http://blog.nkadesign.com Just another programming weblog Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:04:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2009/access-checking-blank-variables/ http://blog.nkadesign.com/2009/access-checking-blank-variables/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 05:54:00 +0000 Renaud http://blog.nkadesign.com/?p=618 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2009/access-checking-blank-variables/feed/ 1 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2009/a-story-about-exceptional-service/ http://blog.nkadesign.com/2009/a-story-about-exceptional-service/#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2009 02:54:42 +0000 Renaud http://blog.nkadesign.com/?p=613 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2009/a-story-about-exceptional-service/feed/ 0 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2009/access-run-time-error-3155-odbc-insert-on-a-linked-table-failed/ http://blog.nkadesign.com/2009/access-run-time-error-3155-odbc-insert-on-a-linked-table-failed/#comments Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:26:06 +0000 Renaud http://blog.nkadesign.com/?p=606 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2009/access-run-time-error-3155-odbc-insert-on-a-linked-table-failed/feed/ 1 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2009/access-vs-sql-server-some-stats-part-1/ http://blog.nkadesign.com/2009/access-vs-sql-server-some-stats-part-1/#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2009 04:00:53 +0000 Renaud http://blog.nkadesign.com/?p=527 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2009/access-vs-sql-server-some-stats-part-1/feed/ 15 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2009/sysadmin-sql-server-performance-madness/ http://blog.nkadesign.com/2009/sysadmin-sql-server-performance-madness/#comments Sun, 12 Apr 2009 11:25:56 +0000 Renaud http://blog.nkadesign.com/?p=550 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2009/sysadmin-sql-server-performance-madness/feed/ 0 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2009/access-building-upsizable-applications/ http://blog.nkadesign.com/2009/access-building-upsizable-applications/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 03:39:45 +0000 Renaud http://blog.nkadesign.com/?p=433 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2009/access-building-upsizable-applications/feed/ 0 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2009/ms-access-upsizing-to-sql-server-2008/ http://blog.nkadesign.com/2009/ms-access-upsizing-to-sql-server-2008/#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2009 07:00:36 +0000 Renaud http://blog.nkadesign.com/?p=285 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2009/ms-access-upsizing-to-sql-server-2008/feed/ 10 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2009/technical-ebooks-some-publishers-dont-get-it/ http://blog.nkadesign.com/2009/technical-ebooks-some-publishers-dont-get-it/#comments Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:47:43 +0000 Renaud http://blog.nkadesign.com/?p=435 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2009/technical-ebooks-some-publishers-dont-get-it/feed/ 3 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2009/sysadmin-multiple-isp-firewall-servers-and-redundancy/ http://blog.nkadesign.com/2009/sysadmin-multiple-isp-firewall-servers-and-redundancy/#comments Wed, 04 Feb 2009 07:22:24 +0000 Renaud http://blog.nkadesign.com/?p=336 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2009/sysadmin-multiple-isp-firewall-servers-and-redundancy/feed/ 8 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2009/sysadmin-data-folder-synchronisation/ http://blog.nkadesign.com/2009/sysadmin-data-folder-synchronisation/#comments Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:54:09 +0000 Renaud http://blog.nkadesign.com/?p=311 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2009/sysadmin-data-folder-synchronisation/feed/ 2 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2009/sysadmin-recovering-deleted-partitions/ http://blog.nkadesign.com/2009/sysadmin-recovering-deleted-partitions/#comments Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:57:08 +0000 Renaud http://blog.nkadesign.com/?p=306 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2009/sysadmin-recovering-deleted-partitions/feed/ 1 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2008/net-working-with-openoffice-3/ http://blog.nkadesign.com/2008/net-working-with-openoffice-3/#comments Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:06:27 +0000 Renaud http://blog.nkadesign.com/?p=245 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2008/net-working-with-openoffice-3/feed/ 18 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2008/windows-2008-the-microsoftjetoledb40-provider-is-not-registered-on-the-local-machine/ http://blog.nkadesign.com/2008/windows-2008-the-microsoftjetoledb40-provider-is-not-registered-on-the-local-machine/#comments Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:31:53 +0000 Renaud http://blog.nkadesign.com/?p=236 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2008/windows-2008-the-microsoftjetoledb40-provider-is-not-registered-on-the-local-machine/feed/ 30 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2008/sysadmin-macbook-pro-after-the-honeymoon/ http://blog.nkadesign.com/2008/sysadmin-macbook-pro-after-the-honeymoon/#comments Sat, 18 Oct 2008 19:00:29 +0000 Renaud http://blog.nkadesign.com/?p=207 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2008/sysadmin-macbook-pro-after-the-honeymoon/feed/ 2 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2008/mac-installing-windows-server-2008-x64-on-a-macbook-pro/ http://blog.nkadesign.com/2008/mac-installing-windows-server-2008-x64-on-a-macbook-pro/#comments Sun, 31 Aug 2008 06:04:39 +0000 Renaud http://blog.nkadesign.com/?p=149 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2008/mac-installing-windows-server-2008-x64-on-a-macbook-pro/feed/ 17 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2008/linux-autocad-dwg-to-svg-preview-conversion/ http://blog.nkadesign.com/2008/linux-autocad-dwg-to-svg-preview-conversion/#comments Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:16:15 +0000 Renaud http://blog.nkadesign.com/?p=95 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2008/linux-autocad-dwg-to-svg-preview-conversion/feed/ 3 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2008/ms-access-checking-network-paths-without-freezing-your-application/ http://blog.nkadesign.com/2008/ms-access-checking-network-paths-without-freezing-your-application/#comments Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:48:31 +0000 Renaud http://blog.nkadesign.com/?p=93 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2008/ms-access-checking-network-paths-without-freezing-your-application/feed/ 4 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2008/now-i-can-prove-microsoft-is-an-evil-corporation/ http://blog.nkadesign.com/2008/now-i-can-prove-microsoft-is-an-evil-corporation/#comments Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:52:19 +0000 Renaud http://blog.nkadesign.com/?p=89 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2008/now-i-can-prove-microsoft-is-an-evil-corporation/feed/ 1 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2008/linux-sysadmin-a-short-troubleshooting-story/ http://blog.nkadesign.com/2008/linux-sysadmin-a-short-troubleshooting-story/#comments Sat, 07 Jun 2008 11:15:29 +0000 Renaud http://blog.nkadesign.com/?p=86 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2008/linux-sysadmin-a-short-troubleshooting-story/feed/ 5 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2008/ms-access-enhanced-message-box-replacement/ http://blog.nkadesign.com/2008/ms-access-enhanced-message-box-replacement/#comments Tue, 20 May 2008 10:39:54 +0000 Renaud http://blog.nkadesign.com/?p=76 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2008/ms-access-enhanced-message-box-replacement/feed/ 52 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2008/ms-access-restarting-the-database-programmatically/ http://blog.nkadesign.com/2008/ms-access-restarting-the-database-programmatically/#comments Tue, 06 May 2008 03:06:19 +0000 Renaud http://blog.nkadesign.com/?p=73 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2008/ms-access-restarting-the-database-programmatically/feed/ 16 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2008/ms-access-changing-the-color-scheme-programmatically/ http://blog.nkadesign.com/2008/ms-access-changing-the-color-scheme-programmatically/#comments Sat, 03 May 2008 13:20:43 +0000 Renaud http://blog.nkadesign.com/?p=72 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2008/ms-access-changing-the-color-scheme-programmatically/feed/ 1 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2008/ms-access-modal-dialogs-with-transparent-backgrounds/ http://blog.nkadesign.com/2008/ms-access-modal-dialogs-with-transparent-backgrounds/#comments Thu, 01 May 2008 11:36:36 +0000 Renaud http://blog.nkadesign.com/2008/ms-access-modal-dialogs-with-transparent-backgrounds/ http://blog.nkadesign.com/2008/ms-access-modal-dialogs-with-transparent-backgrounds/feed/ 15 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2008/apples-os-edge-is-a-threat-to-microsoft-really/ http://blog.nkadesign.com/2008/apples-os-edge-is-a-threat-to-microsoft-really/#comments Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:13:18 +0000 Renaud http://blog.nkadesign.com/2008/apples-os-edge-is-a-threat-to-microsoft-really/ http://blog.nkadesign.com/2008/apples-os-edge-is-a-threat-to-microsoft-really/feed/ 0 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2008/wpf-and-silverlight-it-will-take-a-while/ http://blog.nkadesign.com/2008/wpf-and-silverlight-it-will-take-a-while/#comments Sun, 10 Feb 2008 08:45:07 +0000 Renaud http://blog.nkadesign.com/2008/wpf-and-silverlight-it-will-take-a-while/ http://blog.nkadesign.com/2008/wpf-and-silverlight-it-will-take-a-while/feed/ 2 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2008/ms-sql-server-express-a-good-choice/ http://blog.nkadesign.com/2008/ms-sql-server-express-a-good-choice/#comments Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:03:09 +0000 Renaud http://blog.nkadesign.com/2008/ms-sql-server-express-a-good-choice/ http://blog.nkadesign.com/2008/ms-sql-server-express-a-good-choice/feed/ 0 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2007/people-mind-your-dates-plz/ http://blog.nkadesign.com/2007/people-mind-your-dates-plz/#comments Sat, 15 Dec 2007 15:34:46 +0000 Renaud http://blog.nkadesign.com/2007/people-mind-your-dates-plz/ http://blog.nkadesign.com/2007/people-mind-your-dates-plz/feed/ 5 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2007/thank-you-spammers/ http://blog.nkadesign.com/2007/thank-you-spammers/#comments Thu, 31 May 2007 06:06:48 +0000 Renaud http://blog.nkadesign.com/2007/thank-you-spammers/ http://blog.nkadesign.com/2007/thank-you-spammers/feed/ 2 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2007/mediawiki-formating-and-colouring-code/ http://blog.nkadesign.com/2007/mediawiki-formating-and-colouring-code/#comments Tue, 20 Feb 2007 07:57:37 +0000 Renaud http://blog.nkadesign.com/?p=39 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2007/mediawiki-formating-and-colouring-code/feed/ 2 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2006/chosing-a-development-platform/ http://blog.nkadesign.com/2006/chosing-a-development-platform/#comments Sun, 01 Oct 2006 08:39:54 +0000 Renaud http://blog.nkadesign.com/?p=33 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2006/chosing-a-development-platform/feed/ 0 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2006/sysadmin-when-your-computer-becomes-forgetful/ http://blog.nkadesign.com/2006/sysadmin-when-your-computer-becomes-forgetful/#comments Wed, 20 Sep 2006 13:37:02 +0000 Renaud http://blog.nkadesign.com/?p=34 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2006/sysadmin-when-your-computer-becomes-forgetful/feed/ 0 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2006/software-cheap-microsoft-licenses/ http://blog.nkadesign.com/2006/software-cheap-microsoft-licenses/#comments Mon, 18 Sep 2006 14:31:13 +0000 Renaud http://blog.nkadesign.com/?p=32 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2006/software-cheap-microsoft-licenses/feed/ 0 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2006/net-the-limits-of-using-reflection/ http://blog.nkadesign.com/2006/net-the-limits-of-using-reflection/#comments Tue, 13 Jun 2006 00:00:27 +0000 Renaud http://blog.nkadesign.com/?p=29 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2006/net-the-limits-of-using-reflection/feed/ 11 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2006/wordpress-formating-and-colouring-code/ http://blog.nkadesign.com/2006/wordpress-formating-and-colouring-code/#comments Sun, 11 Jun 2006 12:00:28 +0000 Renaud http://blog.nkadesign.com/?p=30 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2006/wordpress-formating-and-colouring-code/feed/ 7 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2006/xpo-express-persistent-objects/ http://blog.nkadesign.com/2006/xpo-express-persistent-objects/#comments Fri, 09 Jun 2006 04:00:31 +0000 Renaud http://blog.nkadesign.com/?p=28 XPO is an Object Relational Mapping .Net product from Developer Express, a cool company designing cool tools. It's a programming component whose job is to abstract access to database while allowing the developer to concentrate on a simple object-oriented interface instead.]]> http://blog.nkadesign.com/2006/xpo-express-persistent-objects/feed/ 1 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2006/whats-your-star-trek-profile/ http://blog.nkadesign.com/2006/whats-your-star-trek-profile/#comments Sun, 04 Jun 2006 23:45:04 +0000 Renaud http://blog.nkadesign.com/?p=27 I was visiting http://www.paraesthesia.com/ for the latest version of a VS Studio add-in and Travis, the owner of the site, had his "Star Trek profile". I suppose most people working in technical fields turn out to be the same...]]> http://blog.nkadesign.com/2006/whats-your-star-trek-profile/feed/ 1 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2006/the-importance-of-conditions-of-sales/ http://blog.nkadesign.com/2006/the-importance-of-conditions-of-sales/#comments Fri, 02 Jun 2006 23:00:59 +0000 Renaud http://blog.nkadesign.com/?p=26 In a past life, working as a project manager for a manufacturer of railway equipment, I had to deal with detailed specifications and conditions of contract that would be big thick documents of hundred of pages each.]]> http://blog.nkadesign.com/2006/the-importance-of-conditions-of-sales/feed/ 2 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2006/you-arent-gonna-need-it/ http://blog.nkadesign.com/2006/you-arent-gonna-need-it/#comments Thu, 01 Jun 2006 01:00:03 +0000 Renaud http://blog.nkadesign.com/?p=14 Refactoring code is a necessary thing. Unless you work in some very specific environment where casual refactoring is not allowed (like in some safety-critical applications where the most minute change has to be pondered upon by teams and committees for weeks), you cannot code perfectly on the first shot. More often, you end-up reviewing code and making it clearer, merging parts that are too similar, removing what turned out not to be useful, cleaning up the names, moving things around, etc... there are dozen of refactoring cases that usually help remove the stink out of it.]]> http://blog.nkadesign.com/2006/you-arent-gonna-need-it/feed/ 0 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2006/ie7-wont-work-with-all-sites/ http://blog.nkadesign.com/2006/ie7-wont-work-with-all-sites/#comments Wed, 31 May 2006 01:00:42 +0000 Renaud http://blog.nkadesign.com/?p=12 I installed a beta of IE7 last week and was quite pleased at the new interface and tabbed browsing, which has been available to Opera and Mozilla used and many other browsers for years. However, looking good and being slick and more standard-compliant hasn't been enough to keep it on my machines.]]> http://blog.nkadesign.com/2006/ie7-wont-work-with-all-sites/feed/ 0 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2006/wordpress-fixing-png-transparency-issues-in-ie/ http://blog.nkadesign.com/2006/wordpress-fixing-png-transparency-issues-in-ie/#comments Tue, 30 May 2006 06:27:15 +0000 Renaud http://blog.nkadesign.com/?p=13 I'm using WordPress to blog this. I usually prefer to use PNG images over GIF for their ability to have variable alpha-channel transparency that makes them look good over any background. PNGs are a much greater improvement over the old GIF's single-colour transparency mask.]]> http://blog.nkadesign.com/2006/wordpress-fixing-png-transparency-issues-in-ie/feed/ 20 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2006/slickrun/ http://blog.nkadesign.com/2006/slickrun/#comments Sun, 28 May 2006 07:31:59 +0000 Renaud http://blog.nkadesign.com/?p=6 If you feel you often have to interrupt your typing to move your mouse around and click on it to open applications or websites, the SlickRun is the perfect power toy for you. It's just a small application that can either stay in your tray until you call for it or that can display a small semi-transparent prompt where you can type in configurable commands that it will launch.]]> http://blog.nkadesign.com/2006/slickrun/feed/ 0 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2006/microsoft-office-2007-beta-2/ http://blog.nkadesign.com/2006/microsoft-office-2007-beta-2/#comments Sat, 27 May 2006 12:05:32 +0000 Renaud http://blog.nkadesign.com/?p=3 I received an email from Microsoft updates this morning and there awas a link to download the latest beta of Office 2007.
After registering, I got a few files including the Microsoft Office Professional Plus package at about 440MB and proceeded to installing the beast.]]> http://blog.nkadesign.com/2006/microsoft-office-2007-beta-2/feed/ 1 http://blog.nkadesign.com/2006/china-telecom-blocking-email-access/ http://blog.nkadesign.com/2006/china-telecom-blocking-email-access/#comments Sat, 27 May 2006 03:00:48 +0000 Renaud http://blog.nkadesign.com/?p=4 For months, every time more than a handful of connections were made between my ex-employer's office in Shanghai and their email server in Hong Kong, the latter would become unreachable, not just for email but for web access as well. The strange thing was that access to the rest of the Internet would be untouched.
This prompted me to experiment with ways to circumvent the ISP's port blocking restrictions.
The fight was on!]]> http://blog.nkadesign.com/2006/china-telecom-blocking-email-access/feed/ 2