If you’re a student, or faculty/staff at an educational institution, and have need for CAD software you might check to see if you’re eligible for a free copy of Nemetschek Vectorworks. I don’t know much about it yet, but I’m hoping to use it for some of the lighting designs I do. Seems pretty powerful, in the 20 minutes I’ve been using it, and I know a number of people who use it for a lot of things.
It’s been a while in the making, but I finally started consolidating all my Linux VM tuning notes into a single document for all to read: Linux Virtual Machine Tuning Guide. Please take a look at it, and if there are corrections or additions to be made let me know. I know there is a lot to be done with network stack tuning, which will be added to a future revision when I get my notes sorted out.
If you need your iPod or iPhone serial numbers, but haven’t written them down, iTunes keeps a list of devices it’s seen in a file called iPodDevices.xml. I found mine in: C:UsersmyusernameAppDataLocalApple ComputeriTunes I’m running Windows 7 and iTunes 9.0.2, so different versions might have different results. At the very least you can search your computer for iPodDevices.xml. Good luck!
Q: I’m trying to evacuate a machine that is suffering a hardware failure, and one of the VMs thinks it is installing the VMware Tools, so it won’t VMotion. The error is “The virtual machine is installing VMware Tools and cannot initiate a migration operation.” I also cannot right-click the VM in vCenter and choose “End VMware Tools Install.” Is there a way for me to end the VMware Tools installation from the ESX command line? A: Yes, it’s a two-step process once you’ve logged into the console OS of the ESX server where the VM is executing. First, you need the ID of the VM (all on one line if it wraps): /usr/bin/vmware-cmd /vmfs/volumes/datastore-name/vm-folder/vmx-file.vmx getid Then you can do …
Fond Du Lac Resident's 30-Point Buck A New Record – Madison News Story – WISC Madison Holy crap, a 30 point buck! 30 POINTS. Epic deer, OMG. Shot with a bow. I bow to you, Wayne Schumacher, for shooting the biggest deer ever.
From the winter storm warning issued for southern Wisconsin: THIS WILL BE THE FIRST MAJOR WINTER STORM FOR WISCONSIN… AND WILL LIKELY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON SOCIETY. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS CLOSELY ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM… AND BE READY TO DELAY OR ALTER TRAVEL PLANS TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A significant impact on society? Huh? Makes me think of riots, martial law, dogs and cats living together… The number of babies born in September 2010 will probably go up, though.
Microsoft Malware Protection Center : Do and don’ts for p@$$w0rd$ Hey, at least 'bob' isn't on the list!
Product « Universal USB Outlet Um, these look really cool! I might have to get one or three for my desk. Extreme Shepherding This is amazing — using sheep and time lapse to make videos. Best 2:45 I spent today, to be honest.
Use Non-Specific Status Updates to Keep Your Home Safer – Safety – Lifehacker Good advice! People forget that when they post that they're gone lots of people can see that, and sometimes not just their friends. It's also a good idea to remove your birthday from Facebook and all the other social sites for identity theft purposes.
Scouts banned from carrying knives – Times Online This is ridiculous. You can't keep people from stabbing each other, so you ban knives? You can stab people with pens. Should we ban writing? Dishwasher Detergent Soak Cleans Dishes Overnight – Cleaning – Lifehacker I'm getting caught up on my serious RSS backlog and I see this. Is soaking dishes to make them easier to clean actually news? Man, we're getting pretty damn dumb as a species. ‘Known Software Bug’ Disrupts Brain-Tumor Zapping | Threat Level | Wired.com It isn't surprising that these sorts of bugs exist and are not fixed rapidly. The FDA approval process works against rapid releases of software for devices like this, or pacemakers, or insulin pumps, …
