Out of clutter, find simplicity
I’ve been using a small app called dockless. Dockless hides the icon from the dock…that’s all. But it does it great and it’s free. Dockless is a little app that does what some people have always wanted – remove certain applications from their dock. Dock real estate can become precious, and some apps don’t make [...]
I just remapped the Caps Lock key since I’m not using it! In my case I want it to open nvALT for really fast note-taking. Source: How To Turn Caps Lock Into A Search Key On Your Mac, Redux
One more great guide from the guys at TheHowToForge! A step by step instruction on how to use the Host Update Utility from VMware. http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-upgrade-vmware-esxi-3.5-to-4.1-update-1-free-version
Found this great tip at techrepublic.com! Configure BgInfo to run via a GPO for a consistent experience
This is the first thing I removed from my Mac OS X Lion install. How to remove the Login Window entry from the OS X Lion Menu Bar – Simple Help.
Great guide on how-to upgrade Debian. HowTo upgrade from Debian Lenny to Squeeze | MDLog:/sysadmin.
Some time ago I found this great blog-post about how to prioritize the Ethernet connection over Wi-Fi. In my case this is when I’m at home. Sometimes, your Mac will connect to a janky Wi-Fi network. The connection is slow or you’re on the other side of a lead wall and you’re getting a really [...]
Great post! How to Get Mac OS X’s Best Features on Windows.
A few days ago I found a great text editor for the iPad and iPhone. I have been using Droptext and Elements. But they don’t work nearly as great as Nebulous. Nebulous supports access to your Dropbox and will store and sync offline copies of the files that you are working on. Nebulous Notes (for [...]
I found this great Powershell script that convert virtual disk files to eagered zeroed. Awesome script! I had to make some changes to make it work in my environment. function Set-EagerZeroThick{ param($vcName, $vmName, $hdName) # Find ESX host for VM $vmImpl = Get-VM $vmName Write-Host $vmImpl if($vmImpl.PowerState -ne “PoweredOff”){ Write-Host “Guest must be powered off [...]