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)

Adobe Acrobat Pro 9.0.0 updates

by ezs | Jan 8, 2016 | evilzenscientist, Uncategorized

Old but still functional – here’s my placeholder for updating from Acrobat Pro 9.0.0 to 9.5.5.

http://www.serveradventures.com/the-adventures/installing-adobe-acrobat-9-v955-pro-fully-updated-deploying-with-gpo-or-mdt-2012

Open Live Writer

by ezs | Dec 20, 2015 | evilzenscientist, Uncategorized

I was really happy to see Live Writer transition from a Microsoft product to the Open Source World.

Live Writer is my go-to blog composing app. Still works beautifully after all these years.

You can download Open Live Writer at http://openlivewriter.org/