Torbjorn Zetterlund: a blog about data and technology.

  • How to code a delay in your javascript

    How to code a delay in your javascript

    I have been working on a user interface for a new sync function, that are syncing data from one server to another, to initiate the sync the user will be able to click a button on a webpage, I have built this interface using javascript with jquery.

  • 57, 58 I’m older

    In the bar last night, I meet a fellow Canadian, we started to talk, after a while, we revealed our age. I said I was 57, he said he was 58 – I said I’m older, he said he was. We went on for a while, tills it darn me that he was given his…

  • I’m aging by the minute

    I’m aging by the minute Totta Z

  • We are plague by “analysis paralysis”

    We are plague by “analysis paralysis” Torbjorn Zetterlund

  • How to use WordPress MultiSite feature

    Have you heard about the WordPress Multisite feature — WordPress lets a user launch several sites off their main site. It’s not something that most users may know about, but it’s worth getting the details to determine if it’s right for your site.

  • We are born originals and die as copies

    We are born originals and die as copies

    Thinking outside the box is more than just a business cliché. It’s a metaphor that means approaching problems in a new way, thinking differently, unconventionally, from a new perspective; in innovative ways; conceptualizing problems differently, and understanding your position in relation to any particular situation in a way you’d never thought of before.

  • this is love

    this is love

    i kiss you any day of the week except monday i hug you any day of the week except tuesday i cuddle you any day of the week except wednesday

  • level of freedom

    When you truly don’t care what anyone thinks of you, you have reached an awesome level of freedom Totta Z

  • Excel to CSV with UTF8 encoding for CiviCRM

    Excel to CSV with UTF8 encoding for CiviCRM

    Working with Excel where there are characters from Russian Cyrillic, Japanese, Polish and Arabic languages to make the data clean, can be an issue. Some non-English characters such as European accent marks will turn into question marks, and many others will lose their accent (e.g. “Tőkés” becomes “T?kes”) (cause: no UTF8 support)

  • Early November bike ride

    Early November bike ride

    Yesterday I went for a bike ride around the neighborhoods, it was warm day for this time of the year, 16 degrees celsius, there was a strong wind coming from southeast, I divided the ride into for section, the first section I had the wind from the back or sideways, so I could keep a good…