Terrific tooltip tricks: European conference session
Thanks for visiting the blog – if you are visiting here as a result of my Tableau European Customer Conference session, welcome along. The best way to keep up to date with new posts is via my twitter feed (@acotgreave). My session was all about tooltips, and ways you can use them to enhance your […]
Tips from the Techy, volume 4
This last minute blog is something that is beneficial for Windows 7. So after you install one of several Windows 7versions, you will still need to make one adjustments RATE YOUR COMPUTER: 1. Click on Start (the Windows icon in the lower left-hand corner) 2. Right-click on Computer and select Properties 3. In […]
How to Telnet onto a ShoreTel Switch
To Telnet onto a ShoreTel switch you first have to enable Telnet on it. Keep in mind that this will only temporarily enable telnet, and you will need to run this command every time you want to connect to the switch. First, Log onto the shoretel server and open up command prompt. Go to “C:Program […]
InterWorks, Inc. Develops Game for Hoodwinked Too! Film
InterWorks, Inc.— Hoodwinked Too! Decoder Game for Android Kanbar Entertainment, LLC. recently teamed with Stillwater-based company, InterWorks, Inc. to develop an Android game based on Kanbar’s film “Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil.” The film is the second installment of the “Hoodwinked!” series and is set to release in theaters on April 29, 2011, distributed by […]
How to Create Active Directory Shortcut in Windows Server 2003 and 2008
Overview As a server administrator, I frequently use Active Directory for both Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008. However, for many of the servers I administer, I don’t always use the administrative account to log on to a server, but instead I use an alternative username that has limited administrative capabilities. On top of […]
Text File Manipulation in Windows using GNU Utilities – head, tail, split
Oftentimes I find myself needing to work with large text files, and opening up huge files just chokes out even the best text editors. Most of the time, I only need a sampling of the file to get a picture of what is happening, and these are my go-to utilities. I’m a big fan of […]
Windows NTP/SNTP Server Configuration
Need to sync time to phones, switches, routers, or other devices utilizing NTP or SNTP? Usually devices need a fixed IP address for a time server, rather than relying on DNS resolution. Here’s how to make the Windows Time Service work reliably. There is a registry value located at HKLMSYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesW32TimeConfigAnnounceFlags that controls how the Windows […]
Domain Controller External Internet Time Sync
Have a pesky domain controller who keeps getting out of sync, and subsequently sets the clock on all domain members? There are a number of reasons why the drift occurs, but the easiest fix is to configure an external synchronization with a reliable time source. This should happen on your PDC Emulator role holder, the […]
Simple v simplistic: if McCandless reworked Minard:
There has been much interesting debate about David McCandless’ Information Is Beautiful this week, initiated by a well written critical piece by Stephen Few. I am pleased he has challenged the orthodox view that McCandless is the answer to the data visualisation industry’s problems. On both FlowingData and Stephen’s own blog, there is debate about […]
Querying Specifc Inheritance Types in Entity Framework
The Problem When using Entity Framework let’s say you set up a model with inheritance. Let’s make ourselves a simple example (with psuedo-code) to illustrate: abstract class Product{ int Id { get; private set; } ICollection Items { get; set; }}class Good : Product { }class Service : Product { }class ProductItem{ int Id { […]