Google Goggles... or use picture to search the web

A picture is worth a thousand words.No need to type your search anymore. Just take a picture.

Find out what businesses are nearby.Just point your phone at a store.

This is just the beginning - it's not quite perfect yet.Works well for some things, but not for all.

Your pictures, your control.Turn on 'visual search history' to view or share your pictures at any time. Turn it off to discard them once the search is done.

Source: http://www.google.com/mobile/goggles/#landmark

61 free apps you should know about…

 

 

http://lifehacker.com/5412886/61-free-apps-were-most-thankful-for?skyline=true&s=x

Google shows your information at a glance

 

Google released a dashboard that allows you to see at a glance all(?) the data gathered about you.

https://www.google.com/dashboard/

Delete all objects from a database in SQL Server

use myDatabase

declare @n char(1)

set @n = char(10)

declare @stmt nvarchar(max)

-- procedures

select @stmt = isnull( @stmt + @n, '' ) +

'drop procedure [' + name + ']'

from sys.procedures

-- synonyms

select @stmt = isnull( @stmt + @n, '' ) +

'drop synonym [' + name + ']'

from sys.synonyms

-- check constraints

select @stmt = isnull( @stmt + @n, '' ) +

'alter table [' + object_name( parent_object_id ) + '] drop constraint [' + name + ']'

from sys.check_constraints

-- functions

select @stmt = isnull( @stmt + @n, '' ) +

'drop function [' + name + ']'

from sys.objects

where type in ( 'FN', 'IF', 'TF' )

-- views

select @stmt = isnull( @stmt + @n, '' ) +

'drop view [' + name + ']'

from sys.views

-- foreign keys

select @stmt = isnull( @stmt + @n, '' ) +

'alter table [' + object_name( parent_object_id ) + '] drop constraint [' + name + ']'

from sys.foreign_keys

-- tables

select @stmt = isnull( @stmt + @n, '' ) +

'drop table [' + name + ']'

from sys.tables

-- user defined types

select @stmt = isnull( @stmt + @n, '' ) +

'drop type [' + name + ']'

from sys.types

where is_user_defined = 1

exec sp_executesql @stmt

Farewell Geocities!

An interesting article that reminded me this nice era of the 90’ with its simple HTML and its animated gifs… The time of Lycos and hotbot, altavsita and northernlight, IRC and the first smileys.

 

In 1996, my first web site (hu… pages) about the X-files were hosted in the Nashville Neighborhood of Geocities…. anyway. Farewell Geocities!

 

http://net.tutsplus.com/articles/general/top-10-reasons-why-the-closing-of-geocities-is-long-overdue/

Run a Batch File in a Hidden Window

Enables a batch file to run in a hidden window. Start the script using a command similar to this: \\uncpath\invisible.vbs \\uncpath\batchscript.bat.

' Script invisible.vbs
CreateObject("Wscript.Shell").Run """" & WScript.Arguments(0) & """", 0, False

Source: http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/ScriptCenter/en-us/de73a781-847d-499b-bbfd-d2d2c3ed288e

World Wide Web creator sorry for the '//' and other things that don't matter

Tim Berners-Lee, the man credited with creating the World Wide Web, recently said that his only real regret about the whole shebang is forcing people to type out the (essentially unnecessary) double slash after the 'http:' in URLs. Speaking at a symposium on the future of technology, he noted (in reference to the dreaded marks) the paper, trees and human labor that could have been spared without them. Hey Tim: don't sweat it! You've done us enough good turns that we're willing to overlook it.

 

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/world-wide-web-creator-sorry-for-the-and-other-things-that/

Remount a USB device remotely

 

You left the office, properly stopped your USB device but forgot to take it?

When you do a remote connection on your workstation, the device (USB stick…) will not show in the explorer. In order to remount your USB remotely (not need to physically unplug and replug), the following procedure should be followed:

 

1. Right click on “My computer” and select “manage”

2. Go to the “device manager”

3. Change the view to “view devices by connection”

4. Browse the devices tree until you find the device with the yellow exclamation mark (!)

5. right click on its parent and select “Disable”

6. right click on its parent and select “enable”

7. Your USB device and up and running again

Copy Paste Character will save you some time

Instead of going to the symbols or knowing by heart the ALT + code to insert a special character, you can just click on the code from this web page and get it directly in your clipboard!

http://www.copypastecharacter.com/

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