Newsletter

Jan
11

Making your own virtual machines for VMware Player

VMware Player is a free, cut down version of VMware Workstation which enables you to run virtual machines created with
1 min read
Dec
24

VMware Server 2.0 - using your own SSL certificate

The default installation of VMware Server 2.0 uses a self-signed certificate for the web-based management console, VMware Infrastructure Web
1 min read
Dec
23

Cloning VMware machines loses network connection

I have been setting up a whole swag of virtual machines to do my bidding. Ideally I would use ESXi
3 min read
Dec
01

Phone + Fire Eagle + Google Maps = high tech spy tracking system

Fire Eagle is a service from Yahoo! that gives you access to location information. It’s not very sophisticated. You
1 min read
Nov
30
Facebook lost some data

Facebook lost some data

I’m not sure how widespread this was, but I got an email from Facebook saying: Subject: Please reset your
1 min read
Nov
28

Windows Azure Development Storage with real SQL Server

I don’t have SQL Server Express, I’ve got the real deal. Development Storage for Windows Azure assumes you
Nov
21

SSH slow to login? Disable reverse DNS lookup

By default in Ubuntu (and probably other distributions), when you log into the SSH server, it will do a reverse
Nov
21

Declarative data binding on User Controls

I had this problem a few years ago and figured that there was no good solution, but I am older
1 min read
Nov
18

ObjectDataSource.SelectCountMethod wants an int

I have been working with the GridView ASP.NET control today, bound to an ObjectDataSource. This is to do with
1 min read
Nov
18

Stop X from starting when booting Ubuntu

This is nothing new, but I wanted to stop X from starting on bootup with Ubuntu Desktop 8.04. I