Still waiting for my coworkers to find me…

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In the meantime, here’s an interesting article about “Internet Marketing Basics” and “Search Engine Optimization” using Waldo for examples:

http://mymedialabs.com/2012/07/02/internet-marketing-basics-lessons-in-seo-from-wheres-waldo/

Excerpt: Where’s Waldo had page after page of crowded pictures, huge, epic scenes with lots of action, all intended to hide a single, red and white stripped character: Waldo. I spent hours scanning those pages, trying to figure out the puzzle and find Waldo faster. Little did I know that twenty-five years later I would use the lessons from Where’s Waldo to better understand SEO.The Waldo books worked by hiding Waldo in big tableus and forcing you to find him. Similarly, by virtue of its sheer size, the Internet hides your website: visitors either have to know the link to your site or find it by searching.

Restoring a SQL DB Successfully

If you try to restore a database from a backup and get the error “Exclusive access could not be obtained because the database is in use” then here are some things to try.

http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/315538/Exclusive-access-could-not-be-obtained-because-the

Personally, taking the database offline and then online again worked for me today.

IT Crowd

First Bookless Library

Bookless Library
http://money.cnn.com/2013/10/08/technology/innovation/bibliotech-ebook-library/index.html

It’s decked out with funky orange walls, a colorful play area for children complete with plush seats and glowing screens, plus loads of devices available for in-library use: 45 Apple (AAPL, Fortune 500) iPads, 40 laptops and 48 desktop computers.

Members checking out one of the 10,000 e-books — provided through 3M’s (MMM, Fortune 500) Cloud Library service — can borrow one of 600 stripped-down e-readers or 200 “enhanced” readers for children. Audiobooks and educational software are also available.