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Make Visual Studio work with VMWare Fusion Shares
August, 19. 2009 at 05:17 PM
VMWare Fusion allows Mac users to run virtualized operating systems. The “Shared Folder” feature allows for sharing profile folders on the Mac (Desktop, Documents, Music, Pictures) with virtualized operating systems. Having a shared work space eliminates the need for duplication of files that need to be used in both operating systems. I run a virtualized Windows XP operating system so that I can code in Visual Studio on my Mac. I prefer to do design (HTML, CSS) on the Mac side of things. Having shared storage for use in my projects eliminates the need to copy back and forth. It also allows me to backup my Visual Studio projects using Time Machine without having to make a copy of...
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Build an ESXi server on the Cheap
February, 11. 2009 at 01:29 AM
If your a network admin, and you’re not using virtualization in your disaster recovery, then you’re probably being negligent. VMware ESXi is free. You can’t do all of the fancy stuff, like VM motion, but it is the same bare-metal hypervisor as ESX. You can register, download, and obtain a free license for ESXi here. ESXi is pickier when it comes to hardware than its pricier counterpart ESX. However, if your hardware works with the drivers it does have, you can add your hardware IDs to the configuration files and use your hardware. If you use a system, motherboard, and/or NIC listed on the community maintained list and download and use the community maintained configthen yo...
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Create an IDS on the Cheap
February, 8. 2009 at 01:11 AM
Having an Intrusion Detection System isn’t optional for network admins that are audited. An IDS is also very handy to have as it shows you everything that is going on. You don't have to spend a lot of money on this, especially since most of the best tools are free. In my case, I wanted: network intrusion detection, network inventorying, and security scanning. I spent a lot of time messing around with separate packages for getting the functionality I wanted, but it was a pain to manage them all separately. I finally found an all-in-one system which met all of my requirements. OSSIM provides snort, nagios, ntop, and nessus (and various other security tools); this met all of my needs. It ...
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Metallica can still play
October, 28. 2008 at 11:57 PM
I managed to snag some tickets to Metallica this past weekend. Definately worth it. Granted, I don't particularly care for their newer releases. Fortunately, these guys played a lot of pre-black album stuff. It was worth it to hear One and Fade to Black. Oh, and they like to spit a lot. These guys have a lot of props. They brought at least 6 or 7 semi-trailers worth of equipment. There were huge moving coffins filled with lights, cameras and lasers constantly coming down and going up in ceiling. Apparently, most of what they brought was combustable. They are very meticulous with their sound. Lars is constantly running off the stage between sets to adjus...
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