Next Top Model
The power of social networking has struck again. Next are seeking their next Top Model. Computer Science graduate Roland Bunce is the runaway favourite so far. I took the data of the top five entrants and created this viz to emphasize how big a lead he’s got. Go Roland! More details at the Guardian.
Jerome’s Tableau Viz Contest entry
Jerome Cukier has put together a great viz for the current Tableau vizualisation contest. Here it is, with my thoughts below (his original blog post and commentary are here): The dashboard is excellent. It is technically superb and the story is clear. Would I change anything? Not much,but I thought i’d list some comments. Don’t […]
Installing Dell OpenManage on ESXi 4.1.0 using SSH
I recently posted an article describing how to install Dell OpenManage on your ESXi host using the CLI command. I have since found an update that works using an SSH connection to the server without making changes to the file. Here are the steps I took, hope this helps. Download the latest release of Open […]
Installing Dell OpenManage on ESXi 4.1.0 using vSphere CLI
If you have had problems installing Dell OpenManage from a Windows workstation this article should help with the process. Download the CLI tools from http://www.vmware.com and install them. If you already have them make sure you have the current release or errors will still occur. Download the OpenManage package from http://support.dell.com make sure to search […]
Use Ninite to batch install your favorite free windows and linux apps.
For the longest time I was keeping a “My Software” directory of various free apps I installed regularly, but it became a pain keeping something like that up to date, as well as a pain installing each piece of software when I had to rebuild a new machine for myself or a family member. A […]
InterWorks Recognizes Gap in BlackBerry Market
MULTIPLAYER WORD GAME DEVELOPED FOR BLACKBERRY MARKET Mobile App Developers Recognize a Gap in the BlackBerry Market STILLWATER, OKLA.- Great news for those who love crossword-battling games but have a BlackBerry device! “Fightin’ Words” has been released this week by the mobile application development team at InterWorks, Inc. “Fightin’ Words” is a BlackBerry crossword game […]
Geek Out About Weather
Severe weather is in the forecast for our area today, and many of us here in the office have been interested in better ways of keeping an eye on the weather. I’m a big fan of the National Weather Service and Oklahoma’s own Mesonet. They’re easily the best, and geekiest, sources of weather information in […]
Commuting in the rain?
Three years ago I had a debate with someone about why they didn’t cycle to work in Oxford. “Because it’s too wet,” was their main excuse. Being a keen cyclist, I knew that it didn’t really rain that much, and even on days it rained, it was rarely at the time one commutes to work. […]
Corrupted Windows 7 (or Vista) Profile
Since I have had to do this a few times now, I thought I would whip up a blog on the quick and easy way to fix this issue. The problem is when a user logs into a domain machine with Windows 7 and gets the error “The User Profile Service failed the logon. User […]
Sparkbars in tooltips
You may have read my post on the bar-chart tooltip, or seen it on the Tableau Knowledge Base. That was always something I was proud of. When Tableau released v6, and with it Table Calculations, I suspected there was a way to extend it. Once I had my Tableau European Conference tooltip session approved, I […]
