Code, Strings, and Keys

Date formatting for Single Unix Specification(R) versions of “date”

The date command is wonderful for formatting dates, as such date –date=”2010-01-01″ +%Y%j But what happens when you’re on a system whose date command only supports the -u [UTC] and + [for formatting] options? Below is a quick hack in straight C that provides the ability to format a date that you provide. This is…

March 21, 2011
How to Leave a Linked In Group

I found that the instructions found on LinkedIn via this Google search are all wrong, I’m assuming due to a site redesign since all of those questions were answer. Try the following instead: Log in [of course] Click on Groups along the top row: Click the name of the group you want to leave. Click…

March 17, 2011
Track your unread items/total items count in Outlook on startup.

I added this to my Outlook macros [started with code for displaying all unread messages]. After selecting Alt-F11 and ThisOutlookSession [on the left sidebar], I selected “Application” and “Startup” [which is where this code is added.] It append to a .csv file that can be opened in Excel. This is nice if you’re attempting to…

March 10, 2011