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Getting things done - TODO list and task management
I work with a very big team spread across onshore and offshore working in different time zones. My work is related to infrastructure like Unix and Databases where high availability of services is of main concerns. This generates many ad-hoc and unpla...
Interesting query to spell numbers in Oracle
I was surfing through tkyte's blog and found this query to spell the numbers in oracle.SQL> select to_char(to_date(19994,'j'),'jsp') from dual;TO_CHAR(TO_DATE(19994,'J'),'JSP')------------------------------------------nineteen thousand nine hundre...
[Windows Tip] Create virtual drives for any path or directory
Here is a tip which I explored today during my experiments with command prompt. You can create or say map a virtual drive to any directory in Windows Vista. Suppose you may want to create a short mapping for a long path such as D:\Users\s\game\dir1C:...
[Windows Tip] Quick launch shortcut keys
Today, I discovered that on Windows Vista/7 you can select an application in quick launch bar by using the combination of Window key plus number. Suppose for the first icon (here command prompt), you can do Win key + 1, for next Win+2 and so on. Thi...
erail.in – find your trains quickly
The first look at erail is amazing, you would be surprise by its one page interface. Select your source, destination and date of travel. It will list down all the trains available and timings, availability against them in a matrix styled table. You ...
Oracle + Sun = Sheer RAW Power
Oracle buy Sun Surprise, the biggest enterprise software maker Oracle Inc. is acquiring Sun Microsystem Inc. for approx. $7.4B after the failure of IBM-Sun deal. Now the #1 Relational Database giant will be not just more powerful by taking extremely...

