March 2007 - Posts

• Powerpoint Pointlessness: You read it here first!

  Posted Wednesday, March 28, 2007 12:04 PM | 3 Comments
  
  

  Phil Factor modestly points out that he revealed the Pointlessness of Powerpoint Presentations over a year ago. Now, it is official, thanks to 'Cognitive Load Theory' Read More by Phil Factor | 3 Comments | Comment on this post

• Twiddling the knobs: The Default Backup directory

  Posted Thursday, March 22, 2007 12:18 PM | 11 Comments
  
  

  Phil gets fed up giving answers out, and asks a question instead, but he supplies a handy routine to change the Default Backup directory on any registered server just to make amends. Read More by Phil Factor | 11 Comments | Comment on this post

• Doing things- The Manual

  Posted Thursday, March 08, 2007 4:20 PM | 11 Comments
  
  

  Phil Factor attempts to get someone to do something, and becomes engulfed in procedure. Read More by Phil Factor | 11 Comments | Comment on this post

• Object-Level Backups

  Posted Tuesday, March 06, 2007 1:37 PM | 3 Comments
  
  

  It was last year that I was forcefully reminded that regular backups are not always enough. I was working on the database of a live website. I had attached to it remotely across the internet via Query analyser, and was deleting a customer. It was after Read More by Phil Factor | 3 Comments | Comment on this post