Yearly Archives for 2016
Getting back to SQL Server
Having decided to establish friendly relations with microsoft SQL server after an estrangement of ne...
Changing the backend db of a live django app.
I am feeling lucky.
In theory if you use django, changing your RDBS from say sqlite to ...
Database clients for Microsft SQL server on linux.
TLDR; Need to connect to microsoft sql server from your linux desktop? DBeaver maybe your best bet.
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Mint Upgrade
I hate updating my OS. I only do so when I am left with no choice, like when so many packages confli...
SQL Server on Linux
It's been more than 15 years since I last opened a connection to a microsoft SQL Server. Since Mircr...
Asp.Net in 24 hours.
Now it's time for the die hard Django fan to learn ASP.Net. Once upon a long ago, around the time th...
C# in 24 hours
What the hell am I, an avowed microsoft hater doing with c#? What the hell is microsoft doing on git...
Predictability of tournament results based on ratings.
This is a part of a series of articles on the King Of The Hill Pairing System and it's use at Scrabb...
When should top players meet in a Scrabble tournament?
In any sport, it's undesirable for the top players to play against each other during the early stage...
Average points scored in a game of Scrabble.
What is a good score in a game of Scrabble? Nigel Richards averages 462.54 in international tourname...
Buchholz score as a measure of fairness of the draw.
Average Ratings of Opponents, the Buchholz and Sonneborn-Berger System are some of the methods recom...
Fairness of KOTH pairing.
This is part three, in a series of posts on King Of The Hill pairings a widely used pairing system a...
Analysis of Pairing Systems : Definition of Terms.
This the continuation of a series of articles that analyses the King of The Hill pairing system. Bef...
King Of The Hill Pairing System - An Analysis.
The King Of The Hill pairing system is one where the “Top ranked plays second, third plays fourth, e...
A dilapidated Scrabble Power House
2016 June 26 at 13:40 » Tagged as: scrabble
What does the 2003 UK Scrabble Champion and the 2005 Australian Scrabble Champion have in common? T...
Sending Google Cloud Notifications with python and XMPP
Have you seen the sample code in Android Docs? for sending GCMs with python an XMPP? Sure you have. ...
Updrading Postgresql 9.3 to 9.5 with Postgis.
Upgrading Postgresql minor versions is quite straght forward. You can do so with the pg_upgrade tool...
Modified round robin pairing.
TLDR; Do you want to organize a tournament where the pairing system is round robin but some players ...
Wifi with Qualcomm Atheros Device [168c:0042] (rev 30) on Linux Mint
TLDR;
sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r) git
echo "options ...