C++ Standard update
Overview: C++ Gets an Overhaul As I’m new, most of that is right over my head. What I do get out of it is they’re going to be adopting a lot of the Boost libraries. Little surprise there as I …...
View ArticleMaking Firefox maximize on startup
You’d think something like this would be incredibly easy, maybe even be in an options tab or possibly prefs.js in the user’s profile. Eh, sort of. The setting is in localstore.rdf within the user’s...
View ArticleCounting the number of items in a line
This short script was used to count the number of pipes in a line. I wanted to have 9 per line so the Dokuwiki table would be displayed properly, so this script let me know which lines were busted.
View ArticleRenaming files with Python
I downloaded some PowerPoint slides and wmv programming videos from a college website and the original file names had spaces in them, so my browser’s downloader plugin converted the spaces to _20. I...
View ArticleSQL in easy steps, 3rd Edition errata
I was reading through SQL in easy steps, 3rd Edition and made it to page 152 where it covered Sub-query calculated fields. It’s a fancy way of saying a SELECT statement within a SELECT statement, but...
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