Notepad++ Workflow: Find Lines Not Containing

For some time now I've been using Notepad++ as my primary text editor. Given how much time I spend modifying configuration files, writing scripts and scouring log files its not exactly a surprise that I've come up with some nifty workflows for working with text in this editor. Whilst I do occasionally shift back to NoteTab Pro for its immensely useful scripting options I try and stay in Notepad++ as much as I can.

One of the old NoteTab clips I wrote was for removing lines from files where some specified text was not found in the line. I also had variations for lines not starting and not ending with the text. For a while I dropped back into NoteTab to do such file filtering, but after a while I figured out how to do it in Notepad++ and so I thought I'd share the knowledge a little for anyone else who has occasion to do this.

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How I'm Dealing with the Loss of Google Reader

As most of the Internet seems to have noticed, Google has plans to decommission Google Reader this coming July. This has caused quite a flurry of activity around RSS readers in general and there are numerous ideas, cloning projects and the like springing up. My approach to resolving this scenario however is a little different…

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Add Google Contacts Photo Direct from Web

Some time ago, Google contacts used to include an option which allowed you to add a profile picture for a contact directly from a web site. At some point last year this option disappeared, but did you know the functionality is still there?

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Transitioning Between 3.0 and 4.0 in Visualization Solutions by Nakisa

In November 2012 Nakisa released the latest version (4.0) of their visualization product suite and with it a number of changes to the availability of modules, nomenclature and licensing. In this post I’m going to outline some of the importance of these changes in an attempt to try to help translate between versions for anyone who might be considering upgrading or applying unused existing licenses (shelf-ware).

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A Month on the SCN Home Page

Well January's almost over and it's the twilight of my days as SCN Member of the Month. So it seemed to be a good time to reflect on my time in the spotlight so to speak.

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