Office Ergonomics – Carrying Laptops and Work
Last night, August 7th, on World News with Diane Sawyer, their research team collected evidence to show how carrying purses and other items can cause harm if too heavy. According to their research, a...
View ArticleConverting Unix Epoch to Date in Excel
I ran into an interesting problem earlier today. I was using a CDR dump from our Cisco system. However, all of the datetime fields were represented as seconds. I knew right away that it used an epoch...
View ArticleT-SQL Count of Tables, Views, Stored Procedures and Functions
Have you ever needed to obtain a list or count of all tables, views, stored procedures, and functions in a database? It’s quite easy. Simply copy the T-SQL from below to a query window, set the desired...
View ArticleSolving TFS400018: The local version table for the local workspace…
Today I hopped back into Visual Studio 2012 to update a project from TFS. To my surprise, I was greeted with the following error: After some unsuccessful online searching, I used a snippet I had found...
View ArticleUpgraded My Hosting Provider and Website
This was long overdue. For quite some time now, I was running a very old version of Orchard CMS. I was also using a low-cost shared hosting provider. My site was sluggish and would time out… often. I...
View ArticleReview: New Developer Tools in Internet Explorer 11
Windows 8.1 has been out for a few weeks now. Along with Windows 8.1, Internet Explorer 11 was released. IE11 offers the best web standard support of any Internet Explorer browser. This means that the...
View ArticleMoving On… To Guard Insurance Group
After over 10 years of dedication to United One Resources, I’ve decided that it’s time for my next life challenge. Later today, I’ll walk out the doors of the office on Sherman St in Wilkes-Barre for...
View ArticleSaving Design Changes from Internet Explorer to Visual Studio 2013
How many times as a web developer did you make a change to a web application in your browser and were disappointed when the changes didn’t update back within Visual Studio? With the recent updates to...
View ArticleDetecting Caps Lock with JavaScript
Earlier today, I saw a user attempt to type his password in both Internet Explorer 9 and Chrome. In both browsers, he failed to successfully type it in. After 3 failed attempts, he realized it was due...
View ArticleUnderstanding Font Rules in CSS
Quite often, developers or designers include a list of fonts within their CSS. As an example, one might define a CSS rule such as: font-family: ‘Segoe UI’, Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica; However, what some...
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