If you’re like me, background noise makes concentration almost impossible for you. It’s like the background chatter gets more priority in my brain than what I need to focus on. Is that ADD? I’m not sure, but what I have discovered is how to concentrate when you cannot make the...
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190310.aspx Returns a report that has information about user permissions for an object, or statement permissions, in the current database. See Microsoft link above for complete capabilities.
To put it plainly, Google Chrome handles PDF files much faster than Adobe Reader. If you’ve worked with a 5,000 page PDF in Adobe Reader, you may have experienced the long delay when using the search command. Rather than wasting 5 minutes or more just executing a simple text search, you...
So, about 3 months of being caffeine free and I figured it’s time to post an update. I listed my symptoms at http://www.benjf.com/?p=14. They included Tired Lack of ambition Difficulty concentrating Poor memory Light headed when going from squatting to standing Blush easily even when something is barely embarrassing Sleep is...
There is a law on the books specifically making it illegal to kill the messenger. It can be seen at http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/959.18. It states: 959.18 Prohibition against killing a carrier pigeon. No person who is not the owner thereof, shall shoot, kill, or maim an Antwerp or homing pigeon, commonly known as...
E-mail Privacy? Sometimes we take for granted that our email is somehow private. We use a password to get in and nobody else can see it, or so we think. Many of us know the truth about email privacy (or lack thereof) and still our brains “feel” like it’s still...
Update 08/28/2011 After doing some research, it seems that FirePGP is no longer an active project. That means that you cannot use all of the method shown in that tutorial. But don’t worry because much of the other process is still valid. I’ll be posting a full tutorial on...
Google has an encrypted search page at https://encrypted.google.com/webhp?hl=en. For an explanation of what and why you would want this, visit the SSL Search learn more page at Google.
Comet Elenin is coming and NASA wants everyone to think it’s no big deal. On March 1, 2011 (before the Japan Earthquake), NASA posted on their ask-an-astrobiologist website: One of the worst examples is a video that someone posted on the NASAbuzzroom website that claims that the magnetic field of the...