Author Archives: Raphael
Twist on Website Monitoring with Google Docs
I came across this neat Google Apps Script that monitor your website and send you an alert if it is down. It was not a perfect fit for my needs so I made some modifications to the original script. First, … Continue reading
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Tagged google apps script, Internet, javascript, monitor, website
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Photofusion, Dublin new & old
You might have seen these type of photo montage where an old photo is mixed with a new one. This is what we decided to try my daughter and myself. We got the old photos (1961) from Charles W. Cushman, … Continue reading
expansys’ unrealistic stock and status…
See update at the bottom (Thursday 13th October) I wanted to order a new Canon DSLR. After looking at different online shops, I decided to use expansys for 3 reasons: The prices were similar to all the other shops I … Continue reading
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Tagged canon, delay, disappointed, expansys, not recommended, order, stock
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Holidays calendar in Google Spreadsheet with scripting
At work, we found that the easiest way to track holidays (days off) was to use a Google Docs spreadsheet. The only issue we had was to keep track of the days taken by each of us, but scripting came … Continue reading
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Tagged calendar, Google, google docs, Google docs scripting, google spreadsheet, holiday calendar, scripting, spreadsheet
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15 years online!
Last month (February 2011) marked my 15th year anniversary of internet activity. It started at the end of February 1996 on my first Windows computer (Windows 95 was magic… was it not?) and an old 14,400 modem from my Atari’s … Continue reading
Updated movie collection is online
Using DVDpedia, I have placed online our list of movies. The template used for the export is Antracite but with some tweaks. First, I have created my own banners using different covers. Then I have changed few things on the … Continue reading
