Paul Wheeler

San Francisco, CA

fetchthehorizon.com

Age: 30

Mar
14
awarded Favorite Question
Feb
8
comment Append text to Blob in Azure
The choice between page and block blobs is really more about optimizing for large chunks & sequential reading (block blobs) or small chunks and random access reading and writing (page blobs). You can indeed append blocks to a block blob, and re-commit the updated block list (you can also remove, insert, and replace).
Feb
2
comment Can I use the iPad mini (Wi-Fi+cellular) as a cellphone?
Line2 (line2.com/home) is another option similar to Skype/Google Voice. When I started using it I found it had better text messaging support than the alternatives, and it's unlimited calling/texting for a flat monthly rate.
Jan
20
accepted When to use enumerateObjectsUsingBlock vs. for
Jan
17
awarded Famous Question
Jan
12
comment SQL Server Management Studio 2012 connect to Azure SQL
Can you be more specific about how you attempted to connect with ODBC using SQL Management Studio? You shouldn't have to use ODBC at all. Just connect to your SQL Azure server using your Admin credentials w/ the same connection dialog you would use for a local SQL server. Just don't try and specify the port with a :1433, just input the hostname.
Dec
10
awarded Yearling
Dec
8
awarded Supporter
Nov
28
awarded Good Answer
Nov
28
comment Best distributed filesystem for commodity linux storage farm
Having used it extensively, I would describe the POSIX filesystem layer of ceph as experimental and horribly buggy, FYI.
Nov
12
comment Return empty cell from formula in Excel
Quick & easy. For those too lazy to click the link: Select the range, hit F5 (shortcut for "goto"), click Special..., Select Formulas and uncheck everything but Text. this will select at the "" cells so you can quickly delete them.
Oct
19
awarded Revival
Sep
5
awarded Supporter
Aug
27
awarded Good Question
Aug
20
comment How can I stringify a BSON object inside of a MongoDB map function?
JSON.stringify did not work for me in Mongo 2.0.6, but obj.toSource did. Thanks.
Aug
9
awarded Nice Answer
Jul
24
awarded Necromancer
Jun
27
answered How to move screen without moving cursor in Vim?
Apr
28
comment Has anybody used Dragon Dictate on OS X with MacVIM
Out-of-the-box, Dragon Dictate is difficult to use with Mac VIM for anything but basic insertion. I'm currently trying to set up a number of custom Dragon Dictate commands that will make integration with Mac VIM more complete. If anyone already has a set of Dragon Dictate commands specifically for Mac VIM and would care to share them it would be much appreciated.
Apr
28
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