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Entity-Relationship Modeling
There are several, really good modeling languages for entity-relationships.
Wikipedia does a good job of cataloging them here.
This is a really quick read on the Barker-Ellis notation.
Of course, you can always just use the universal data model and be done with it
Trial Versions of ERWin Available
You can download a trial version of ER Win from the Computer Associates website here.
http://erwin.com/products/data-modeler/community-edition/
This is a community edition that will let you have up to 25 entities. So, if you have a small data model, this will work.
in XSLT
How can I use in my XSLT file?
Put this right below the XML declaration
<!DOCTYPE xsl:stylesheet [<!ENTITY nbsp "<xsl:text disable-output-escaping=’yes’>&nbsp;</xsl:text>">]>
then, you can type in the document without any problems.
Outlook GTD Macros
How can I create a macro that will take an outlook email, create a task and then attach the email to the task and move the email to an archive folder to help me with the Getting Things Done (GTD) workflow?
Here’s a real good article on that.
I have begun tweaking this a little bit. When I get a good system down, I’ll post it here. In the mean time, this is a really good start.
Outlook and “Macros are Disabled” error
Why am I suddenly getting the error “The macros for this project have been disabled” when I am editing macros in Outlook 2007?
Here’s a good article on how to fix this.
Graphical Looking Text Buttons
Capturing Music Streams
Is there a way that I can save down the music I’m listening too from an Internet stream?
If you use WinAmp, you can use a tool called Streamripper that will save the music down even when you’re not listening.
I do this when I know I’m going to be traveling. I’ll start this up the night before and stream some music to disk and transfer it to my iPod.
Once I’ve listened to the stream, I usually just delete the music to make room for more, random music.
Enjoy.
Force IE8 to IE7 Compatibility Mode
Is there a way that I can force IE8 users to enter IE7 compatibility mode when they hit my website so that I don’t have to change my working IE7 site?
Yes. There is. Details are on this Microsoft blog.
Essentially, there are two ways to implement this:
- On a per-site basis, add a custom HTTP header
X-UA-Compatible: IE=EmulateIE7
- On a per-page basis, add a special HTML tag to each document, right after the <head> tag
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7" />
I hope that works for you. I understand from some that even with this setting, you might have to tweak a few things.
Enjoy!
Cute Icons / Glyphs
Where can I find some cute icons that I can quickly use on my website free of charge?
Here you go . . . FAMFAMFAM.
Enjoy.