This moved from SLES + mysql

by ezs | Oct 10, 2016 | evilzenscientist, Uncategorized

To Azure PaaS.

Time flies

by ezs | Mar 12, 2016 | evilzenscientist, Uncategorized

Just over eight years ago I left Novell, I have been at Microsoft for eight years – that means longer than my time at Novell.

It is a different world from then.

ASUS RT-AC66U firmware

by ezs | Mar 5, 2016 | evilzenscientist, Uncategorized

I recently switched from the stock ASUS firmware for the home wireless infrastructure to the ASUSWRT-MERLIN builds.

Stable and fast – and I like it. http://asuswrt.lostrealm.ca/

Testing new Azure Dv2 Virtual Machines

by ezs | Feb 16, 2016 | evilzenscientist, Uncategorized

I just upgraded a SLES 11 SP4 VM running in Azure from an A2 to a D2v2 – it’s resized and settling. Now sitting on newer hardware with 7GB RAM and dual proc.

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/virtual-machines/#Linux

Resize and restart was super fast.

Excel and fiscal dates

by ezs | Feb 7, 2016 | evilzenscientist, Uncategorized

I keep having to remember the fiscal year formulae for Excel – fiscal year starts July 1, ends June 30.

Here’s my note so I can remember:

Fiscal year:  =IF(MONTH([cell])>6,YEAR([cell])+1,YEAR([cell]))

Fiscal month: ==IF(MONTH([cell])>6,MONTH([cell])-6,MONTH([cell])+6)