I was one of the unfortunate ones who was unable to attend the SAS Global Forum in Seattle last week. Thanks to discussion forums, blogs, and Twitter, I was able to keep up with a lot that was going on. I was particularly interested in some of the new features that will be available in [...]
After a successful installation of SAS Enterprise BI Server on my Sun Servers, a certain amount of time is spent modifying configuration files and backup scripts, as well as browsing log files. I use the vi editor to accomplish the editing. I used used vi a lot back when all of my GIS work was [...]
We are still running Internet Explorer version 6.0 in our organization. When we open our dashboards that we have built in SAS Information Delivery Portal 1.1, the ActiveX graphs do not display detail information when we mouse over them. The dashboards are running stored processes that output the graphs. The easy solution is to left-click [...]
From Gigabyte: The GA-EP45-UD3P introduces revolutionary GIGABYTE Ultra Durable 3 technology featuring a 2 oz copper PCB to help reduce system temperature and dramatically enhance performance. Based on the Intel P45 chipset the GA-EP45-UD3P delivers a record-setting 1600MHz FSB for the latest Intel® Core 2™ multi-core processors, and supports dual channel DDR2 memory at speeds [...]
If you would prefer to not have to type in a password to log in to Windows 7, Microsoft continues to provide a way to auto-login. This is the exact same method used in Microsoft Windows Vista (you used that too, right?). Use the Windows key + R combination on your keyboard to launch the [...]
Garmin released version 2.6.4 of the Communicator plugin on March 5, 2009. Communicator is a plugin that allows a user to upload and download Garmin GPS data using their browser. Compatible computers and Internet browsers: IBM-compatible PCs running Windows® XP or Vista operating systems with Internet Explorer 6+ or Firefox 1.5+ Intel-based or PowerPC G3 [...]
When installing ESRI’s ArcView GIS 3.3 on the 32-bit version of Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate, the following dialog box instantly appears: It looks pretty bad. Even the title says it’s a severe error! You have to remember, this product was developed back in the Windows 95 days. There is an easy workaround. Open Windows Explorer [...]
Download Trimble Planning 2.8 Here You already knew this, right? According to Trimble’s web site, version 2.8 of the Planning Software was posted in July 2008. I was still running version 2.7. If you aren’t familiar with Planning Software by Trimble, in a nutshell it is software that helps you identify when you will have [...]
I decided to run the Garmin WebUpdater on all of my GPS units this weekend to see if I was still current, but nope, I wasn’t. I was running version 2.80 firmware on my Garmin Colorado 400t, but it looks like Garmin released a much anticipated version 2.90 of its firmware. The 2.90 firmware was [...]
I’m currently attending Querying and Reporting Using SAS Enterprise Guide training at the SAS office in Austin, TX. I’m a veteran at using Enterprise Guide, but SAS has great training courses and you always pick up a lot of worthwhile information when you are lucky enough to attend. One tidbit that was covered yesterday that [...]
