One Report, Multiple Queries
I am a die hard Filemaker user/designer. For MS Access – building ONE report that can be “fed” with many different SQL or queries seems like a straight forward idea – but it isn’t. Here is how to get around it … kind of… This is the site that gave me the goods – there […]
Never include your email in an article – or anyone else’s email either if you can
We often write email addresses into our email articles online whether it is our blog, comments or website pages we build. Web-bots (Robots) scour web pages and those that link to them 24/7 looking for email addresses and use them to spam us and others. That is the main reason. Other reasons are if you […]
iOS app image size matrix for projects. Track your sizes using this tool.
This is for a personal project a friend and I are doing – there are soooo many iterations of graphics that we need because we want things to look crisp. The intent for the table below to be copy& pasted and a column exists next to each resolution for a check mark to put beside […]
Installing a Radius Server with MySQL on Mac OS X 10.7 – Mountain Lion
This is a bit of a pain but I got it running. Some basics before you start. Links are at the bottom for installation tips. mountain Lion already has a version installed – but you might need to reinstall make sure mySQL is pre-installed AND IN YOUR PATH (critical) use this to see a positive […]
my Offline Web App – applicationCaching and manifest files in html5. IT WORKS TOO!
My Need: I tried to make my own iOS app that would take html, scrape the links, get and store the data, change the links and cache a new html file. OK – as usual – someone already solved that problem (it always happens). Here are some AWESOME links to help me build my solution […]
Reachability and SimplePing much improved and useable on iOS
I will do my best to give everyone credit where credit is due – I have looked at so many websites. Is your app waiting for the network or an online resource and are you ensuring your users know that there is something going on? If you don’t take care of this or give your […]
“So what language do you use?” – a pet peeve question
The title is meant to be catch your attention – and even I sometimes ask that question. It bothers me because people are so much more than just a programmer – but a solutions provider and go waaaaaay beyond technical know. Soft skills learned in the leadership masters degree for example, is primarily people related […]
What the blog is about
This is a blog of sorts to discuss what types of interesting things one can do with technology. It is a resume of sorts, but it is also meant to inspire others that really interesting things can be done with the right tools. For each major type of platform, there will be a separate blog […]
Debugging Bonita – Tips and Tricks
To see the Bonita Engine Log for debugging issues: Use Cygwin (a version of a unix shell in windows) http://cygwin.com/install.html use the tail program with this line of code Insert an HTML widget for debugging In the pool header – I have created a global map called “configMap” and there is an item ‘debug’ insert HTML […]