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TMG 2010 – Export Some, Not All
February 16, 2011 – 9:35 am | One Comment

Quick heads up.
In TMG 2010, in the Toolbox sidebar, if you run “Export All” on a Network Object (e.g. Domain Name Sets or URL Sets), it doesn’t export “all”.
This function exports “all objects that are …

Does Resume Presentation Matter?
January 21, 2011 – 2:58 pm | No Comment

Last two positions I have applied for/gotten, I was scooped up with enthusiasm. I’ve seen my fair share of IT resumes (not so much as a recruiter, but advising on appropriate skills – usually to …

rFactor versus Live for Speed
January 17, 2011 – 9:31 am | No Comment

After acquiring the Logitech G27 early last week, I had spent a few hours of game time playing rFactor… I was quite impressed with the way everything worked…
Then I started playing around a little.

Logitech G27 on Special @ LogitechShop.com.au
January 6, 2011 – 5:15 pm | No Comment

HERE: www.logitechshop.com.au/logitech-g27-racing-wheel-pc-ps3.html
Don’t ever say I don’t help out my fellow nerds!
Their normal price is $489 but in the description it has:
The Logitech G27 Racing Wheel $344.95 Delivered
The Facebook G27 Promotion
Conditions As follows
1 per …

iDefrag for OS X
January 6, 2011 – 5:04 pm | No Comment

Just a quick post showing an iDefrag before and after (iDefrag is an OS X defrag app, basically Disk Keeper Pro for Mac, minus some of the more advanced functionality I guess). Ran an offline …

Sphinx Search for Invision Power Board
January 5, 2011 – 5:49 pm | No Comment

I’ve toyed with Sphinx before. It blew my socks off… Until it broke.
Sphinx is an Open Source indexing engine, which is supported out of the box by the forum software, Invision Power Board (IPB). Essentially …

Silvia Z32 Gearbox Conversion Info
December 31, 2010 – 11:00 am | No Comment

Briefly mentioned this on my blog a long time ago, and have had a few people asking me about it.
I own an S15 Silvia, which came with a 6 speed manual gearbox – notorious for …

Getting More out of Google AdSense (And a bit of SEO 101)
December 30, 2010 – 4:43 pm | No Comment

There’s lots of gimmicky “make a quick buck” packages, scams, or whatever you want to call them, floating around on the internet. It sums up the dream really, to sit at home and earn money, …

WPAD & Proxy Timeout Issue
December 2, 2010 – 8:58 am | No Comment

If you’ve been following, I’ve recently been playing with Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010, the “new” ISA Server.
Now, for all intensive purposes, everything is configured correctly. There’s a virtual IP for the proxy array (let’s …

WSUS, TMG & WPAD – Making the Proxy Bypass List Work!
November 25, 2010 – 4:38 pm | No Comment
WSUS, TMG & WPAD – Making the Proxy Bypass List Work!

I got tasked with a problem today which was plain weird…
New servers being deployed, are unable to contact the WSUS distribution point to check for updates.
The file C:\Windows\WindowsUpdate.log show the following errors:
2010-11-23 11:03:45:106 800 …