Welcome back ForceMerge() AKA MultiCube()!
I have always been a big fan of the MultiCube() function that is available in Desktop Intelligence. I can still remember the first time I learned about the function. A colleague of mine at that time was struggling with a report with multiple data providers he had built. He was really annoyed, because he couldn’t get the measures to aggregate properly. Which is exactly the purpose of this function, so when he found out about the (proper) use of the function he was really excited he could make it work after all.
SQL Server 2008 R2 is RTM
A co-worker of mine told me the other day that SQL Server 2008 R2 had gone gold. A bit of research revealed that Ted Kummert, senior vice president of the Business Platform Division at Microsoft apparently announced the RTM status in a conference call. Customers will be able to get this latest version of SQL Server as of the 13th of May and MSDN adn TechNet will be able to download it the 3th of May. The free express edition can already be downloaded. Even though official prices haven’t been revealed yet, it is expected that they will rise by 15 to 25% in comparison to R1. Read more
Data Integrator part of the new SAP BusinessObjects certification programme after all
Last week I ran into someone at an event and as the evening progressed we briefly discussed the new SAP BusinessObjects certification programme. I mentioned to him that it was a shame that the Data Integrator exam hadn’t been converted into an SAP exam, but he claimed that this indeed was case.
Business Objects Certified Professional certification soon to be retired
The other day I was reading the latest posts in a topic of a forum I quite frequently visit and it came to my attention that the current SAP BusinessObjects certification programme will be retired by the end of April and replaced by a new SAP certification programme. Read more
Adding system info to your desktop background
I’d seen this in the past at a couple of clients, but never was able to figure out how their admins had accomplished it. I assumed it was some sort of setting hidden very far away in the bowels of Windows Server. I was wrong.
All my server's info in the background image.
Quote of the day
This had me chuckle when I when I saw it it pop up in my feed reader:
Sir, I find it intensely humiliating to be asked by airport security staff if I have packed my own bag. This forces one to admit, usually within earshot of others, that I no longer have a manservant to do the chore for me. Gentlemen should be able to answer such questions with a disdainful: “Of course not! Do I look like that sort of person?”
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Salmonella typhi font
I love creativity and, admittedly, have a bit of a font fetish. Which is why I thought this experimental project which involved printing with bacteria is really interesting.
How many people are in space right now?
Not much of a KPI, but there you go.
The harvest of an evening in a hotel with Web Designer magazine
- Boone Oakley
- Fabrik Agency
- 26000 Vodka
- Julian Perretta
- Joomla!Days I
- Joomla!Days II
- Joomla 1.5 core overrides
- Joomla template overrides II
- CSS Sprites I
- CSS Sprites II
Philip Freriks ik ben je bitch niet
Too funny this (unfortunately in Dutch).