Scott Elkin – Page 6 – Tech, Love, Life

Home Wireless Security Systems Review

A neighbor was burglarized a few days ago, and although the idea of yet another monthly charge was upsetting to me, I decided to check out what options were available. I called ADT, Brinks, Metro Guardian, Protection One and Protect America. I went into this knowing nothing other than a few of the big names,…

May 3, 2007

Protect America Home Security

In the process of evaluating many home security companies, I found Protect America. They assert themselves as the, “largest authorized installer of GE Home Security”, and on the phone I was told that they were the, “third largest home security company in the US”. My initial phone call was pretty good. The woman, Michelle Scully, was…

May 2, 2007

My Photos Were Published

Pretty cool! I got sent a snapshot of which photos from the Jiu Jitsu tournament were published in this Japanese Magazine:

April 25, 2007

Alphabetizing Words in a Phrase Using SQL

I had the need to today to alphabetize a phrase using SQL. For example, I needed “red cowboy pretty hat” to read “cowboy hat pretty red”. Here is the code I wrote to do so: declare @input varchar(100) set @input = “red cowboy pretty hat” –declarations DECLARE @i int ,@len int ,@word varchar(100) ,@char varchar(1) ,@newphrase varchar(1000) –Variable/Constant initializations SET @i = 1 SET @len = LEN(@input) SET @word = “” SET @newphrase = “” create table #temp(word varchar(100)) WHILE @i < @len begin SET @char = SUBSTRING(@input, @i, 1) IF @char = ” ” begin –add word to temp table…

April 19, 2007

Better Than Bookmarks: Delicious Firefox Extension

Wow, I am really, really impressed. Single handedly, an extension changed how I store and find webpages. You can get it here. The new delicious firefox completely and totally eliminates the need to use Bookmarks anymore. This is what it does: 1. Instead of saving a bookmark, you would click this button: 2. Doing so…

April 14, 2007

Photos From Pan American BJJ Championship

Last weekend I was invited to take pictures professionally of the Brazilion Jiu Jitsu Pan American Championship. It was my first time I got to do photography for pay and doing sports photography. There was several challenges. First, I had no idea who anyone was. Having to constantly ask “who should I shoot?” amongst the 8 simultaneous…

April 13, 2007

Phoenix Videos

Phoenix’s first steps (about an hour ago) with cart: Laughing while playing with remotes (pretty funny): Jumping up and down in his bouncer: Yesterday, he figured out how to raise his hands up in the air.

April 13, 2007

Delete Files Older Than Date Using Batch Files

This problem has nagged at me for years. Here is a batch command to delete files on a Windows 2003 machine. Forfiles -pC:\backup -s -m*.* -d-5 -c “cmd /c del /q @path” This will delete all files in my backup directory older than 5 days. To test it first, use this: Forfiles -pC:\backup -s -m*.*…

April 13, 2007

Carl’s Jr Spicy Buffalo Website

My Brother-In-Law’s company, Spacedog, just finished this website which is really cool. Here is the “lunch date” he sent me. Set up your own and pass it around to support him: Spicy Buffalo Lunch Date Now playing: Girl Talk – That’s My DJ

March 2, 2007

Donate To Charity Using MSN Messenger 8.1

Microsoft will donate money to the charity of your choosing with every instant message you write. Just append the appropriate code next to your display name. From http://messengersays.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!5B410F7FD930829E!25315.entry: American Red Cross — ready to help, code = *red+u Boys & Girls Clubs of America — providing a positive place for kids, code = *bgca National…

March 2, 2007