The Mondrian documentation is terrible, and Java isn’t something you get to easily “dabble” in. My goal was to setup Mondrian on my Mac OSX machine, starting with Mondrian 3.5. While trying to set up the initial FoodMart sample dataset Read More
Delta Monitor shower faucet low water pressure
Recently, my old plumbing decided to choke up a round of sediment, wreaking havoc on all the little holes in my plumbing fixtures. Now the shower has very low water pressure, this time would be round two of clearing out Read More
Mysql function to get querystring parameter of url
Not suprisingly, most google results only returned things for doing this within some kind of PHP application. Probably because nobody belives in MySQL as a data warehouse, or a place to parse strings… In the do with what you have Read More
Amazon Associates Widget WordPress Plugin
I’m a die-hard Amazon fanatic, and finally looked into Amazon Associates. As you probably didn’t notice, since you’re a new visitor – I’ve added some links in posts, as well as a nifty widget in my sidebar. I was surprised to only Read More
Install 8GB of RAM in Intel PM965 Chipset
In my quest to keep upgrading I was greatly disappointed to see the specs for my 2007 HP Pavillion dv2500 laptop was a maximum of 4GB of RAM. I had already upgraded it to that much, and need to upgrade Read More
Start synergy script Mac OSX Client to Windows Host
I’ve long been a synergy fan, and found that especially at work that multiple monitors work best when spread across extra computers. It’s like physical distributed computing. Now, part of learning how to work on a MacBook is being lazy and Read More
Upgrade HP laptop to unsupported WiFi card
I’ve got a HP dv2500 I bought in late 2007, as standard practice I’m constantly updating hardware to see how long I can stretch its useful life… A while ago on Newegg I found a Wireless N card for just Read More
Capture form submission buried in ajax/javascript and no easy event handler
When trying to capture a successful form submission or user action, sometimes they are buried deep within Javascript libraries, or on page widgets, with no good way to reliably tie into their events. These are cases where the typical onclick Read More
d3js multi-time series, timeline or lane charts
I’m starting to play with http://d3js.org/ as it appears to be the way of the future for data visualizations. I’ve set out to create an app that serves and displays images that are in a chronological order in some kind of time-series/timeline, almost a Read More
Set additional label based on event for Quantcast
Quantcast is a great resource and data source for site owners and clients. One of the first to provide demographics data in the web analytics space. Thier feature for “labels” or “Audience Segments” as its also known is an even Read More