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You know the one I'm talking about:

SqlError: The backup set holds a backup of a database other than the existing 'Pro_SSRS' database. (Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo)

For some reason, if you tell SQL Server to overwrite the existing database (look below), the restore works like a charm. The database that I was restoring to had the same name as the backup file, and I'm not so experienced with SQL Server as to know what other (if any) mistakes I was making.

I stumbled upon a neat little trick today.

Want to save an image? Click on the image, hold, drag, and drop it into whatever folder you want. Note that this doesn't seem to work for background images (i.e., images placed on page via CSS).

Want to save a link? Want to save a shortcut to the current page or a link? Click, hold, drag, drop.

IE asks you to confirm the copy (look at the dialog below), but Firefox doesn't.

Nice.

Go from html (hex) colors to argb and vice versa.

Continue reading "Translate colors"

High-quality mechanical pencils in colors ranging from blue to green to red. Okay, if that didn't leave you scratching your head, wondering whether my site got hacked, let me throw in the fact that they're all free. :p

Anyhow: the pencils in question are Photoshop-tinkering (via the way of a tutorial) and are made available for download for those who don't want to walk through the whole exercise.

Continue reading "Pencil Set"

Ping Technorati from your .NET application.

Continue reading "Pinging Technorati Programmatically"

To send an executable attachment in Outlook, zip it up. To send an executable attachment in GMail, change the extension to something innocent-looking.

Continue reading "Outlook Sucks, GMail Sucks++ (With a bit of Word Thrown In)"

The most frustrating aspect of using my Mac was having to click a button instead of tabbing over to it. At last, I finally found a solution!

Go to System Preferences > Keyboard & Mouse > Keyboard Shortcuts. In the bottom right corner, there's a radio button saying "All controls": select it.

And that's it! You can now tab your way to buttons and drop down lists!

Let me end this by saying that having tab cover text boxes only is possibly the single stupidest option to be turned on by default.

Wishing you a very happy new year!

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