One quick way to convert decimals in Excel
I frequently use the “text to columns” feature in MS Office 2007 and higher. Usually I paste csv or other delimited data in the first column, and us...
Auteur: Patrick Sinke
Tuning The Time Machine
OS X Time machine tips and tricks.
Apparently… Spotify is coming for linux too.
Check this page: https://www.spotify.com/nl/download/previews/. If you follow the instructions (I’ve copied them here for your convenience) Spotify is ins...
Why my next phone will not be an Android.
It is now about a year ago that I got my first smartphone. It’s a HTC Legend. It’s got a reasonable sized 3.2 inch screen, a nice sturdy unibody des...
Optimizing Oracle SQL performance using an inline view!
In our production environment, we have a process that runs for about 30 minutes, and may even take hours on busy days. Way too long of course! I’ve been r...
de hypocrisie van de telco’s [Dutch]
Het kan je niet ontgaan zijn, de laatste tijd klagen de telco’s in Nederland steen en been. Mobiel dataverkeer is de laatste 2 jaar flink toegenomen en al...
installing Oracle SQL Developer on OS X Lion/Mountain Lion
Last week I installed OS X Lion, which was great fun. I’m not going to say it is revolutionary, but it certainly has some nice improvements. One particula...
creating an iso from a disk in OS X
When you quickly want to create an ISO image from a CD or DVD disk, simply do the following: insert the disk in your optical drive (yeah, I know this is obvious...
A classic example of over-engineering your software
Sometimes I encounter a typical example of what I call “over-engineering”. Someone has been enthusiastically designing a webpage, and added a few bu...
A Brave New World… or better: Era
Once upon a time, a long time ago, computers where something most people never saw for real. They were as big as apartment blocks and operated and maintained by...