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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/25
And for future big events, here are some sites to watch to see Dutch traffic congestion:
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/25
A different Hydrogen: Hydrogen in 60 seconds | Hydrogen.
–jeroen
via: Hydrogen | advanced drum machine for GNU/Linux (as well as Mac OS X and Windows).
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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/25
As a SQL Server developer, most of us make extensive use of SQL Server Management Studio.
With lots of production database, I have a directory full of shorcuts that pre-fill server/database/… on the command-line.
One of the drawbacks these shortcuts have is that the Object Explorer stays empty, and does not sync with the currently active Server/Database.
While browsing to solve that, I found that the
Alt+F8 shortcut will focus the SERVER in the Object Explorer.
This was explained by StackOverflow user Andrei Rantsevich who had this great answer on StackOverflow: Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/24
Blast from the past, and happy I found back the original blog that pointed me to this: Not a complete failure » Blog Archive » How to copy a file with I/O errors?.
A long while ago, I helped out a friend with a HDD that was partially working. He neede the bits of a file that had become unreadable by regular means.
dd to the rescue: it takes a lot longer, but gets the job done eventually. Eventually can be T+eternity.
Note that you always should copy such a file to another drive, like described in the above blog.
Something like this (the parameters are explained at the dd man page):
dd if=/mounting-path/directory-path/damaged.mp4 of=resurrected.mp4 conv=noerror,sync
Usually for creating disk images, dd works on *n*x, Mac OS X, Windows with for instance Cygwin, ESXi, etc.
See also: linux – Rescuing a hdd with bad sectors: dd vs gddrescue – Super User.
–jeroen
via: Not a complete failure » Blog Archive » How to copy a file with I/O errors?.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/24
Interesting: Peplink multi-WAN routers and VPN solutions.
Lets see how this compares to MikroTik stuff (:
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/24
Just had this occur on my machine: iTunes kept popping up like very 30 seconds (also resuming the radio channel I was listening to before), while I was watching some YouTube archived web casts.
After reading itunes keeps opening on its own: Apple Support Communities, I new what could cause it:
- The external speakers seemed to be what was causing my problem. Unplugged and plugged them back in and it appears to have stopped. Thank you!
- The cause for me it seems is my headset. I think its just a bug with non-apple headphones with mics.
- iTunes launches every time I pull my (iPhone) headphone jack OUT of my Macbook Pro.
I remember bringing another set of headphones (the final Sennheiser from a bunch I bought a long while back also had diminished its sound volume by more than 70%).
The contact plug had been in the air for a while, so the connector had built up some thin corrosion on it making the connection flaky. Cleaning the plug fixed it.
Apparently, that simulates signals which your Mac uses to detect if your headset has a remote control on it, then automagically starts iTunes for you.
–jeroen
via: itunes keeps opening on its own: Apple Support Communities.
PS: Researching this issue I found how somebody modded his headset cable to allow for a good Mic/Headphone combination.
If your jack has gotten dirty on the inside, follow these steps to clean it.
And yeas, I know that liquids usually make corrosion go much faster, so be careful taking your device for a run.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/24
When using a FlowLauyoutPanel, I always forget on which control the FlowBreak design time property / SetFlowBreak run time method operates.
Then I always end up writing a short demo program like Container Controls 5: FlowLayoutPanel.
It operates after the control on which you set it.
It is like text in a Word Processor: it breaks after the place where you set the break. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/24
Time consuming, but works:
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/23
Interesting read: vmware – Moving Fusion VMs to ESXi – Ask Different.
I was kind of expecting something like this, as VMware has been notoriously bad at proving Mac OS X tools (whereas their VMware Workstation for Linux is on par with their Windows product, Linux also lacks a vSphere Client and a standalone VMware vCentre Converter).
Good to have my expectations confirmed. Not so good that this is a tedious process.
Note that you need twice the disk size on your Mac, as you recreate the vmdk files on your Mac in a format that ESXi understands.
Oh well…
Note there are even more tedious ways, but good to know they exist.
I really wish VMware Fusion could do what you can do with VMware Workstation to manage your ESXi hosts (including Free ESXi) & VMs.
–jeroen
via:
More links:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/23
I’ve bitten by this too many times, so here is the link: How to install/upgrade to Windows 8.1 RTM without a Microsoft account.
And the steps:
Thanks magicandre1981 for the pictures in the linked post: very helpful!
–jeroen
via: How to install/upgrade to Windows 8.1 RTM without a Microsoft account – Super User.
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