24 Dec 2013
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NG, future, rewrite
In this second installment of the series on 'Shaping a new XL Toolbox', I examine the available choices of software tools for modern Office development.
24 Dec 2013
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Linux, Tips & Tricks, code
In this article, I describe how to create a single A4-sized PDF document
containing two copied of a single-page, A5-sized PDF document. This is
useful for custom A5 forms that are to be printed in duplicate on A4
sheets, so that two A5 forms can be obtained by cutting the A4 paper.
22 Dec 2013
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Excel, code, deployment
Introducing ExcelAddinInstaller, an InnoSetup script that serves to comfortably deploy native Excel addins.
26 Nov 2013
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Linux, Network, Samba, VirtualBox, code
VirtualBox is an excellent tool to run one or many virtual Windows
machines on a Linux host. Its shared folders offer convenient access
to the host file system from the virtual machines. However, shared folders
may not be suitable for specialized tasks such as storing .NET
application-level Office addins. In this article I describe an alternative
way to share folders between the host and guest operating systems using
the Samba file server.
20 Nov 2013
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Tips & Tricks, hardware, printing
The LaserJet P2015dn printer may lose network connectivity and no longer respond to printing requests. A commonly used, albeit weird solution for this problem is to bake the 'formatter board' on the oven. In this post I describe how I accessed the formatter board in order to bake it in the oven.
22 Oct 2013
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NG, future, rewrite
This is the first in a series of articles on the development of a new, better XL Toolbox.
20 Oct 2013
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Linux
In this post I describe what I had to do to make my local website work again after upgrading to Ubuntu 13.10 with Apache 2.4.
18 May 2013
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code, hardware, personal note, review
Although a little off topic, I would like to write about my experience
with a Thinkpad® T430s. I recently upgraded from my old machine, which was
a Thinkpad T61. Prior to purchasing the new machine, I read lots of
reviews of the T430s, but still had a few questions, so maybe writing down
my impressions will help other people trying to decide which laptop to
buy.