When I was starting to program in windows operating system, my favorite database to use was Microsoft Access database because it is simple and readily available on Microsoft powered PCs. Lately, there was a need for me to convert an old Access database to a plain text. Fortunately I got to find this cool utility that can automate the process for me. "Export Microsoft Access MDB to CSV" is a free utility that can easily export data from Microsoft Access to tab delimited, comma delimited, or comma delimited with text qualifier files. It can even export data from a password protected MS Access database.
To use the app, just launch it and browse for the MDB file you want to export the data from. It will show some information about the database such as number of records and number of fields. Select the database table, and click Export CSV, provide the path of the destination file then click OK to start the conversion. The app will instantly open the converted file in notepad. This tool can be handy for programmers, database admin, or any users who need to convert Access database to plain text.
"Export Microsoft Access MDB to CSV" works on Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7.
When testing web applications, I usually change my default IP address to Public Address to validate if my app is working properly. If your like me who change the IP Address regularly then IP Switcher software can free you from this tedious task. IP Switcher is a portable app that allows you to configure multiple IP profiles and activate it from the tray menu. It can easily configure your IP settings for IPv4 and IPv6. On the main menu, the following information are displayed: network adapter name, description, status and current IPv4 and IPv6 IP address.
To add new IP profile, just click the "New" button and the IP Setting dialog box will appear. To switch to different IP, just right-click the IP Switcher tray icon and select for new IP. IP Switcher is a handy tool for users who works in different network environments which changing IP settings is a must. It works on both 32-bit and 64-bit editions of the Microsoft Windows operating system and requires the Microsoft .net Framework 2.0.
There are several online backup tools that you can avail to backup your important digital files. Finalfolder is a similar (almost) service, almost because it uses an approach different from the typical method of uploading files then sharing the link to others to access. Finalfolder allows you to email files to your FinalFolder account for a seamless backup. Once registered, you can backup your files by forwarding all the documents that you want to save to keep@finalfolder.com and the website will automatically store these files to your account. Take note that Finalfolder uses your registered email to identify the owner of the document to backup.
The best practice to use the website is to BCC your important emails to keep@finalfolder.com so you will never lost a file. Searching any documents from your account is fast because Finalfolder index all files received. You can retrieve your files anytime, all you need is a computer with internet access.
For webmasters and web designers, choosing the right color is important when designing a website. Website colors, can vary depending on your personal preference or on your target audience. 0to255 free online service can help you find and pick color variations. To find the variation, just visit the website and get started by clicking the "pick color" button. Enter the hex value of the color you want to look for variations then hit "pick color". You can also choose from the most recently used colors or let the website choose a random color for you.
If your done with the starting color, the site will forward you to the palette page showing a 0-100% variation gradient of selected color including the individual hex values for each variation.
From the color picker, mouse over any shade to display the percentage match and intensity difference. Click any color to copy its hex value to clipboard.
0to255 currently supports over 316,000 different colors. This tool is ideal for web designers and graphic artist but also useful to anyone who needs a color matching utility.
As the world experienced climate change, more and more people became aware of importance of taking care of nature and our environment. On IT industry, Green computing is being practice in several companies. One of the common environment friendly goal is to save energy on computers, servers, monitors, printers, storage devices, and networking and communications systems. On this site, I already discussed some energy saving tool you can use on your personal computers, example is an app that can auto turn-off your monitor. Today I stumbled with another energy-saving tool that reduces CPU usage to save energy. Granola is a free application for Microsoft and Linux that can lower the total system energy use by 10-35% even when a system is 100% utilized. It optimizes your computer system to use energy more efficiently without compromising performance or availability.
To Run the app, just launch it and the percentage of CPU energy saved is automatically displayed. It reduces the CPU energy depending on the Settings defined which you can customize by moving the slider from lowest speed up to highest power. On the main form, it shows the vital information, such as number of kWh, money, and CO2, that will be saved annually.
Sometimes we need to share multiple websites or URL to friends, relatives and colleagues. If you have several links to share, you can either type each URL or just share a single link using Krunchd.com. This useful website is like a common URL shortener but more powerful because it can shorten multiple URL into 1 URL that is easy to share via email, facebook, twitter and etc. Another thing cool about Krunchd is that, you can customize your existing shortened URL because it allows you add or remove from existing Krunchd URLs. You can also allow friends or colleagues to play with your Krunchd URLs for collaboration.
You can add up to 30 different URLs and there's no need to sign up. If you plan to revise your shortened URL in the future, finish-up by entering your email address and naming the collection.
Masking of Long URL is now common nowadays using services such as bit.ly, is.gd, post.ly and tinyURL. You can reveal shortened URL destinations using online services like untiny.me or use browser extensions such as View Thru. This extension is for Chrome browser that can expand short URLs and display the full URL as a tool tip over the short URL. Short URLs from bit.ly, cli.gs, ff.im, goo.gl, is.gd, nyti.ms, ow.ly, post.ly, su.pr and tinyurl.com are supported. After installation, a tool tip of the full URL will be displayed automatically when you mouse-over the shrunken URL.
With this tool you can peek on the destination URL before deciding to proceed on visiting the destination website.
