PowerShell tutorial 7
Posted on September 5th, 2008 by BrettW
There are many free scripts on the net you can use with powershell, but the real power comes in making your own cmdlets. To begin, first start by enabling scripts.
Chrome Dome
Posted on September 3rd, 2008 by jakob
I’ve been testing Google’s new browser, chrome, for quite a bit today (download it here). So far so good. The interface is simple and smooth while the settings are a breeze and easy to understand. It’s still in beta, but I did have a nice little chuckle when I couldn’t even install google’s own toolbar. Then again it’s not really nessisary as you can just type your search into the address bar. The majority of the firefox/ie keyboard shortcuts are the exact same, so switching over isn’t a hassle. You can also import your settings and bookmarks, although I opted not to do so for now. Since it’s an open source project, many of your favorite firefox and internet explorer plugins will probably be made availible in due time. I’ve noticed a bit of annoying lag when viewing/interacting with a rather heavy-handed flash based sites, but I’m sure that will smooth out with updates. All-in-all I’d say it’s worth a look-see; however, I don’t see if flat out replacing my highly tuned firefox setup just yet. Oh, yeah, and you must have a windows operating system to try it out.
Bootable USB Ubuntu Flash drive
Posted on September 2nd, 2008 by dustin
In a previous article I walked you through how to make a Bootable Ubuntu CD to retrieve your information from a dead windows machine. Now I’m gonna show you how to make a Bootable Ubuntu USB Flash Drive. To do this we’ll use a small software program called UNetBootin, which doesn’t need to be installed, just download and open it. Download the Ubuntu installation cd if you haven’t already then in UNetBootin just point the diskimage to the Ubunto ISO and choose your flash drive and hit ok. The process doesn’t take very long to copy the files and install bootloader. Once this finishes you’ll be asked to reboot, which isn’t necessary unless you want to test booting from the flash drive.
You might get a device error when trying to boot from the flash drive because the partition is not marked as active. In that case you’ll need to use the command line diskpart utility to fix this, if using Windows Vista you can open the command prompt by right clicking and choosing Run as Administrator. Once you’ve got the command prompt open type “diskpart” to get to the diskpart utility. Then type “list disk” to list the drives on your computer then “select disk #” (where # use the number of the drive), “select partition 1″ and then “active”. The “active” command will mark the current partition as active. After this you should be good to go, you can try to boot from the flash drive. Every BIOS is different but most of them will tell you which key to press for the boot menu and boot from your flash drive. You’ll actaully see a UNetbootin menu instead of the regular Ubuntu boot menu, which has basically the same options. The boot process should be alot faster than using the regular Ubuntu boot cd.
Ruby on Rails - Tutorial 1 - Creating a Rails Project
Posted on August 29th, 2008 by jay
I heard about Rails back when I was a programmer at BlueHost / Hostmonster since they are one of the “preferred” web hosting companies for Ruby on Rails type applications. There weren’t very many clients who used it, but when questions came in about it, I always seemed to be approached with them. I guess tech support people think that if you are generally willing to help them out and you know a programming language, you know them all. Well, I eventually got sick of saying I don’t know and got some basic knowledge going of Ruby on Rails, and was pleasantly surprised!
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Remote Desktop - overview of Microsoft’s Remote Desktop client.
Posted on August 27th, 2008 by BrettW
Microsoft’s Remote Desktop is a decent application for allowing you to remotely control a networked windows computer. The Remote Desktop client which is included with Windows XP and Vista is only a small part of the larger Terminal Services package which is included with Windows Server. This tutorial will introduce you to the Remote Desktop client application.
Free Apps for your Windows mobile device
Posted on August 25th, 2008 by dustin
I found some free apps to add to your Windows mobile device that could make your experience with Windows mobile much easier to use and more enjoyable. With Windows Mobile approaching it’s ninth birthday there are tons of old and new software to enhance the user experience and make getting things done, or goofing off much easier.
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PowerShell tutorial 6
Posted on August 21st, 2008 by BrettW
PowerShell providers are .NET programs that provide a data access layer between powershell and the data. Providers abstract data so that the same mechanisms within powershell can access the various data stores. A number of built-in providers are included with powershell.
Remember WebTV?
Posted on August 21st, 2008 by jakob
It seems that Intel and Yahoo are teaming up to create a new version of the failed WebTV. An article on bbc describes it pretty well. The main difference here is this new chip from intel, designed specifically for web-connected devices, will allow you to use widgets (if you have an igoogle account, you’re probably quite familiar with widgets) and still view television as normal - something WebTV could not do. I could see this actually catching on, depending on initial price, etc. How many people do you know who watch television with their lap-top on the coffee table? I can think of five off the top of my head. One thing that is not mentioned, is if the ability to harness the internet outside of the widget capability will be included. The picture-in-picture functionality could be quite fun; one screen playing the new season of Heroes, while the other is posting “OMG did you see that” in the fan-boy forums. It could just be what WebTV was trying to do.
Free Programs!!!
Posted on August 19th, 2008 by dustin
Ok we’re all living on a budget but need to get software to secure our computers, write up doc’s for school and work, send and receive emails or just free games to play when we got the time. So here’s another list of tons of free software just waiting for you to download and install.
PowerShell tutorial 5
Posted on August 14th, 2008 by BrettW
You will undoubtedly need to use variables in your PowerShell scripts from time to time fortunately PowerShell has you covered. There are many built-in variables you can use to provide such information as the home folder ($pshome) or the current working folder ($pwd). If you would like to see a list of the built in and user defined variables available to the current session type;
