Monthly Archive: February 2009

Feb
26

MSSQL and ON UPDATE

I had to add a column to a database table on an MSSQL server today. It had to have the most recent update/insert time that the row was inserted/updated. MySQL has a very easy way of doing this with a TIMESTAMP column type, with a DEFAULT value of CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, and then also an additional ON …

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Feb
23

Braid on XBLA now only 800 MSPoints!

It seems like for a limited period only, the fantastic Braid on XBLA, a game that I’ve been avoiding paying fullprice of 1200 MSPoints for, will be discounted by 33% to 800 MSPoints! Rocking! It seems this is an Exclusive Gold-Only deal, and forms part of a new “Deal of the Week” feature on XBox …

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Feb
02

Nerdmag.co.za launches

Sheena (aka SheBee of www.shebee.co.za), decided to start an online magazine, and via Twitter, and practically every other medium she had at her disposal, called for contributors. And so launched NerdMag. 9am this morning the site was unveiled, and if you look carefully, you might see a familiar name. Yes, mine. I opted to reply …

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