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, …
ExceLint is working again Read MorePRQL 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 MoreWPNTFIIWDKIB
We promise not to fix it if we don’t know it’s broke. My mentor at Dartmouth College, Stan Dunten, said this all the time. That’s why I always send in …
WPNTFIIWDKIB 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 …
GPT & Klavier.ai Read MoreSave money while keeping latency low
I often hear people saying they have bad responsiveness / high latency on their high-speed internet connection. Even though they have a contract for 500 mbps+ service from their ISP, …
Save money while keeping latency low Read MoreuBlock Origin and other blockers
Many people are surprised to hear that their web browsing doesn’t have to be crowded out by intrusive ads. There is an entire industry of “ad blockers” and “content blockers” …
uBlock Origin and other blockers Read MoreFormat pretty reports in PRQL
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, …
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