tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87257628345318012112024-02-18T18:21:41.698-08:00JiggletheCable.orgHave you jiggled the cable?loatswilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131209162216176052noreply@blogger.comBlogger262125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8725762834531801211.post-32923580471881484102024-02-05T07:20:00.002-08:002024-02-05T07:20:28.554-08:00Clear the cache<p> Yes, this will solve most of your browser-based application problems. If not this, try a private browser.</p><p><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/learning-center/how-to-manage-and-clear-your-cache-and-cookies?form=MA13I2">https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/learning-center/how-to-manage-and-clear-your-cache-and-cookies?form=MA13I2</a></p>loatswilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131209162216176052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8725762834531801211.post-51845408336791379142021-01-07T12:38:00.007-08:002021-01-07T12:38:33.003-08:00Zabbix demo<p>Zabbix is back on the list of things to research</p><p><a href="https://www.zabbix.com/demo">https://www.zabbix.com/demo</a></p>loatswilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131209162216176052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8725762834531801211.post-41031760425504128222021-01-07T09:56:00.005-08:002022-05-03T08:51:57.612-07:00Network Monitoring Alternatives<p>I think with the SolarWinds news, a lot of people are lookin for alternatives. Here is a great list of Network Monitoring solutions.</p><p><a href="https://phoenixnap.com/blog/best-server-monitoring-tools-software">https://phoenixnap.com/blog/best-server-monitoring-tools-software</a></p>loatswilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131209162216176052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8725762834531801211.post-60790577231509825512018-11-07T14:37:00.003-08:002021-01-07T12:48:07.064-08:00Pi-Hole MagicsI just set up my Raspberry Pi as a Pi-Hole and I couldn't be more pleased.<br />
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It was super simple to set up and install the Pi-Hole software. You can read all about it on pi-hole.net. I just updated my Pi and followed their instructions. I set a static IP on my router and even pointed my local network clients to use the Pi-Hole for DNS (IPv4 and IPv6). It was that simple and now everything on my Wifi is "safer". I was especially shocked at all of the legal adware sites that are being "pi-holed".<br />
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I like to think that most of the information is anonymous but why risk it when something like this is available for free (I plan to donate) and so easy to set up. Go get yourself a Raspberry Pi and get it done.loatswilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131209162216176052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8725762834531801211.post-45089192363889188492016-07-25T08:17:00.003-07:002016-07-25T08:17:50.222-07:00Invoke-Command removing temp filesFor some reason c:\windows\temp seems to be filling up with Windows Updates on a lot of our servers. Here is a quick Invoke-Command solution.<br />
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Invoke-Command -ComputerName $computername -ScriptBlock {Remove-Item c:\windows\temp\* -Force -Recurse}<br />Invoke-Command -ComputerName $computername -ScriptBlock {Get-PSDrive c}</blockquote>
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loatswilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131209162216176052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8725762834531801211.post-6201010374975229552016-03-17T06:52:00.000-07:002016-03-17T06:52:00.884-07:00Spotlight IssuesI'm not sure what upgrade did it but at one point, Spotlight became totally unusable for me. I think it was a major update that enabled web-searches as part of Spotlight.<br />
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Now I've been using Spotlight for years to launch applications. There's nothing easier when you're typing along and need to launch an application than hitting 'command - space' and continuing to work, or to do a quick bit of math, or a to take a quick note... the possibilities are endless (okay, not endless but it's a lot!). At some point, that quick little shortcut became a long, long pause.<br />
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Now recently I decided to tackle this issue as it became just too frustrating. I messed with the Spotlight preferences, I re-indexed, I searched, but eventually gave up until I launched activity monitor to see what was going on behind the scenes. I saw that 'suggestd' was pegging the CPU during that time. A quick search brought up this link which seems to have solved the problem.<br />
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https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7264893?start=0&tstart=0<br />
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Basically you need to delete the ~/Library/Suggestions folder and relogin. I'm sure there is some kind of cache in there that was corrupted somewhere along the way. Anyway, this was a great find for me and I'm happily back to using Spotlight on a regular basis.loatswilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131209162216176052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8725762834531801211.post-88856049718381088892015-08-31T13:11:00.000-07:002015-08-31T13:12:42.031-07:00Using Credentials in Powershell<br />
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Gracefully borrowed from <a href="http://www.adminarsenal.com/admin-arsenal-blog/secure-password-with-powershell-encrypting-credentials-part-1">http://www.adminarsenal.com/</a><br />
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Putting it all together<br />
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We now know how to convert a SecureString to an encrypted standard string. We can take any method we like to get a SecureString, convert it to a standard string and then save it to a file. Here is an example of each:<br />
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Exporting SecureString from Plain text<br />
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"P@ssword1" | ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText -Force |
ConvertFrom-SecureString | Out-File "C:\Temp 2\Password.txt"
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Exporting SecureString from Get-Credential<br />
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(Get-Credential).Password | ConvertFrom-SecureString | Out-File "C:\Temp 2\Password.txt"
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Exporting SecureString from Read-Host<br />
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Read-Host "Enter Password" -AsSecureString |
ConvertFrom-SecureString | Out-File "C:\Temp 2\Password.txt"
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Any one of these examples should provide you with a Password.txt file that has an encrypted standard string the represents the password.<br />
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When you need to use this encrypted password, you simply reverse the process by importing the data from your file and use ConvertTo-SecureString. If all you need is a SecureString, you can stop there. You could even take it a step further and create a PSCredential object.<br />
Creating SecureString object<br />
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$pass = Get-Content "C:\Temp 2\Password.txt" | ConvertTo-SecureString
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Creating PSCredential object<br />
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$User = "MyUserName"
$File = "C:\Temp 2\Password.txt"
$MyCredential=New-Object -TypeName System.Management.Automation.PSCredential `
-ArgumentList $User, (Get-Content $File | ConvertTo-SecureString)loatswilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131209162216176052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8725762834531801211.post-4470795746372259312015-08-24T10:34:00.004-07:002015-08-24T10:37:02.625-07:00Apple Launches iPhone 6 camera replacement programFrom the everlasting, all-knowing Slashdot. It should be noted that this is just for the iPhone 6 PLUS model.<br />
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http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/15/08/22/1419206/apple-launches-free-iphone-6-plus-camera-replacement-program<br />
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https://www.apple.com/support/iphone6plus-isightcamera/loatswilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131209162216176052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8725762834531801211.post-76966825426362143072015-06-22T08:31:00.000-07:002015-06-22T08:32:12.199-07:00CBS Now Offering Monthly ServiceOne of the big networks are finally offering a monthly fee service. CBS is now offering a <a href="http://www.cbs.com/all-access">CBS All Access</a> service at $5.99/mo. for streaming all content. They claim even the NCAA basketball tourney will be streamed. Not a bad price for access to all of the shows. Now I need to start choosing keeping closer tabs on the monthly service fees for streaming.<br />
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It makes me wonder how long it will take someone to start up a service to package these streaming services and make them available the way cable companies should have done long ago.</div>
loatswilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131209162216176052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8725762834531801211.post-69438041690031359362014-06-17T07:47:00.000-07:002014-06-17T07:47:13.667-07:00LastPass Password Management<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've been really pleased with <a href="https://lastpass.com/">LastPass</a> as a password management plugin for Chrome. It has the ability to store and generate complex passwords for all your sites as well as store encrypted notes about each one.<br />
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Just make sure to turn off the "Automatically Fill Login Information" option if you work in Systems Administration. Just the other day it updated this information on a site I was using without me noticing. I had to scramble for the valid username and password before systems started throwing alerts.loatswilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131209162216176052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8725762834531801211.post-50389786318111299532014-03-10T07:06:00.000-07:002014-06-17T07:40:01.550-07:00Typical Network SpeedsBorrowed from http://www.channelz.org/network-speed-table/<br />
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<colgroup><col style="mso-width-alt: 4224; mso-width-source: userset; width: 99pt;" width="99"></col>
<col style="mso-width-alt: 4138; mso-width-source: userset; width: 97pt;" width="97"></col>
<col style="mso-width-alt: 4693; mso-width-source: userset; width: 110pt;" width="110"></col>
<col style="mso-width-alt: 5760; mso-width-source: userset; width: 135pt;" width="135"></col>
<col style="mso-width-alt: 3285; mso-width-source: userset; width: 77pt;" width="77"></col>
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<td height="15" style="height: 15.0pt; width: 99pt;" width="99">Tech</td>
<td style="width: 97pt;" width="97">Scope</td>
<td style="width: 110pt;" width="110"> High</td>
<td style="width: 135pt;" width="135"> Low</td>
<td style="width: 77pt;" width="77"> Typical</td>
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<td height="15" style="height: 15.0pt;">POTS</td>
<td>WAN</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">56,000</td>
<td align="right">300</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">50,000</td>
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<tr height="15" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="15" style="height: 15.0pt;">ISDN</td>
<td>WAN</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">2,048,000</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">128,000</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">128,000</td>
</tr>
<tr height="15" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="15" style="height: 15.0pt;">T1</td>
<td>WAN</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">1,544,000</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">1,544,000</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">1,544,000</td>
</tr>
<tr height="15" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="15" style="height: 15.0pt;">E1</td>
<td>WAN</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">2,048,000</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">2,048,000</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">2,048,000</td>
</tr>
<tr height="15" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="15" style="height: 15.0pt;">802.11b</td>
<td>WLAN</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">11,000,000</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">4,300,000</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">4,300,000</td>
</tr>
<tr height="15" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="15" style="height: 15.0pt;">DSL</td>
<td>WAN</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">52,000,000</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">256,000</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">6,000,000</td>
</tr>
<tr height="15" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="15" style="height: 15.0pt;">802.16 WiMAX</td>
<td>WLAN/WWAN</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">70,000,000</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">10,000,000</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">10,000,000</td>
</tr>
<tr height="15" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="15" style="height: 15.0pt;">Ethernet</td>
<td>LAN</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">10,000,000</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">10,000,000</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">10,000,000</td>
</tr>
<tr height="15" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="15" style="height: 15.0pt;">Cable</td>
<td>WAN</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">400,000,000</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">512,000</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">16,000,000</td>
</tr>
<tr height="15" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="15" style="height: 15.0pt;">Token</td>
<td>RingLAN</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">16,000,000</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">4,000,000</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">16,000,000</td>
</tr>
<tr height="15" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="15" style="height: 15.0pt;">802.11g</td>
<td>WLAN</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">54,000,000</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">4,300,000</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">19,000,000</td>
</tr>
<tr height="15" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="15" style="height: 15.0pt;">802.11a</td>
<td>WLAN</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">54,000,000</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">5,500,000</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">23,000,000</td>
</tr>
<tr height="15" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="15" style="height: 15.0pt;">E3</td>
<td>WAN</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">34,368,000</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">34,368,000</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">34,368,000</td>
</tr>
<tr height="15" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="15" style="height: 15.0pt;">T3</td>
<td>WAN</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">44,773,000</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">44,773,000</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">44,773,000</td>
</tr>
<tr height="15" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="15" style="height: 15.0pt;">802.11n</td>
<td>WLAN</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">248,000,000</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">4,300,000</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">74,000,000</td>
</tr>
<tr height="15" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="15" style="height: 15.0pt;">Fast Ethernet</td>
<td>LAN</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">100,000,000</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">100,000,000</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">100,000,000</td>
</tr>
<tr height="15" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="15" style="height: 15.0pt;">FDDI</td>
<td>WAN</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">200,000,000</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">100,000,000</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">100,000,000</td>
</tr>
<tr height="15" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="15" style="height: 15.0pt;">ATM</td>
<td>LAN/WAN</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">622,000,000</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">622,000,000</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">622,000,000</td>
</tr>
<tr height="15" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="15" style="height: 15.0pt;">Gigabit Ethernet</td>
<td>LAN</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">1,000,000,000</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">1,000,000,000</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">1,000,000,000</td>
</tr>
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GB = 1e9</div>
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10GB = 1e10</div>
loatswilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131209162216176052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8725762834531801211.post-60139822320060459232013-10-18T05:53:00.000-07:002013-10-18T05:53:56.616-07:00New Remote Desktop for Mac (about time)Apple and Microsoft have released a new client for Remote Desktop for the Mac. The old client has been in sore need of an update for years and the new client with IOS and Android versions is a welcome improvement.<br />
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<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/microsoft-remote-desktop/id715768417?mt=12" style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" target="_BLANK">https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/microsoft-remote-desktop/id715768417?mt=12</a><br />
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Apparently you can't save shortcuts with passwords, or at least I haven't figured it out yet. There will certainly be a learning curve and maybe a few updates (now that it's in the App store) but I sure hope I can have shortcuts with passwords, or maybe I should just rethink that from a security stand point anyway.loatswilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131209162216176052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8725762834531801211.post-32143656616981255602013-10-10T07:18:00.002-07:002013-10-10T07:18:44.618-07:00Flickr's iOS App Finally Gets Auto Upload, Lets You Take Advantage Of That 1 TB Of Free Storage [feedly]<span style="font-family: monospace;">Flickr's iOS App Finally Gets Auto Upload, Lets You Take Advantage Of That 1 TB Of Free Storage</span><br style="font-family: monospace;" /><span style="font-family: monospace;">http://techcrunch.com/2013/10/09/flickrs-ios-app-finally-gets-auto-upload-lets-you-take-advantage-of-that-1-tb-of-free-storage/</span><br style="font-family: monospace;" /><br style="font-family: monospace;" /><span style="font-family: monospace;">via feedly.com</span>loatswilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131209162216176052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8725762834531801211.post-42520333521317747972013-09-17T07:30:00.000-07:002013-09-17T07:30:13.222-07:00Amazon Instant Video Support for AirPlayEveryone is playing catch-up with technology that Apple has been offering for years.<div>
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http://www.macworld.com/article/2048887/amazon-instant-video-for-ios-adds-airplay-support-imdb-integration.html</div>
loatswilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131209162216176052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8725762834531801211.post-69172492325670561082013-09-05T06:44:00.000-07:002013-09-05T06:44:20.541-07:00How to solve the 10 most common tech support problems yourself<br />
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Here are some great tips.<br />
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/2047667/how-to-solve-the-10-most-common-tech-support-problems-yourself.htmlloatswilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131209162216176052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8725762834531801211.post-77336353390917878852013-06-18T18:15:00.000-07:002013-06-18T18:39:26.251-07:009 Reasons SysAdmins Hate You | ITworld<div data-externalstyle="false" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Calibri,"Segoe UI",Meiryo,"Microsoft YaHei UI","Microsoft JhengHei UI","Malgun Gothic","Khmer UI","Nirmala UI",Tunga,"Lao UI",Ebrima,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">
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loatswilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131209162216176052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8725762834531801211.post-42718561272829995912013-05-28T07:12:00.001-07:002013-05-28T07:13:37.916-07:00SCM Build and Release Community: A Comparison of Nagios, Zenoss and ZabbixNot sure where they got their information on Zenoss. It DOES have a Google Maps plugin.<br />
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<a href="http://community.scmgalaxy.com/blog/view/41160/a-comparison-of-nagios-zenoss-and-zabbix">SCM Build and Release Community: A Comparison of Nagios, Zenoss and Zabbix</a>:loatswilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131209162216176052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8725762834531801211.post-71295215760054695092013-03-27T09:19:00.001-07:002013-05-28T07:12:43.209-07:00IT Monitoring Buyers’ Guide 2013 by GroundWork, Inc.<a href="http://www.bitpipe.com/detail/RES/1363017209_226.html">IT Monitoring Buyers’ Guide 2013 by GroundWork, Inc.</a>:loatswilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131209162216176052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8725762834531801211.post-43404049170645878302013-03-12T09:06:00.001-07:002013-05-28T07:13:01.338-07:00Google’s 10 rules for designing data centers — Tech News and AnalysisGood information on Google Datacenters.<br />
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<a href="http://gigaom.com/2013/03/05/googles-10-rules-for-designing-data-centers/">Google’s 10 rules for designing data centers — Tech News and Analysis</a>:loatswilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131209162216176052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8725762834531801211.post-11969177176024923142013-02-28T14:35:00.000-08:002013-02-28T14:36:18.883-08:00OS X Screenshot Key CombinationsHow many times have I looked these up?!?<br />
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From <a href="http://guides.macrumors.com/Taking_Screenshots_in_Mac_OS_X">MacRumors.com</a><br />
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<li>Command-Shift-3: Take a screenshot of the screen, and save it as a file on the desktop </li>
<li>Command-Shift-4, then select an area: Take a screenshot of an area and save it as a file on the desktop </li>
<li>Command-Shift-4, then space, then click a window: Take a screenshot of a window and save it as a file on the desktop </li>
<li>Command-Control-Shift-3: Take a screenshot of the screen, and save it to the clipboard </li>
<li>Command-Control-Shift-4, then select an area: Take a screenshot of an area and save it to the clipboard </li>
<li>Command-Control-Shift-4, then space, then click a window: Take a screenshot of a window and save it to the clipboard</li>
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loatswilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131209162216176052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8725762834531801211.post-68971006645427898412013-02-21T09:17:00.001-08:002013-02-21T09:19:40.119-08:00Python Tutorial<br />
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What a better thing to do on a snow day!<br />
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<a href="http://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/">http://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/</a>loatswilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131209162216176052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8725762834531801211.post-70322439334167739862013-02-19T07:30:00.001-08:002013-02-19T07:30:31.949-08:00Linux 3.8 Released<a href="http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/648022/s/28b8eef1/l/0Llinux0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C130C0A20C190C0A1362130Clinux0E380Ereleased0Dutm0Isource0Frss10B0Amainlinkanon0Gutm0Imedium0Ffeed/story01.htm">Linux 3.8 Released</a>: diegocg writes "Linux kernel 3.8 has been released. This release includes support in Ext4 for embedding very small files in the inode, which greatly improves the performance for these files and saves some disk space. There is also a new Btrfs feature that allows for quick disk replacement, a new filesystem F2FS optimized for SSDs; support for filesystem mount, UTS, IPC, PID, and network namespaces for unprivileged users; accounting of kernel memory in the memory resource controller; journal checksums in XFS; an improved NUMA policy redesign; and, of course, the removal of support for 386 processors. Many small features and new drivers and fixes are also available. Here's the full list of changes."loatswilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131209162216176052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8725762834531801211.post-77580835005777148172013-01-28T11:56:00.001-08:002013-05-28T07:13:24.099-07:00Apple TV update brings iTunes in the Cloud, Bluetooth keyboards | Ars TechnicaAnother step up on the competition. Will we ever have the App Store on AppleTV?<br />
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<a href="http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/01/apple-tv-update-brings-itunes-in-the-cloud-bluetooth-keyboards/">Apple TV update brings iTunes in the Cloud, Bluetooth keyboards | Ars Technica</a>:loatswilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131209162216176052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8725762834531801211.post-62734238407757818312013-01-08T06:19:00.001-08:002013-01-08T06:21:12.288-08:00NETGEAR Connected EntertainmentIt's about time someone challenged AppleTV. I just might jump ship for Google if they pull it off well.<br />
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<a href="http://www.netgear.com/landing/stream/index.html">NETGEAR Connected Entertainment</a>:loatswilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131209162216176052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8725762834531801211.post-85332287024614909492013-01-02T11:02:00.001-08:002013-01-08T06:20:45.980-08:00Ubuntu Phone OS Unveiled - Slashdot<a href="http://news.slashdot.org/story/13/01/02/1827230/ubuntu-phone-os-unveiled?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed">Ubuntu Phone OS Unveiled - Slashdot</a>:loatswilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131209162216176052noreply@blogger.com