http://www.code-fly.com Technology Rantings Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:55:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here is a great little script that comes in handy when you need to shrink your transaction logs.Not really meant for production systems though! USE MyDatabase GO Backup Log MyDatabase WITH TRUNCATE_ONLY GO DBCC SHRINKFILE (MyDatabase_Log, 1) GO http://www.code-fly.com/2009/01/15/shrinking-sql-server-logs/ I recently decided to switch over to the Dvorak keyboard layout. For those of you not familiar with it, this is an alternative to the standard qwerty layout which was designed for efficiency and ease of use. This is my second day, so this is short and sweet. I'll keep you updated... http://www.code-fly.com/2008/01/25/making-the-switch-to-dvorak/ I found a really interesting (annoying) behavior the other day with the way internet explorer handles cursor styles. We had just launched the website for a major metropolitan airport, and noticed an astonishing number of 404 requests to a non existent page entitled /somepath/normal . Searching the code for "normal" only returned ... http://www.code-fly.com/2007/02/02/ie-making-server-requests-when-changing-cursor-styles/ So I got a new iPod. So far, no thoughts... I have plugged it in and have had a "Do not disconnect" message for the last 8 hrs... So I patiently wait, and reorganize my music collection... [Follow up] Clearly I'm a tool... since the warning is simply because the unit needs to ... http://www.code-fly.com/2006/10/21/new-ipod/ One of the things I hate about Windows is their crappy Schedules Tasks utililty. It is really quite akward to set up a recurring task that runs more often than every day. Also, if you are in a corporate environment that makes you change your password monthly, all your schedules ... http://www.code-fly.com/2006/10/15/cron-on-windows-using-cygwin/ I'm creating a new site for my sister BuyBuyBonnies.com. She is opening a Gift Basket business in Bolton, Ontario. Go check it out. http://www.code-fly.com/2006/10/12/new-site/ I discovered a new rails based content management system today called Radiant. It is a simple cms with basic features and a nice simple and elegant admin interface. I'm thinking of moving this site over to Radiant since I think it would be much more fun to hack around on that. Also, ... http://www.code-fly.com/2006/10/03/radiant/ I'm on the lookout for an e-commerce platform. This site is build upon Drupal, which has some nice e-commerce plugins and I have just created a test installation of Zen Cart to test that out. My first impression of Zen Cart is that there are far too many options. The configuration ... http://www.code-fly.com/2006/09/27/zen-cart/ I create websites for a living, yet I don't have a personal website of my own. So this site is here to remedy that. I'm also evaluating a framework for developing websites which I may find more use for in the future. Its called Drupal http://drupal.org, a content management system ... http://www.code-fly.com/2006/09/13/creating-a-website/