I have found a bug. 1. To reproduce: Try to import a column containing more than 255 characters text, optimistically set the destination datatype to nvarchar(max) and the failure options to “ignore” on…
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How the Internet has Changed the Spread of Information
Something new today, a post by a guest blogger John Harris on how the internet has changed the spread of information. Away you go, John, — In the past couple of decades, the Internet has transformed from a classic message board to a tool that is used to instantly communicate with loved ones, release new…
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Office 2013 upgrade – red pill or blue pill?
The red pill and its opposite, the blue pill, are pop culture symbols representing the choice between the blissful ignorance of illusion (blue) and embracing the sometimes painful truth of reality (red). Wikipedia about The Matrix movie I have to decide whether to upgrade to Office 2013. If I want my life to be easy I should just take the blue…
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A review of JavaScript drawing libraries for flowcharts, Gantt charts and timelines
Overview I manage my projects using my own ElephantPM project management methodology. This is a similar in many ways to PRINCE2 but is greatly simplified so that it is suitable for use by smaller organisations. My needs ElephantPM divides the Start-up stage into an analysis step and a planning step. During the analysis step it…
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A work-around for Samsung Galaxy S3 not being a drive on USB
I was distressed to find that when I connected my Samsung Galaxy S3 to my computer using a USB cable it did not appear as a disk drive. Android Jelly Bean 4.1 does not support USB Mass Storage Mode (UMS) instead of an UMS option, users will have to make use of MTP (Media Transfer Protocol)…
Dr James Bayley 