I use 2 papersizes to print under Fedora 17 A4 and 4x6 Photo.. I don't know about you but I find the following annoying: The Default PPD has a long list of different paper sizes which you have to scroll through in order to select the correct Paper Size. Even...
James McDonald
Reality Chicken Show
Just found http://hencam.com. Celebrity chickens with rock and roll hair styles living their privileged lives in a palacial multi-level abode. Multi-species drama including a rabbit and a goat. Check it out.
Local RAWS approved JDM importer The Toy Shop
If you run SBS 2011 and want to test ActiveSync Connectivity You May Need This
https://www.testexchangeconnectivity.com/Just in case you don't have an Android and / or iPhone/iPad and you need to test Remote ActiveSync connectivity this website may do the job.
Tension Relieving vs Goal Achieving Behaviours
Interesting commentary on the typical at-work behaviour of Goofing off.
SBS2003 to SBS2011 Migration Mailbox Move Request Fails When there is a Space in the Alias Name
For the record before triggering a mailbox move make sure all your User Email aliases in Active Directory Users have no spaces in them. Open Active Directory Users and Computers on the SBS2003 Server Navigate to the user account object and right click and choose...
Getting Ready for My Mid Life Crisis
Moving toward 40. Chances are I'll try and re-live my youth and build a Turbo-charged Fast & Furious style car. Just posting these links so I can refer to them when I try and be a 20yr old in a 40yr olds body. http://www.importmonster.com.au/...
VMWare VCenter Embedded DB2 Database Documentation
http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/db2luw/v9r7/index.jspSearching for DB2 documentation for the embedded database on VMware vCenter Server Appliance 5.0.0-455964 rpm -qa | grep db2 VMware-db2expressc-9.7.2-1 I ended up downloading the /opt/db2/db2expc_9.7.2_install/db2exc_972_LNX_x86_64.tar.gz file and unpacking it and...
How to get a List of All the Microsoft Patches Installed
Currently doing a trial SBS2003 to SBS2011 trial domain migration and needed to know all my patch levels on the SBS2003 This command gives it to you: wmic qfe list full /format:htable >hotfixes.html
Kernel panic – not syncing: Attempted to kill init! CentOS 6.2
Just installed CentOS 6.2 into a VMWare environment and rebooted and got: Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! The cause was I had edited /etc/selinux/config to disable selinux but edited the wrong settting: This is the mistake I made # This file...
Link to News.com.au Article about the Higgs Boson
http://www.news.com.au/technology/sci-tech/higgs-boson-explained-with-twilight-video-bonus/story-fn5fsgyc-1226220927156Put here for later reading
VMWare Newbie
For much of the last 10yrs I've had a flirtation with virtualization. I bought a VMWare Workstation License and played and fiddled with Virtual Machines, usually for training and testing purposes. My parrallel love of all things Open Source has meant virtualization...
Convert VMDK to VDI and Enlarge C: on Windows XP Virtual Machine
Get some information on the VMDK you are going to convert VBoxManage showhdinfo Windows\ XP\ Professional\ 2.vmdk VBoxManage showhdinfo Windows\ XP\ Professional\ 2.vmdk UUID: 880b32c8-db80-4caf-94d4-f7af29b691d3 Accessible: yes Logical size: 10240 MBytes Current size...
Patent Insanity
Yet again Scott Adams hits the nail right on the head.
Pay-wall fine – Just remove the Advertisements
The Australian newspaper industry is moving toward having Pay-walls up for it's news online news content. I don't have a problem specifically with paying for a product that I use everyday ( smh.com.au, news.com.au, etc) but if they are going to ask for money I would...
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Attempted Ethernet iSCSI Addition to SBS 2003 Server Causes ActiveSync to Fail
Just installed a Dual 10GB Ethernet Card in an SBS 2003 server and ActiveSync broke. Only option I found was to disable the cards and ActiveSync started working again. I didn't thoroughly investigate if there was a work-a-round to keep the Ethernet connections active...
Goodbye to The Thieves of Time
Facebook went first A year or so ago I deleted my Facebook profile. This was mainly because I felt really creeped out (sort of like finding a house guest going through your sock drawer) by people I was only vaguely acquainted with from 20yrs ago friending me, then...