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Data Migration: Database Terms and Structures
In the previous post we looked at a number of different database types and solutions, and it should be clear that there are a huge range of different terms for the different entities that make up the database structure. All the different entities fit into one of four categories, and they have significance because when moving…
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How to Buffer posts+hashtags from your Blog using Zapier
I try to automate as much my life as possible, particularly when it comes to computers. I’ve been using the automated ‘Social Sharing’ on WordPress.com (and indeed, my blogs in general) for years. However, I’m also a keen Buffer user and WordPress.com does not offer a Buffer connection. Because I also use Buffer to handle…
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Norway Arctic Cruise – Day 1: Boarding and Departure
When I get back to the Hurtigruten terminal, the same girl is on the reception desk. She had mentioned when I originally checked in that I should return to the terminal before the boat left, when I explained that I pretty much understood the principle that if I was not on the boat when it left,…
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Data Migration: Understanding the Challenges
Data migration – that is, the practice of sharing and distributing information between databases – requires some very careful consideration. Are you moving the data permanently, temporarily, sharing it between applications? Do want to share all of it, some of it? Are you changing databases, or trying to move some data to access or use the…
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Norway Arctic Cruise – Day 1: London to Bergen
Sunday morning, 6am, and I’m leaving the hotel in a taxi. The ground outside is frosted up so much and the taxi driver mentions to me how cold it is and hopes I’m going to a warm country. I think he’s shocked to realise I’m going to the arctic circle. I booked the flight through…
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Keeping the Fiction Flowing
As I announced in my last blog post, I’m starting to publish all of my fiction through Patreon. There are two books I’m actively publishing right now: NAPE – a sci-fi story featuring a missing artificial intelligence. Kings Courier – a fantasy featuring a boy who is a courier and gets pulled into a deeper role…
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Norway Arctic Cruise – Day 0: Preparation
I cannot remember precisely what point I wanted to go on a cruise to the arctic, but it was in my teens, and for a while I obsessed about it. I actually remember walking into a travel agent in Northampton – where I went to college – and asking for some catalogues. By this time…
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2015 is that way, 2016 is this way
The last year has been something of a change in direction in my life. Not only was it a year of a large number of ‘firsts’ for me, in all sorts of ways, I also changed a lot of what I was doing to better suit me. Actually that’s really important. 2015 turned out to be…
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Process home monitoring data using the Time Series Database in Bluemix
I keep a lot of information about my house – I have had sensors and recording units in various parts of my house years, recording info through a variety of different devices. Over the years I’ve built a number of different solutions for storing and displaying the information, and when the opportunity came up to…
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Office 365 Activation Wont Accept Password
So today I signed up for Office 365, since it seemed to be the easiest way to get hold of Office; although I have a license and subscription, I also have more machines. To say I was frustrated when I tried to activate Office 365 was an understatement. Each time I went through the process,…