I recently spent many hours over several days troubleshooting an issue in Visio wherein if I run VBA code on EventDrop for a given master shape that also has a custom property configured for “Ask on drop”, the dropped shape never pops up its dialog box for the custom property values.  The specifics of […]

..:: Dracon™: UNIX Timestamp Conversion Tool
very useful tool to convert to-from unix timestamps. very helpful when I needed to empty a 600000+ row session table of everything but the last few days sessions.
(tags: unix linux mysql apache datetime)

“product level is insufficient” message during flat file import - MSDN Forums
For any other usages, you still need to install full SSIS (separate check box in SQL install) to run the packages standalone (outside of the designer) - this is also mentioned several times in this thread:
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fixing dents yourself
Thanks to today’s body repair materials — better paints, improved fillers and two-part primer/surfacers — bodywork and painting has never been easier.
(tags: auto repair how-to cheapskate)

I only ever shopped there once, but this saddens me: 
Monday night, the co-op membership voted 83-3 to grant the board the authority to close the store and take whatever steps are necessary to address lingering debt and back taxes. “We needed to close to explore what our options are,” said board member Jennifer Feyerherm. from Mifflin […]

In Choices = Headaches Joel Spolsky discusses the multitude of options a computer user must sort through to turn of their computer:
“The more choices you give people, the harder it is for them to choose, and the unhappier they’ll feel.”
and

“Inevitably, you are going to think of a long list of intelligent, defensible reasons why […]

 
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After extensive damage to my work restoring our side porch, a family of squirrels has taken up residence in the roof of the porch.  I’ve since discovered that squirrels can effectively bring out the most bestial impulses in my normally placid and unflappable demeanor.  I throw rocks at them (successfully knocking a couple of […]

Curious if you going to release an API for posting the sitemap?
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