mysql
If you are using Linux, there is simple way to check if a user exists in MySQL: echo `mysql -u root -p**[your root password]** -e 'use mysql; SELECT user FROM user;'` | grep '[user name]' Executing this command will exit with return code 0 if the
productivity
I had a brief look around today for Cloud-based (SaaS) CRM solutions which are free and of use for small businesses and startups. My recommendation as of now would be to go with Podio. It's free and offers a nice set of features and integrations. Here is the
productivity
The free software Calibre allows to convert various ebook formats (such as EPUB and MOBI) into PDF documents. Unfortunately, the default settings of Calibre do not result in the creation of easily readable documents. Thus, I have provided here some sample settings for a nice looking PDF output for Calibre:
tools
Printing from any windows application to a PDF printer is not supported in the most recent Windows versions by default. Most free applications for this purpose which can be found through a simple Google search unfortunately often come with unwanted Malware or Adware (hello, Ask.com toolbar!). However, there is
life
One of the most challenging aspects of knowledge work is one that is often overlooked: much of what we call knowledge ‘work’ is actually quite fun. Think of an entrepreneur, a software developer who likes to write code, think of a manager who likes to see her objects develop in
PDFSAM or PDF Split and Merge is a wonderful tool for working with PDF files (e.g. split one PDF into multiple files, join multiple PDFs into one file or reordering the pages within a PDF file). Unfortunately, the default installer available from their home page or source forge comes
happiness
Organizing tasks is no small effort as anyone who has tried surely knows. While a simple list of tasks suffices for a few days (the good, old To Do list), such lists customarily outgrow their format; there’ll simply be too many items and the list once devised to make
questions
One of the beauties of most forms of written text is their linearity; that everything has a place between the beginning and the end provides a great aid for our mind to comprehend complex information. Our mind loves shortcuts, and taking messy, multidimensional reality into this compact single-dimensional form has
Problem When deploying you Xtend application to a different environment than your development environment you might encounter an error such as: [ERROR] symbol: class Consumer [...] [ERROR] cannot find symbol Solution This error is caused by Xtend trying to use Java 8 features. It does so when your development machine runs
Right clicking within a folder of the Windows Explorer allows access to a convenient way to create new files through the context menu: This post discusses a number of ways how this context menu can be changed. Edit Menu With Handy Tool ShellNewHandler is a useful tool to 'clean
virtualbox
Problem You are using VirtualBox with a Linux Guest and the clipboard sharing between Host and Guest stops working. Solution Open a Terminal on the Linux Guest and run the following two commands: killall VBoxClient VBoxClient-all References VirtualBox bidirectional clipboard sharing stops working after some time
habits
Unquestionably there is value in the process of writing in itself; previously muddy ideas are clarified and new ideas emerge by bringing them on paper. However, writing is arguably more valuable if what is written is also read (and then, hopefully, refined). Unfortunately, finding readers in our busy and information-saturated
