Search results

  1. S

    budget phone - R2500 or less

    If you're set on buying new, Motorola G14 for R2199. 4GB RAM, 64GB UFS storage (rather than EMMC), has NFC, side mounted fingerprint reader, 1080x2400 screen. 5000mAh battery but it seems to run out faster than the competition, and good lucky finding any accessories...
  3. S

    Spreadsheets and disasters

    Excel is quick and powerful, and really lowers the barrier to entry for capturing data. You can sit in a meeting and throw a bunch of information at a brand new intern and have them copy paste it all into one pretty looking spreadsheet with the filename "Issue Tracking Database.xlsx" and you'll...
  4. S

    Spreadsheets and disasters

    This is my personal nightmare at work: the culture of using Excel as a database and even worse, of using Excel as an ERP when the rest of the business is using (and has been using for decades) an actual ERP.
  5. S

    Programming question regarding MS Word

    I'm surprised neither of the libraries implemented it. But yeah, I wouldn't get stuck on it either. You'd have to lookup the <w:numId/> tags from document.xml, then find the matching <w:num> tag in numbering.xml, which then points to a <w:abstractNum/>, which containers what kind of number...
  6. S

    Programming question regarding MS Word

    I haven't used Open XML or DOCX, but yes, the automatic numbering will be under List Formatting. From mucking around a bit with Word VBA, each cell in that table is going to have a Range object, and while the text you type in cell can be set/get from Range.Text, the automatic numbering as it...
  7. S

    TIL that Takealot uses Excel Spreadsheets for uploading merchant products.

    As much as I loathe Excel, using it for data capture makes sense if the next step in your pipeline is to sanitise, validate, review and approve the data before committing it to an actual database. The problem is when that backend database is also an Excel file.
  8. S

    'Knife-wielding robbers’ caught in Table Mountain National Park

    Good, string them up and feed them to the dassies.
  9. S

    Anyone know of a good duplicate FOLDER finder?

    Aren't you worried that your drives are going to eventually fail one day? Backups, backups, backups!
  10. S

    4-day workweek pilot in South Africa is ending – revealing some big issues

    How many companies out there still don't have proper systems in place for measuring output per employee? It was like this in ye olde days of cubicle life, it was like this in the days of open plan offices, it was like this during Work from Home during Covid, and it's still like this in the...
  11. S

    Adobe PDF to Word conversion software, which is very expensive

    If you don't want to (or aren't allowed to) use an online tool and you're using Microsoft Word, then you can open PDF files directly from the File > Open menu and it will make a decent attempt at converting it to Word format.
  12. S

    SA smart plugs that can be flashed with Tasmota

    Looks like Type 1:
  13. S

    Intel Kills the NUC, Will Stop Selling PCs

    As an alternative, the "Tiny Mini Micro" form factor models from HP, Lenovo and Dell are really great value for money if you get them second hand. You can pick up a 8th gen i5 with 8GB RAM and a SSD for R3000~3500 if you're patient. Not only are they small and quiet, they're really light on the...
  14. S

    SA smart plugs that can be flashed with Tasmota

    Also bought one of the below Tuya plugs on Monday, and it came with Main Module: V1.1.15, which apparently cannot be patched OTA yet: https://www.takealot.com/tuya-smart-wifi-power-plug-south-african-2-3-pin/PLID73611427 (sold by Afrizone Brands)
  15. S

    SA smart plugs that can be flashed with Tasmota

    Bought one of those round Connex plugs yesterday and managed to get it flashed with OpenBeken, and both the relay and the energy monitoring are working. Below is what worked for me, YMMV: Link: https://www.takealot.com/smart-wifi-and-bluetooth-plug-3-pin-sa-round-16a-3360w/PLID73060126...
  16. S

    Portable power station price comparison - June 2023

    No Bluetti EB3A?
  17. S

    South Africans crave a 4-day work week – but it will come with a cost

    I will never understand how companies can invest 10s if not 100s of millions of rand on equipment, but then drop the ball when it comes to putting business continuity plans or contingencies in place for the single point of failure that is the person actually operating the equipment. It's like...
  18. S

    Business confidence in South Africa nosedives

    How can it nosedive any further if the nose is already buried in an impact crater so large it can be seen from space?
  19. S

    ERP software for SA businesses roundup - June 2023

    Copy of Full_HR_List_2023_Final_Final2 (AutoRecover).xlsx, emailed to all 1000 people in the company, asking them to confirm their banking details are still up-to-date for payroll.
  20. S

    ERP software for SA businesses roundup - June 2023

    These people are all overcomplicating things. We use Excel and it works perfectly fine.
  21. S

    Discovery ordered to pay R25 million to man who became 'totally and permanently unable' to work

    Having to deal with my co"workers" in the back-to-office era has also made me "totally and permanently unable to work". Dear Discovery, R25m will be nice, but I'll settle for R2.5m.
Back
Top
Sign up to the MyBroadband newsletter