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I’ve caved, time for an iPad
October 21, 2010 – 8:44 am | No Comment
I’ve caved, time for an iPad

Okay, no, I lied.
But it appears, after Steve Jobs keynote yesterday (or last night Australian time), that Mac OS X Lion is going to be very iPad-esque.
From the “sneak peak” posted on Apple’s website (here …

Better TCPViewer
October 13, 2010 – 3:23 pm | No Comment

I needed to show all the connections on a virus infected machine a while ago, and being a Microsoft tech, I normally used the Sysinternals TCPViewer tool to do this…
However, TCPViewer is a bit limited. …

Cruising Brisbane Picking Up
October 8, 2010 – 8:10 pm | No Comment
Cruising Brisbane Picking Up

It’s been a slow year for the Cruising Brisbane community, with my traffic stats page showing a massive decrease in traffic over the past 18 months… Eventually, I took a bit of initiative and said, …

Forefront TMG Stuff
October 8, 2010 – 3:10 pm | No Comment

www.isascripts.org/ – a bunch of handy scripts by a security consultant named Jason Fossen
Microsoft tools for TMG 2010 - www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=8809cfda-2ee1-4e67-b993-6f9a20e08607&displaylang=en
Technet Doco for TMG 2010 – technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff355324.aspx
Jim Harrison’s list of tools for TMG2010 - www.isatools.org/tools.asp?Context=TMG2010
Microsoft ISA Blog – …

TODO: Webmin Virtual Host Configuration
October 8, 2010 – 9:16 am | No Comment

I’m using Webmin for “basic” administration of a few webservers I run. Admittedly, most of the configuration I do with Webmin is simple zone file edits and editing virtual host directives, by editing the configuration …

Mac OS X Mouse Acceleration
October 4, 2010 – 12:04 pm | No Comment

I previously posted a while back that I had issues with the Mac OS X mouse acceleration with a Microsoft optical mouse, which I fixed by installing the IntelliPoint software.
Well, recently I started using a …

That elusive S15
September 25, 2010 – 8:21 am | No Comment

Been a while since I posted an update on my S15.
I worked out that the starter motor issue was simply just a bolt coming loose and so the starter motor gear wasn’t engaging with the …

twistori – a live Twitter feed with a difference
September 23, 2010 – 2:55 pm | No Comment
twistori – a live Twitter feed with a difference

twistori is something really special… After rebuilding my OS, I went searching for a new Twitter client to manage my 3 or 4 accounts. I came across this page at MacLife listing “8 Essential Twitter Apps”, …

gfxCardStatus – Mac OS X GPU Switcher
September 23, 2010 – 2:54 pm | 3 Comments

Mac OS X, on the right MacBook Pro, has the ability to change the current GPU in use to maximise battery life, or maximise performance. To change this, you have to open the Energy Saver …

MacBook Pro HDD Upgrade – Part 2
September 16, 2010 – 9:02 pm | No Comment

This didn’t go quite to plan…
Firstly, my MacBook’s Superdrive (aka DVD burner), decided to fry the laser assembly at some point in the past few weeks… Ouch… So took it down to Nextbyte and they …