I’m just trying to configure a custom logging mechanism for my SSIS packages and had some problems with the location and structure of the dbo.sysssislog table which is automagically created by the Integration Services (if you happen to use a integrated security database connection; else you need to grant CREATE rights to the corresponding database user). While googling I found some helpful tips by Joe The Business Intelligence Guy:

Read More

A great article by Dan Grover about the average internet/tech user (aka noob) and why it is so hard for us tech-savvy folk to comprehend their foolishness. Dan tries to explain whats going on in a noob’s mind and how software developers may come to their aid.

Simple but cross-browser library.

Applies SVG (using Keith Wood plugin for jQuery) or canvas method if supported on the client browser (includes explorercanvas patch for ie). If not, applies methods derivated from the work of Walter Zorn for compatibility.

Children understand that the fun part about the journey of life is throwing caution to the wind and trying new things to see how they identify with you, and swimming in the joy of feeling yourself get lost in the things you have a passion for. And once you realize they’re within you, you’ll feel an impenetrable calling to them, as if they’re part of your destiny. When you find something like that, nobody can pay you to give it up.

1. Placebo (9)
2. Michael Jackson (3)
3. David Guetta (2)
4. Skindred (2)
5. AC DC (1)

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Boffins have created the world’s smallest solar-powered sensor which can harvest energy from its surroundings to operate nearly perpetually.

(via)

In a commentary to be published in the International Journal of Epidemiology in April, experts say there’s a possibility that the more bored you are, the more likely you are to die early.

(via)

CopperLicht is a JavaScript 3D engine for creating games and 3d applications in the webbrowser. It uses the WebGL canvas supported by modern browsers and is able to render hardware accelerated 3d graphics without any plugins.

First, they teleported photons, then atoms and ions. Now one physicist has worked out how to do it with energy, a technique that has profound implications for the future of physics.

Spray-on liquid glass is transparent, non-toxic, and can protect virtually any surface against almost any damage from hazards such as water, UV radiation, dirt, heat, and bacterial infections.

Turning your monitor into a touchscreen could some day be as simple as peel … and stick.

1. Rammstein (3)
2. Beatsteaks (2)
3. Thrice (2)
4. Metallica (2)
5. Thursday (2)

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Posthaste, Team Weather Sealed plucked virtual guinea pig Eugene from the ether, taught him six different typing techniques, and then watched as he used each to key a representative text of 90% American English plus some HTML.

From the results, they created the following Finger Movement Diagrams that detail the keyboard motions innate to each individual typing style.

I can’t wait until the local disk in servers and blades is as quaint a notion as 5.25-inch floppy drives and rumble seats. Make no mistake, it will happen. It’s just a matter of time.

MonoTouch v1.9 has been released with iPad support.