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I Read Atomic Habits, here are my top 5 reasons you should read it too

Posted on March 7, 2022March 7, 2022 by Paul C

Without any doubt, we humans, are creatures of habit. We are made or broken by our habits. So reading a book about the science of habits is a great step forward in understanding how you...read more

Unwinding Anxiety – Best book for understanding your anxiety

Posted on March 4, 2022March 7, 2022 by Paul C

Do you think you have anxiety? Do you want to better understand it, reduce it or even get rid of it all together? Then this book is for you. Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How...read more

How to use Search operators in Google

Posted on December 13, 2021February 19, 2022 by Paul C

Google is the biggest and the best search engine in the world. Sometimes searching through the billions of search results can be tricky. Google search operators can help you modify the typical simple search to...read more

How to backup a single table in SQL

Posted on October 14, 2021November 13, 2021 by Paul C

Before running and update or delete queries, make sure you backup your database. But sometimes you don’t want to backup the entire SQL Database. Sometimes you just want to backup a single table, run your...read more

3 easy steps to install Windows 11 on unsupported CPUs

Posted on October 9, 2021November 13, 2021 by Paul C

Windows registry hack makes the upgrade possible, but should you do it? You’re currently seeing this message: “This PC doesn’t currently meet Windows 11 system requirements” or “The processor isn’t currently supported for Windows 11”....read more

How to Calculate BMI in Excel

Posted on July 2, 2021November 13, 2021 by Paul C

The BMI calculation formula is =weight(kg)/height(m)^2. In this example we'll apply this formula in Excel. The formula works for the metric measurements. If you have your measurements for height and weight in imperial units, you'll...read more

Power BI – Frequently Asked Questions

Posted on June 14, 2021November 13, 2021 by Paul C

Power BI is a powerful reporting tool. It is part of the Microsoft Power Platform and works very well with a variety of Data Sources starting with text, coma separated value files, Excel files and...read more

Power BI Error: Information is needed in order to combine data

Posted on June 14, 2021November 13, 2021 by Paul C

I had this happen to me on a dataset that was refreshing OK in the Power BI Desktop application but not refreshing in the service. The service was giving the error: "Information is needed in...read more

Power BI – Filter SQL Data before import

Posted on April 9, 2021November 13, 2021 by Paul C

Sometimes you need to filter the source data before loading into POWER BI Desktop. If you have a large SQL database with millions of records and you only need the records in the past few...read more

How to copy files from WD My Cloud to the attached USB Hard Drive – the fastest way

Posted on November 29, 2020February 22, 2022 by Paul C

I had a personal WD My Cloud for a while working as a NAS and I recently added a second Hard Drive for redundancy. I wanted to make sure my data is stored in 2...read more