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  • How are you doing? No really?

    September 7th, 2023 in Blog, Just For Fun, Other

    Something that we at Purple Frog take very seriously is the mental health and well-being of the staff. The emphasis is very much on helping each other as a team. We all rely on each other in different ways and for different things which means we all need to keep an eye on and an eye out for each other. Various factors in the workplace can cause stress or increase the risk of developing or worsening existing mental health problems. These include…

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  • Using ChatGPT as a Development Tool

    January 4th, 2023 in AI, Blog, Cloud, DAX, Just For Fun, Other

    As a developer, you are always looking for ways to streamline your workflow and improve efficiency. One tool that you should consider adding to your development toolkit is ChatGPT. What is ChatGPT? ChatGPT is a chatbot developed by OpenAI that uses the power of machine learning to understand and generate human-like text. It is trained on a large dataset of human conversations, which allows it to understand the context and nuances of language,…

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  • Excel crashes when enabling macros

    June 7th, 2015 in Blog, Other

    I’ve had a problem with Excel 2013 crashing a number of times when opening/editing spreadsheets with macros. When I click ‘Enable Content’ to enable macros, the Excel window fades out, goes unresponsive and then crashes with a glorious “Microsoft Excel has stopped working, Windows is checking for a solution to the problem” message. Unfortunately Windows never seems to be able to find the elusive solution that we…

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  • SQLBits 8 in Photos

    April 10th, 2011 in Blog, Other, SQL Server

    Well what a few days. Everyone I spoke to agreed that SQLBits 8 has been the best SQLBits conference yet. The organisers did a fantastic job, the whole event seemed to run incredibly smoothly and was very well received. I’m sure there’s a certain element of the swan effect, with frantic paddling behind the scenes, but they pulled it off very well indeed. A massive thanks for all of your effort. For me, this was the first SQLBits…

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  • Seagate Momentus XT Hybrid Drive

    August 9th, 2010 in Blog, Other

    I thought I’d take a break from writing posts about Business Intelligence and SQL Server, and instead share with you my elation at finding a laptop hard disk that quite simply makes the world a better place, the Seagate Momentus XT hybrid drive. When I purchased my curent laptop (Dell XPS M1530 if you’re interested, with 4Gb RAM) I was presented with a choice between a fast 7200rpm 200Gb drive or a slower 5400rpm 320Gb drive. Due to…

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