Thursday, Feb 09, 2012
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Category: Computers

Picasa for Mac

It’s been a few months since it’s release, but as I promised in my previous post about Picasa for Mac that I would enhance my computer arsenal with another Mac as soon as the software was released. Well, that’s just what I did. I purchased a great new BigMac. Here are the specs. This will help [...]


Fix: HP Mediacenter Blu-ray Error

Use this link to find a software update for the HP Media Center by Cyberlink for playing Blu-ray DVDs when and if you are getting the message that you need to update your DVD software/hardware. The error message on the computer states you need to visit the site http://cyberlink.com/bdupdate and perform an update of your DVD [...]


Ungrouping Taskbar Applications

In recent versions of Windows there exists the option to group your applications on the Taskbar. This is expected to reduce the amount of windows on the screen. To reduce clutter. It’s helped me, but at times, I can’t tell which window is which, or I want to compare side by side and it’s clumsy [...]


SQL variables can act on each other

There are many situations when you have a variable in a stored procedure and you want to add to it. Well, there is definately a slick way to build on variables within a single select statement. It’s necessary to reveal how this works in detail because it’s difficult to explain. So, the answer is in [...]


MS SQL Cursors are Evil

Alright, they’re necessary at times, but for the most part you need to really avoid them. It’s not about the coding and simplicity of using them, it’s about the impacts they have in the backend and on performance.