ExceLint is working again
I do a lot of work with spreadsheets. Some are pretty simple, and I can inspect them by hand. Some are enormously complicated – hundreds of rows, dozens of columns, …
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PRQL Dockerfile works again
The PRQL project provides a simple, powerful, pipelined SQL replacement. To make it easier to share the development environment, there is a Dev Container that bundles the dozens of components …
PRQL Dockerfile works again Read MoreAll the “reasons” that bufferbloat isn’t a problem
As we take a shot at opening people’s eyes to bufferbloat, we should know some of the “objections” we’ll run up against. Even though there’s terrific technical data to back …
All the “reasons” that bufferbloat isn’t a problem Read MoreUsing ffmpeg to massage image, audio, and video
I regularly record public meetings in my town and post them on Youtube. This allows residents who could not attend the meeting in person to see what occurred. It also …
Using ffmpeg to massage image, audio, and video Read MoreGPT & Klavier.ai
I was playing with ChatGPT and Klavier.ai the other day. It purports to import documentation so that you can ask questions about it. I let it read in the PRQL …
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I can no longer bring myself to write bare SQL – PRQL makes building queries so easy. I have become enamored with PRQL – Pipelined Relational Query Language, pronounced “Prequel”. …
Format pretty reports in PRQL Read MoreStable sorting for DB Browser for SQLite
I had some data in SQLite, and wanted to sort on the columns (and on a pair of columns). I really like DB Browser for SQLite because it’s free, powerful, …
Stable sorting for DB Browser for SQLite Read MoreDocker vs. Ansible
I recently gave a talk to the local Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Linux User Group describing some similarities between Docker and Ansible. Both give you a repeatable configuration by executing some sort …
Docker vs. Ansible Read MoreINCLUDEPICTURE in Microsoft Word Mail Merge
What a crock! How badly documented can a facility be? There are lots of tutorials on the basics of Microsoft Mail Merge, but there is a dearth of information for …
INCLUDEPICTURE in Microsoft Word Mail Merge Read MoreMore Fun with Docker Tooling
I continue to enjoy using Docker to encapsulate developer tooling so that it doesn’t pollute my laptop with varying versions of software I don’t use regularly. (See Jonathan Bergknoff’s Run …
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