Month: November 2008

Backing up SVN to a Zip File

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I promised in my post about getting a UTC Formatted Date and Time from the command line that I would give some tips about using it for backups. I use my dateTimeUTC command line application I wrote about…

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My first photo of the International Space Station

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The International Space Station passed over London tonight. Yes, it passes over regularly but it can only be seen (easily) when it reflects the sun. Using the website Heavens-Above you’re able to perform these predictions with ease. It…

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More 3D Photos

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Here are the 3D Photos I promised. They are from my first test of my dual camera rig. I got off the tube at Piccadilly Circus and walked to the London Eye. Here are some of the highlights…

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So much Detail….

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I can’t get over the detail I’m getting out of my 3D Stereo Photographs. The quality of the photos is just amazing. Check out this picture.. Here is a crop from the full resolution version (click to see…

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First Photo with my Dual Camera 3D Rig

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I went out a few days back and took a few photos with my new 3D Rig. The most amazing things are the sharpness and the synchronisation of the two cameras. Take a look at this photo. The…

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Easy Formatted UTC Dates from the Command line – PC

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I’ve been using the command line to backup my files for a long time, but always used the date and time tools that ship with windows. the way I used to do it was like this (Sorry, long…

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3D Photos from my Loreo Lens in a Cap

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After my earlier post about the Loreo Lens in a Cap, I decided I’d post a few of my results so you can decide what the lens is like. Here are a couple of photos I took that…

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A Mac OS X Dashboard Widget I can't live without – iStat Pro

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iStat Pro is one of the most useful “task monitors” for an apple. I don’t even know where to start describing how useful it is. It even tells me the charge level on my wireless bluetooth mouse. Here…

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Force Quitting Applications in Mac OS X

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Yes, Mac applications hang. Normally you can click on the  in the top left corner of the screen and select “Force Quit”. But what about keyboard shortcuts? As shown in the image above,  ⌘ + ⌥ + ESC…

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SQL Joins and Applies – Understanding APPLY

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This is part of a four part post series on SQL Joins and Applies. If you want to follow the examples given, you can get the T-SQL to create the tables, function and test data from my earlier…

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