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Copy and Paste equations from PDF to whatever
The easiest technique I found was to use the SNIPPING Tool on windows 10 – to capture a snip (screenshot) from the PDF. Save the screenshot as an image- and…
Outlook password change not picked up by iPhone client
I recently changed my outlook 365 password - and was unable to get my iPhone mail client to pick up the new password. Here are a few things I Step…
TFS Build without a build servers
Ideally, your builds should be taking place on a configured build server – which pulls the latest code (from a specified branch) and then tries to compile it. In a…
When to consider SQL Server Enterprise
The crux of the matter lies in Scalability – and security (encryption of data at rest). Here are a few things that you will get with SQL Enterprise that you…
Handling Unpredictable Traffic Demand – AWS AutoScaling
You just spent weeks (months even), planning marketing campaigns to drive traffic to your website - and are hoping to see that translate into ‘new users’ on your ; What…
High Availability versus Disaster Recovery–The Cloud Advantage
As one transitions from application architecture to infrastructure (mainly cloud) architecture, you start hearing the terms High Availability and Disaster Recovery thrown around a lot (and thrown around interchangeably!). While…
Converting from DD-MM-YYYY to YYYY only in excel
Lately, I needed to go through a column full of dates – in the format MM-DD-YYYY. The thing is , I didn’t care for the day or the month of…
Safe(r) Domain Search
I was underwhelmed at the 'safe' domain search agents available. I particular encountered trust issues with some of the bigger registrars out there - including and hostgator. Two options that…
Tableau Server Authentication Options
Tableau offers three choices for end user authentication No Authentication – Use an API key to access the public visualizations. No username/pwd or any other authentication mechanism required TTA –…
Privacy and Security for consumer laptops
Those free WIFI connections in cafes do not encrypt network traffic. This implies that anyone on the same WIFI network as you is able to ‘sniff’ your traffic and possibly…