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  • Apple to push virtualization of OSX?

    Seems that Apple is discontinuing their XServe product. I hope this means that Apple is moving towards virtualizion of OSX in the enterprise. VDI with OSX would be sweet!

  • jQuery, SharePoint Web Services and adding thumbnail to a List

    We have a SharePoint list with thumbnails attached to the list items. The request was to show a thumbnail of the image that is attached. I believe this can be done via SharePoint designer, but I thought jQuery would be easier. I added a Content Editor WebPart to the top of the page. Next I…

  • Countdown Clocks and the MTA

    Waiting for the subway this morning, it occurred to me that the MTA should not bother spending millions of dollars on Countdown Clocks. Instead, why not invest in app development for smart phones. Since there will be wifi in the subways, why not work on getting data to people’s devices. No citywide maintenance costs on installed…

  • My esxupdate script

    I was having problems using update manager on an esx box at a remote site. I needed to install several prerequisite patches before i could get to U5. I went to : http://www.vmware.com/patch/download/ and found the patches I needed. So I used lwp-download to download the files(esx does not have wget) like so: Then I used…

  • Microsoft should buy Yelp

    Yesterday, the blogs reported that Microsoft has not acquired any companies this year. I think Microsoft should and will buy Yelp. It will add a little “hipness” to Microsoft.

  • Use IPTables to ban repeated ssh attempts

    My logs were getting filled with scripts trying to log in via ssh. I already have “PasswordAuthentication no” so I believe I am safe. I wanted to add a new layer (and keep my logs cleaner). I added the following to my iptables config. Anyone with more than 4 connections in 60 seconds is banned:

  • Ignore server pushed routes in OpenVpn Client

    Add “route-nopull” to your client’s config and you will no longer be a slave to the server’s “redirect-gateway”

  • My CEWP JQuery code to play flash files in a Modal

    I have Flash files in a Document Library. I wanted to have users click the flash files (swf) and have them open up in a hidden div, rather than opening in a different window. I added the code below to a CEWP:

  • Simple vbscript (HTA) to install fonts via SCCM

    We have a group of users that need the ability to install fonts (.ttf and .otf). They are not administrators for their machines, so we usually go down there and install the fonts using runas. Since advertised SCCM programs can run as system, I can write a script to copy the fonts into the fonts…

  • I am a CTT+ !!!!

    Just got my results from the performance based evaluation. Passed!!!! I am now a CompTIA Certified Technical Trainer (CTT+).