http://cfyves.comMy space for technology ramblings....en-USThu, 16 Aug 2012 20:57:55 PDThttp://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1hourly1http://cfyves.com/2012/08/17/counting-rows-using-conditional-dates-in-reporting-service/Reporting ServicesCodeMicrosoftMS SQL ServerMS SQL Server 2008SSRSSSRS2008YvesThu, 16 Aug 2012 20:57:55 PDThttp://cfyves.com/?p=245I’ve been using Reporting Services a lot. As with many things I learn on a “needs” basis. Something I’ve done quite a bit of is have to run counts on the data returned by datasets. Something that stumped me early on when I started was how to run a count against data that was returned based on [...]http://cfyves.com/2012/08/17/counting-rows-using-conditional-dates-in-reporting-service/feed/0http://cfyves.com/2012/02/12/useful-android-app-sms-backup/AndroidSmartphonesAppGoogleHTCIncredible SSmartphoneYvesSun, 12 Feb 2012 08:33:09 PSThttp://cfyves.com/?p=241I used to have an iPhone3G and had down graded to a cheap pay as you go phone for some time. I just wanted a simpler cheaper phone for texting and calling. Last summer I decided to get a new smartphone… so I ended up with an HTC Incredible S. I haven’t completely loaded the phone with apps. I do [...]http://cfyves.com/2012/02/12/useful-android-app-sms-backup/feed/0http://cfyves.com/2011/12/23/get-a-custom-google-url-with-gplus-to/GoogleHow-ToInternetSocial mediaCustom URLsgplus.toYvesFri, 23 Dec 2011 08:27:42 PSThttp://cfyves.com/?p=238I was digging into trying to find custom URLs for Google Plus today and didn’t see any options to do this. I remember back when custom URLs came out in Facebook. It’s certainly much easier and nicer to link to your social media site with a custom/easy to read URL then some long string of numbers [...]http://cfyves.com/2011/12/23/get-a-custom-google-url-with-gplus-to/feed/0http://cfyves.com/2011/12/17/what-is-hosted-adsense-for-content/AdsenseGoogleYouTubeYvesSat, 17 Dec 2011 06:15:33 PSThttp://cfyves.com/?p=232As so many people do, I have a Google Adsense account and recently I had made some changes adding some YouTube Monetization to it. While looking in the Adsense account, which I do on occasion, I noticed a new line that I just didn’t recognize. “Hosted AdSense for Content”. Turns out that this is [...]http://cfyves.com/2011/12/17/what-is-hosted-adsense-for-content/feed/5http://cfyves.com/2011/11/12/adding-a-sidebar-to-post-view-in-twenty-eleven-wordpress-theme/How-ToPHPWordpressCSSYvesSat, 12 Nov 2011 11:31:20 PSThttp://cfyves.com/?p=229Something else I missed when looking at themes for my new blog was post template options. Seems as though the Twenty Eleven theme won’t display the sidebar when viewing a post/article. Thankfully, it’s not a huge modification and there is lot’s out there on how to do it. Basically, you modify the [...]http://cfyves.com/2011/11/12/adding-a-sidebar-to-post-view-in-twenty-eleven-wordpress-theme/feed/0http://cfyves.com/2011/11/11/how-to-add-custom-banners-to-worpress-twentyeleven-theme/How-ToPHPWordpressYvesFri, 11 Nov 2011 08:05:36 PSThttp://cfyves.com/?p=224I’m setting up a new personal blog and settled on using WordPress’s Twenty Eleven theme that ships with current downloads. I wanted to create custom banners to be displayed in the “Header” settings under the “Appearance” menu. I thought they could be uploaded, this was something I simply presumed [...]http://cfyves.com/2011/11/11/how-to-add-custom-banners-to-worpress-twentyeleven-theme/feed/0http://cfyves.com/2011/11/10/dying-brands-blackberry/Mobile TechnologyBlackBerryGmailGoogleYvesThu, 10 Nov 2011 15:56:37 PSThttp://cfyves.com/?p=222Blackberry’s sales and popularity has been in decline for sometime. Well, in markets here in North America and Europe… but in some other countries they are still strong. But, one has to wonder in this age of mobile apps and fast moving technological advance. Once the ball has started rolling [...]http://cfyves.com/2011/11/10/dying-brands-blackberry/feed/0http://cfyves.com/2011/11/05/blog-comment-spam-internet-annoyance/InternetSearch EnginesBloggingBlogsSpamSpam BotsYvesSat, 05 Nov 2011 07:07:04 PDThttp://cfyves.com/?p=218Something that I’ve noticed over these last 5 or 6 years since I started blogging as a hobby is that the rise of “spam bots” submitting comments to blogs is just a continual annoyance. Not that many have ever made it through filtering and/or manual checking. But it’s almost as constant as the air [...]http://cfyves.com/2011/11/05/blog-comment-spam-internet-annoyance/feed/2http://cfyves.com/2011/10/20/microsoft-ceo-steve-ballmer-thinks-you-need-to-be-a-computer-scientist-to-use-an-android-phone/InternetMobile TechnologyVideoAndroidMicrosoftSteve BallmerYvesWed, 19 Oct 2011 18:53:35 PDThttp://cfyves.com/?p=215Found this interview with Steve Ballmer, Microsoft’s CEO, and thought it was interesting. It’s neat to hear him talk about Microsoft’s products and take questions reflecting some of the technology giant’s future. But I just couldn’t help but be amused by some of the question/answers. For instance, [...]http://cfyves.com/2011/10/20/microsoft-ceo-steve-ballmer-thinks-you-need-to-be-a-computer-scientist-to-use-an-android-phone/feed/0http://cfyves.com/2011/10/18/how-do-i-de-authorize-a-computer-on-itunes/How-ToiTunesYvesMon, 17 Oct 2011 19:40:58 PDThttp://cfyves.com/?p=211I came up against this question very recently. You see, I had signed up for an apple ID quite a few years back and have been buying music from them since. Lately, I had noticed I maxed my Apple ID to the 5 computers that an account has as it’s authorized limit. 3 of those computers had died long [...]http://cfyves.com/2011/10/18/how-do-i-de-authorize-a-computer-on-itunes/feed/0